Nascar Racers Animated Series

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NASCARRacers is an animated television series by Saban Entertainment which features two rival NASCAR racing teams, Team Fastex and Team Rexcor, competing against each other in the futuristic NASCAR Unlimited Division. The series ran from 1999 to 2001 on Fox Kids.[2] Ownership of the series passed to Disney in 2001 when Disney acquired Fox Kids Worldwide, which also includes Saban Entertainment.[3][4][5]

While real life NASCAR tracks are mainly ovals, NASCAR Racers is anything but. The racers compete on a wide variety of courses, including road course, off-road, mountain, and Motorsphere. The Motorsphere track starts with a typical race track leading into a sphere, then tracks are wrapped around the inner surface of the sphere.

The NASCAR Unlimited Division features cutting edge, over-the-top technologies (from the show's point of view). To protect drivers from crashes, each race car has an inner Rescue Racer that ejects from the outer body if an accident happens. XPT racers, introduced in season 2, are the new race cars for Team Fastex. XPT racers use atomic fuel run by forced-combustion systems. Nitro Racers contain high-flux fusion units that can get maximum power out of atomic fuel.

Before Saban Entertainment was acquired by Disney on July 23, 2001 and the sale was finally completed on October 24, 2001, the group had already designed new concepts and storylines for a season 3 which were never put into motion due to an uncertain future with the group, mostly because Saban's sale required full attention.

A video game called NASCAR Racers was published in 2000 for Microsoft Windows[7] and Game Boy Color by Hasbro and developed by Software Creations (PC) and Digital Eclipse (GBC). A PlayStation version was planned but cancelled before release.

NASCAR Racers is an American animated television series by Saban Entertainment which features two rival NASCAR racing teams, Team Fastex and Team Rexcor, competing against each other in the futuristic NASCAR Unlimited Division. The series ran from 1999 to 2000 on Fox Kids.

A video game called NASCAR Racers was published in 2000 for Microsoft Windows and Game Boy Color by Hasbro and developed by Software Creations (PC) and Digital Eclipse (GBC). A PlayStation version was planned is not cancelled before release.

NASCAR Racers is an animated show about racing between two NASCAR teams, taking the Wacky Racing trope to the coolest extent. It was created by Saban Entertainment (using The Ocean Group voice cast) for Fox Kids, where it ran from 1999-2001.

Two rival NASCAR teams, Team Fastex and Team Rexcor, compete in futuristic races with one another on tracks with over-the-top technology in a new location almost Once per Episode. The first season focuses on the racing, but the Backstory of each character is examined further and loose ends are tied up in the second season. Season Two thickened the plotline, introduced more characters who weren't members of either Team Fastex or Team Rexcor, and had characters change teams on several occasions. Because of these factors, some fans consider Season Two the point when the series Grew the Beard. Hasbro Interactive released two games based off the series, one on the Game Boy Color, and one on PC.

A lot of parallels can be drawn from this series to Metajets.Characters: Team Fastex Jack Fassler: The leader and owner of the team. Mark "Charger" McCutchen: Follows in the steps of his father in racing, and the rival of Lyle Owens. Megan "Spitfire" Fassler: The obligatory girl, and a skilled driver whose adopted father Jack is the manager of the team. Steve "Flyer" Sharp: A U.S. Airman who was injured in an accident on a mission, which has made him cautious in racing. Carlos "Stunts" Rey: A real ladies' man who used to race in motocross. Races for money to pay for his ill father's medical expenses. Rexton hires someone to steal money from him. Douglas "Duck" Dunaka: The team's trusted crew chief. Team Rexcor Garner Rexton: The owner of the team. A greedy, dishonest man who will stop at nothing to win. He's aided by a cyborg named Spex. Lyle "The Collector" Owens: The star of the team, a ruthless and cruel racer who gets his nickname from arrogantly taking a part off of each car he wrecks, an unsportsmanlike habit that got him kicked off Team Fastex. Hondo "Specter" Hines: A sneaky driver who teams up with Zorina to crash other cars. Zorina: An aggressive, cruel racer who works with Specter to take other drivers out. Diesel "Junker" Spitz: A clumsy delinquent who trashes cars when racing.Of course, there was also a toy line. Also, there was a video game released for PC and Game Boy Color during the show's run, the latter of which featured a mission-based story mode in which you eventually took control of each of the aforementioned racers (plus a Secret Character) in different scenarios in the universe of the TV show. There was also an unlockable mode where you can race as the cars' rescue pods. The tracks were based on various famous locations around the world, names and all, whereas the GBA version referred to the tracks by their generic climates.

NASCAR Racers is an American animated television series by Saban Entertainment which features two rival NASCAR racing teams, Team Fastex and Team Rexcor, competing against each other in the futuristic NASCAR Unlimited Division. The series ran from 1999 to 2001 on Fox's Fox Kids block.

NASCAR Racers is a animated series created by NASCAR.The racing scenes around complicated futuristic tracks were 3D computer animation, while the characters were drawn in traditional 2D cel animation.

I've closely followed both F1 and NASCAR for most of my life, so I was curious as to how stock car racing's answer to Drive to Survive would portray the sport. I'm sure comparisons will be made between the two. While it isn't a carbon copy of DTS, is certainly follows a similar format in showcasing the lives of the drivers and their weekend battles out on track. But will it have the same impact?

As an American, the uptick in US interest around Formula 1 after Drive to Survive arrived on Netflix has been stunning to me. People in my life who never cared about motorsports now want to talk about F1. I am sincerely hoping that the streaming service can do the same for NASCAR, introducing stock car racing in a way that appeals to a larger audience, while also shattering some of the stereotypes that are attached to it.

I particularly liked Denny Hamlin's comments about racing versus stick and ball sports, explaining how you might get lucky and make a three-point shot that Michael Jordan doesn't make, but no athlete from that world can just get into a race car and run as fast as Hamlin does. I thought that set the tone perfectly.

Now for the uninitiated, Hamlin is NASCAR's villain these days, and it's a role he embraces fully. They wasted little time making that abundantly clear. He also felt a bit like the main character during this docuseries as he was a constant throughout it, both in his role as a driver and owner.

His crusade to finally become Cup Series champion is the centerpiece of his story, and hangs over him in the show as it does in his real-life career. Hamlin is the winningest driver in NASCAR history without a Cup title.

The additional commentary from Dale Earnhardt Jr., Marty Smith, Steve Letarte, and Shannon Spake was done well. It didn't feel jarring and they all added interesting perspectives to the stories they were trying to tell.

After Hamlin's introduction, we meet William Byron. His sim to reality story sets him apart from most Cup drivers, who have been racing on actual tracks from the age of five or six. But even as we followed the soft-spoken Hendrick Motorsports driver through his daily life, Hamlin still managed to make an appearance.

There's a scene of Byron listening to Hamlin's podcast, explaining how he wanted to "hear the mindset of another driver." It would not be the last time Netflix cameras were on as a rival driver reacted to Hamlin's podcast.

We return to Hamlin, this time showing the polarizing driver in his role as owner. With the hopes of pulling in a wider audience, I think it was important to showcase the involvement of his friend and 23XI Racing co-owner Michael Jordan. They absolutely did not miss the opportunity to do just that with the NBA legend showing up several times throughout the docuseries.

Not only did we get a glimpse into the personal lives of these drivers, but it quickly became apparent that we were going to be treated to plenty of behind-the-scenes content both at the team shops and race track.

This episode covers the regular season finale at Daytona International Speedway, and I wondered how they would properly convey what was on the line in the final race before the playoffs. Most drivers in a must-win situation were ignored, with Netflix choosing instead to focus on a specific storyline.

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