Nascar Racing Documentary

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Ido want to finally finish that miniseries that Disney and Hulu put out regarding the Brawn GP saga in Formula 1, though. Time to finally dive back into that soon. As a quick plug, I covered GalaxyCon Richmond this past weekend, which put me in an entertainment state of mind after interviewing the likes of Corbin Bernsen (Major League), Chris Parnell (SNL, 30 Rock) and more. Also check out me getting to chat with Danny Trejo, Dee Wallace, Joe Dante and others at Nightmare Weekend Richmond last fall.

Adam Cheek joined Frontstretch as a contributing writer in January 2019. A 2020 graduate of VCU, he covered sports there and later spent a year and a half as a sports host on 910 the Fan in Richmond, VA. He's freelanced for Richmond Magazine and the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and also hosts the "Adam Cheek's Sports Week" podcast. Adam has followed racing since the age of three, inheriting the passion from his grandfather, who raced in amateur events up and down the East Coast in the 1950s.

I agree with you about the drivers expressing their frustration with other drivers, that is what made nascar. But when nascar started fining the drivers for every curse word and on track aggression the vanilla drivers appeared. So im happy to see some raw emotion and road rage racing again

1.) The whole over the top drama of the playoffs with everything seemingly life or death, which was kind of a joke. Putting aside the fact that playoffs are a complete gimmick and a crap shoot, these guys are driving a race car, not performing open heart surgery. Tone it down a little.

A new five-part documentary series looking behind the scenes of the 2023 NASCAR season is coming to Netflix. The streaming platform has announced the release of NASCAR: Full Speed following the increasing success of its Formula 1 documentary series Drive to Survive.

The series follows the action of the NASCAR Cup Series, which has been described as one of the most challenging and dangerous championships in motorsport. NASCAR: Full Speed is produced by Connor Schell (30 for 30), Aaron Cohen (The Lionheart), Ben Kennedy, Tim Clark, Matt Summers, Tally Hair and multiple Daytona 500 winner Dale Earnhardt Jr.

NASCAR: Full Speed is set to release on Tuesday 30 January 2024, at 8am (GMT). The five-part series premieres five days ahead of the NASCAR pre-season exhibition race at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum on Sunday 4 February.

NASCAR: Full Speed will be available to watch on Netflix. Prices for the streaming service start at 4.99 a month and can be watched online, as well as on smart TVs and phones and tablets via the Netflix app.

NASCAR Cup Series starts: 650

NASCAR Cup Series wins: 51

NASCAR Cup Series championships: 0

Denny Hamlin has been competing in the NASCAR Cup series for 18 years. In that time, he won a total of 51 races, including the Daytona 500 in 2016, 2019 and 2020 and became the fourth driver, alongside Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough and Sterling Marlin to win the event back-to-back.

The Floridian driver has the most wins in the NASCAR Cup Series without winning a championship, however he came close in 2010 when he finished second, just 39 points behind Jimmie Johnson. Hamlin has competed in every season since 2005, only missing four races in the early part of the 2013 season, after a collision with Joey Lagano damaged his back, and one race in 2014 due to a sinus infection.

Although he drives the #11 Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing, Hamlin also co-owns and operates NASCAR Cup Series team 23XI racing with former basketball player Michael Jordan.

NASCAR Cup Series starts: 536

NASCAR Cup Series wins: 32

NASCAR Cup Series championships: 2 (2018 & 2022)

JoeyLogano has spent 16 seasons in the NASCAR Cup Series, and currently drives for Team Penske in his #22 Ford Mustang. The Connecticut-born driver also competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and has previously competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

He became the youngest driver to win a NASCAR Xfinity Series race at the age of 18 years and 21 days old when he won the Meijer 300 at the Kentucky Speedway, taking the record from Casey Atwood who had set the record in 1999 at 18 years and 313 days old. Logano is also the youngest winner of the NASCAR Cup Series after his victory at the 2009 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 in New Hampshire when he was 19 years and 35 days old, taking the victory from Kyle Busch who set the record at 20 years and 125 days old in 2005.

Logano previously competed in the #20 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing and the #96 Toyota Camry for Hall of Fame Racing. He then moved to Team Penske in 2013 before winning two championships in 2018 and 2022.

NASCAR Cup Series starts: 331

NASCAR Cup Series wins: 23

NASCAR Cup Series championships: 1 (2021)

Kyle Larson is the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion and competes in the #5 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports. The Californian driver had previously had a successful time in dirt track racing, winning events such as Kings Royal, Knoxville Nationals and the Chili Bowl Nationals.

Larson also won the 24 Hours of Daytona sports car race in 2015, winning the event with Chip Ganassi Racing and his team-mates, IndyCar drivers Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan and former NASCAR driver Jamie McMurray.

In 2024 he will compete in the Indianapolis 500 for Arrow McLaren and attempt the Double Duty, which is competing in both the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR Cup Series races on the same day.

NASCAR Cup Series starts: 216

NASCAR Cup Series wins: 10

NASCAR Cup Series championships: 0

William Byron is the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion but has not yet secured a championship win in the NASCAR Cup Series, where his highest finish has been 3rd. The North Carolinian drives the #24 Chevrolet Camaro for Hendrick Motorsports, as well as competing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

He has also previously won the 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Championship, as well as being awarded the Sunoco Rookie of the Year Award in the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Byron also won the Daytona 500 in 2019 with Hendrick Motorsports.

NASCAR Cup Series starts: 121

NASCAR Cup Series wins: 6

NASCAR Cup Series championships: 0

Christopher Bell drives the #20 Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing and has been competing in the NASCAR Cup Series for the last four seasons. The Oklahoma-born driver is also the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion.

The 2024 NASCAR Cup Series is set to start on 4 February 2024, with a pre-season exhibition race at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum. This is the third year the event will be held to mark the start of the season.

The first official race for the NASCAR Cup Series is the Daytona 500 on 18 February at the Daytona International Speedway. There are 37 races set to take place over the year including visits to the Circuit of the Americas and the Kansas Speedway, before the season comes to an end at Phoenix Raceway on 10 November.

A new five-part documentary series featuring NASCAR Cup Series superstar Kyle Larson and his biggest dirt track rivals premiered Tuesday, May 16 at 7 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1. DIRT: THE LAST GREAT AMERICAN SPORT sponsored by NOS Energy Drink, a series produced by FloSports Studios, shines a spotlight on the blood, sweat and grease involved with dirt track racing.

In addition to each episode of DIRT sponsored by NOS Energy Drink premiering on Fox Sports 1, fans will be able to watch each episode on-demand on FloRacing. Each episode will be available on FloRacing at 7 p.m. ET the day following the premiere on FS1.

The film uncovers the serendipitous turn of events that led the small Detroit manufacturer to become a standout champion in the emerging stock car racing craze of post-war America. Combining some of the best drivers of the day, with support from an automaker that quickly came to understand the mantra, "win on Sunday, sell on Monday," the influence of this chapter of motoring history sets the stage for modern day racing.

A special exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation opened this past weekend in conjunction with the debut of the documentary. The influential race car featured in the film, will be displayed at the museum until October 22, 2023. The rotating exhibit is part of a partnership between The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and the Hagerty Drivers Foundation to display cars from the National Historic Vehicle Register that tell the story of the automobile in American history.

The 1952 Hornet, owned by Michigan collector Al Schultz, was inducted into the National Historic Vehicle Register in 2022, and is the only remaining factory racing Hornet and the oldest NASCAR winning car known to exist. The Fabulous Hudson Hornet is available for free on the Hagerty Drivers Foundation's YouTube channel to further its mission to preserve America's automotive past for future generations.

The Michael Jordan-backed 23XI NASCAR team and its driver, Bubba Wallace, will be the subject of a Netflix documentary series, the streaming service announced Thursday. The release date will be announced at a later time.

The series "will take viewers behind the scenes of the 2021 NASCAR season through the eyes of Wallace," according to a blurb on NASCAR's website. Wallace is the only Black driver currently racing full time in the top NASCAR Cup Series, and was thrust into the spotlight last year as NASCAR moved to address racial issues amid nationwide protests sparked by the police murder of George Floyd.

Wallace previously drove for Richard Petty Motorsports, but signed a multi-year contract with 23XI Racing when the new team was announced last September. The team is co-owned by NBA superstar Jordan and NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin, who continues to drive for Joe Gibbs Racing.

The team has had an unremarkable first season so far, although Wallace did score a stage win Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, ultimately finishing 18th. Like Hamlin's employer Joe Gibbs Racing, 23XI Racing runs the Toyota Camry.

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