Fox Sports will bring back the same booth to call Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races in '18, the network told THE DAILY . Fox had given no specific indication that it was changing its lineup, but sources said the net was initially interested in signing Dale Earnhardt Jr . to an on-air deal, a sign that there could have been change coming. However, NBC wound up signing Earnhardt , and Fox now says there is no plan to change the current three-man booth, which features play-by-play man Mike Joy and analysts Darrell Waltrip and Jeff Gordon .