Other Assignments For ESPN
Punch also has been ESPN's expert for discussion of medical issues, has called play-by-play for college basketball and football, and has served as a sideline reporter for college football. He also was consulted as a doctor in 1996 to report the condition of Nebraska quarterback Tommie Frazier who would go undrafted in the NFL due to a blood clot in his left leg.
On October 12, 2006, he was named the lead lap-by-lap commentator for ESPN's coverage of the Sprint Cup Series and the Nationwide Series starting in 2007 along with Rusty Wallace and Andy Petree. Punch and Petree were joined by Dale Jarrett in 2008 and stayed together until the end of the 2009 season; ESPN replaced Punch with Marty Reid for 2010 and returned him to pit road.
In addition to his pit reporter roles, Punch served as the lead play-by-play voice for ESPN's coverage of the Craftsman Truck Series until the network lost that contract to SPEED following the 2002 season.
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