Racing Sports Network

Current logo

Racing Sports Network (RSN), formerly known as WRSN-TV in the 1950s, is a sports channel that covers motoring events from the famous Piston Cup, to international championships like the World Grand Prix and the Wings Around the Globe air race. It is responsible for newscasting almost every race in the Cars and Planes films. The channel is available on cable TV in Radiator Springs.

History

RSN started in the late 1940s in the name WRSN-TV 12: Racing Sports Network. It always filmed racing in 1950s. As of 2017, Chick Picks with Chick Hicks is one of the shows on the channel.

RSN Workers

Racers

• RSN Racer

Commentators and Reporters

• Brent Mustangburger
• Darrell Cartrip
• David Hobbscap
• Bob Cutlass
• Kori Turbowitz
• Skip Ricter
• Chuck Manifold
• Chick Hicks
• Shannon Spokes
• Natalie Certain
• Dan Sclarkenberg
• Chuki
• Jay Limo
• Sven

Cameramen

• Colin Cowling
• Al Oft
• Wheeldell Lee
• Sara Wheelson
• Artie
• Brian Fee Clamp
• Nelson Blindspot
• Chuck "Choke" Cables
• Turtle
• Cubby
• Studs McGirdle
• Ron Hover
• Kathy Copter
• Tim Rimmer
• Houser Boon
• Bert
• Cora Copper
• Bernie Banks
• Hooman
• Dash Boardman
• Studs McGirdle
• Matti
• Andrea
• Derek Wheeliams
• Sajan Karia (cameraman)
• Kevin O'Braken
• Amera Revzk
• Dana Crankoff

Gallery

1950s logo (Cars 3)

2006 logo (Cars)

2011-2017 logo (Cars 2)

2011-2017 logo (Cars 2 promotional)

2013-2015 logo variant (Planes, Planes: Fire & Rescue, Cars Magazine)

2017-present logo (Cars 3)

Series logo (2018-2019)

RSN Racer from Cars 2: The Video Game (DS)

Names in other languages

• French: La Chaine des Courses Sportives
• Polish: TV Gnam
• Spanish: Ruedas Superveloces
• Portuguese: Rodas em Alta Velocidade
• Ukrainian: Мережа гоночного спорту (transcription: Merezha honochnoho sportu)

Trivia

• RSN seems to parody actual sports channels like Speed, Fox, Sports 1, NBC Sports, CBS Sports, TNN Sports, and ESPN.
• It is likely over the air in Motor City or somewhere east of the Mississippi River and is on cable TV elsewhere.
• The concept name was RNN. It could possibly have stood for "Racing News Network".
• In Cars 2, there is an RSN cameraman pitty. They can be seen briefly during the start of the Tokyo broadcast.
• In the DS version of Cars 2: The Video Game, there is an RSN Racer.