TNT's COUNT DOWN TO GREEN INTERVIEWED RETIRING MRN RADIO BARNEY HALL FOR TOTAL TIME: 4MIN.30SEC. (Cut Short for commercial)

TNT's COUNT DOWN TO GREEN INTERVIEWED RETIRING MRN RADIO BARNEY HALL FOR TOTAL TIME: 4MIN.30SEC. (Cut Short for commercial)

After Dale Earnhardt Jr., @DALEJR TWEET to #DAYTONATNT the following TWEET:
@MRN Barney Hall is a legend.
I grew up listening to him.
Forever grateful.

TNT's COUNT DOWN TO GREEN INTERVIEWED RETIRING MRN RADIO BARNEY HALL FOR TOTAL TIME: 4MIN.30SEC. (Cut Short for commercial)

Thanks any information or photos posted.
Dennis Garrett
Richmond,Va. USA

I saw the interview Dennis. Great interview but it could have gone on another 30 minutes and I would have stayed right there. That was the best part of the count down to "rain". Barney Hall was the man I listened to all the time before television entered the picture. Then the past two years or so I was still listening to him while watching a muted TV so as not to have to endure the Waltrips. I understand Barney is going to continue doing specials for MRN but he won't be broadcasting races. He was certainly a huge part of my life for so many years. God bless the man.

Is there anyway them outher guys that call races on Fox could retire and Barney Hall could stay maybe ?

I'm sorry I missed any interview with Barney Hall. He is a treasure. I first met Barney in person in 1981 when we hired him to do our Wrangler Racing / Dale Earnhardt radio commercials. Here's just a partial clip:

You could always find Barney seated at a motel room poker table with Bud Moore and Tom Higgins on race weekends.

We came close to losing Barney some years ago following a race at Richmond. Barney, Jim Phillips and a couple of other MRN crew had parked their rental car directly across Laburnum Ave. from the Richmond Fairgrounds main entrance. Attempting to quickly get to the rental car, Barney ran across Laburnum Ave. - and not realizing Henrico County Police had reversed the traffic flow on the 4-lane divided roadway - Barney ran in front of and was hit by a motorhome.

While hospitalized at the old Richmond Memorial Hospital, Barney got a telephone call from Dale Earnhardt, which Barney recalled many years later:

Today, 5PM, 7/9/2014
NASCAR Race Hub
Fox Sports1
Barney Hall Special??
Hope it is better and longer than the "TNT's Countdown To Green" Barney Hall interview!!