Kristin Banks | Gear Up Podcast | WhiskeyThrottleMedia
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🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Kristin Banks is a high-energy Arenacross announcer and one of the most recognizable voices in the sport. Known for her sharp race knowledge, engaging delivery, and crowd-driven style, she brings the intensity of Arenacross to life inside the arena.In this episode, Kristin talks about her path into motorsports, what it takes to command the mic on race night, behind-the-scenes moments from Arenacross events, and her passion for growing the sport.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Gear Up. I'm Emily. And I'm Kristen. Today on Gear Up, we're joined by Kristen Banks, |
| 0:07.6 | the energetic voice and TV host of the AMA Arena series. Welcome. Thank you so much. I'm so glad to be here. |
| 0:14.6 | And I'm also Kristen. I am. You have a really cool name. And we still have the same. Both I. |
| 0:19.8 | Yes, I never, Everyone's Ian on like my |
| 0:22.5 | prescriptions, everything. Everyone spells it Ian. So I found another I in. Yeah. I love it. |
| 0:28.2 | I'll be cool then. So let's start from the beginning. You come from a pretty rich background in |
| 0:34.1 | the motorsports world. Your dad was an ATV or is ATV legend I guess and I know you |
| 0:41.3 | wrote a little bit growing up what was your childhood like just being in like motorsports and you know |
| 0:47.1 | so I tell everyone I basically was born on a motorcycle because the day I was brought home from |
| 0:53.4 | the hospital I rode a motorcycle around my |
| 0:55.8 | dad's dealership. Well, obviously, like, he was holding me. Like, I didn't write the motorcycle. |
| 1:00.4 | But, and then growing up, he had two racetracks. And so every single weekend was basically, I was at the |
| 1:08.1 | track. And, like, the way my parents said, |
| 1:11.0 | I had two girls that were scorers that basically raised me |
| 1:14.6 | because they were busy working all weekend. |
| 1:16.7 | And so I was always running around, no brushed hair, |
| 1:19.1 | like my hair wasn't brushed, no shoes, |
| 1:21.5 | just literally grew up at the race track. |
| 1:24.7 | And I don't know too much about my dad's background, but I do know that he started off in Motto, |
| 1:31.3 | and then he went to three-wheelers, and then four-wheel, like ATV legend, you said, that's really where he found his world championships and, like, most of his success. |
| 1:41.3 | So I feel like that's kind of what he's known for, but I never rode ATVs. Where did you grow up? I grew up in Macon, Georgia. So not too, I mean, kind of far from here, but I know when my dad was racing, he spent a lot of time out here and then sometime back in Georgia, but I think most his racing was out here. And you said he owned two dealerships like Modo? So he owns one |
| 2:02.6 | dealership in Macon, Georgia. It's called Capital Cycle Company, little plug. If anyone in the |
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