Turn up your speakers in Nashville because EssentiallySports and Lucky Dog on Track are about to bring the ‘Music’ to the Music City! We are extremely proud and excited to let you know that our new voice of NASCAR will make her debut at the Ally 400. And with her arrival comes a wealth of experience, followed by the exclusive opportunity for fans to benefit from the freshest collaboration of the 2024 NASCAR season.

Kailey Mizelle. If you haven’t heard that name already, that name is about to make your high-speed needs reach an all-time high in fulfillment metrics. This girl has all the skills to become your next favorite source of NASCAR coverage. But never mind the rumblings, she is ready to show the world exactly why, starting from Nashville and then onwards.

NASCAR’s newest talent: Kailey Mizelle debuts a surprise at the Ally 400

This Central Florida native is a certified media- magnate. Mizelle grew up in her hometown of Winter Haven (only a couple hours away from the Daytona International Superspeedway), like “one of the guys,” as she called it earlier. Her family are devout sports fans, and her younger brother played college baseball while Kailey played soccer as a kid. She credits her dad for her love for sports and her mom for her media prowess, harnessed to perfection across the varying consumer spectrums of the United States. Growing up, Kailey was a cheerleader and a true baseball buff. She also anchored and won awards for her high school and middle school news programs.

Kailey went big time in the sports media industry right out of high school when she served as an on-air producer for FOX Sports, publishing 5-hour talk shows. But her incredible charm and ability to hold conversations eventually transitioned to her role in front of the cameras. As soon as 5 years after her high school graduation, Kailey took things a step further by merging her love for baseball and her chosen career by becoming a dedicated host/reporter and working with several Minor League teams.

“I met my husband working for a baseball team,” she once told the Sentinel Echo at the onset of her stint with CBS’ Kentucky affiliate WKNY-TV, only one of her various regional broadcast appearances as a sports anchor.

Speaking of her husband, Kailey lives in Tampa with the incredible man in question, Aaron Vargas, with whom she has a three-year-old son, Macario Benjamin. The couple has been married for almost eight years now. But on the topic of the Sunshine State, Kailey currently hosts a podcast titled “Mic’d Up with Kailey Mizelle,” backed by Bally Sports, where she talks to sports entities across Central Florida. Before this, she spent another three years at FOX again. This time as a digital content creator. All in all, Kailey boasts over 12 years of experience in the field of spectator sports and “content creation.”

The reason for such a lengthy introduction for Kaylie is:

• A) She is an incredible human being & media professional who deserves her due recognition.
• B) Kaylie will need this due introduction, although she is more than capable and qualified at introducing herself because, come June 30th, her name will be a household name for all NASCAR fans. She will make her grand entry into the NASCAR world in the heart of Tennessee at the 2024 Ally 400, bringing her hard-earned expertise and natural likeability to all track-goers.

But that’s not all. Kailey, EssentiallySports, and our NASCAR sub-brand Lucky Dog on Track have cooked up some Southern barbecue-sized surprises for a few lucky fans visiting Nashville Superspeedway this coming Sunday. It could be anyone out of all the 25,000+ people gathered on that eventful day, so stay tuned for just a little longer.

Additionally, Kaylie is gunning for the readers online and promises to provide more exclusive behind-the-scenes coverage for your blazing-hot needs during the NASCAR hour. So you will get all your driver dishes straight from the pit boxes of Denny Hamlin or Kyle Busch; the possibilities are endless. Don’t blink, or you might miss a truly iconic white-knuckled affair at the 2024 Ally 400.