What’s Happening
Right before a scheduled green flag commercial break, Mike Joy gave his two cents on the recent social media comments from fans criticizing FOX’s race coverage.
- FOX has received heavy criticism on the number of commercial breaks they have during race coverage.
- Mike Joy voices his frustrations on Twitter about the backlash.
- Fans voice their opinions, some backing up Mike Joy’s side of the story about the production costs and fees that the commercial breaks cover.
Mike Joy has had enough of the keyboard warriors pic.twitter.com/WHu5sckU0Y
— Mr Matthew CFB (@MrMatthewCFB) March 12, 2023
In The Stands
nascarcasm sums up how fans are seeing Mike Joy’s comments during the FOX broadcast.
Hell yes @mikejoy500. #NASCAR #UnitedRentals500 pic.twitter.com/MVziYje9bj
— nascarcasm (@nascarcasm) March 12, 2023
T replies to Nick Bromberg on Twitter about Mike Joy’s unprofessional way of handling the negative feedback on FOX’s coverage.
Doesn’t seem like natural vocabulary for Mike Joy. That was a salty producer in his ear telling him to say that. Regardless, tasteless way to handle valid criticism of Fox’s subpar coverage so far this season.
— T (@theREEALtj) March 12, 2023
Matthew Breault enjoys the brutal honesty that Mike Joy brings to the booth.
^Paraphrasing but y’all get the gist…
— Matthew Breault (@MatthewBreault7) March 12, 2023
Mike Joy doesn’t hold back. The honesty Joy brings to the booth is essential.#NASCAR #UnitedRentals500
On Your Screen
The Iceberg host Jaret Lundberg finds a little humor in the national callout by Mike Joy.
Still funny, even if he (and Fox overall) did let the audience get under his skin
— Jaret Lundberg (@IceTitan80) March 12, 2023
Co-host of The Final Lap Weekly Podcast Toby Christie shares his thoughts about Mike Joy’s Frustrations toward the constant hate fans have toward FOX’s coverage.
As much as I totally understand Mike Joy's frustrations with people not listening to him and getting upset about it, I don't think openly basing a portion of the fan base on national TV is the right flex.
— Toby Christie (@Toby_Christie) March 12, 2023
From The Pressbox
Motorsports photojournalist and content creator Daniel Vining reacts calls “keyboard warriors” to unite until fans see change in race coverage.

Journalist Michael Carey showed that thanks to his on-air snipe, Mike Joy was trending #12 in Sports on Twitter.
Current National Twitter Trends:
— Michael Carey (@ItsMichaelCarey) March 12, 2023
12.) “Mike Joy”#NASCAR | #UnitedRentals500 pic.twitter.com/7oAbc4AERP