| NASCAR Classics | |
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| Starring | Matt Yocum (2002–2004) |
| Country of origin | United States |
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| Running time | 2 hours (including commercials, was also 2 hours from 2002–2004) |
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| Network | Speed Channel NBCSN[1] |
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NASCAR Classics is a series of NASCAR races that aired onSpeed Channel. It aired from 2002 to 2004 and returned in 2009 before quietly disappearing off Speed Channel again in 2012. It returned again in 2014 onNBCSN.Matt Yocum was the host of the series before originally ending in 2004.
The program, when it started mainly showed races fromCBS that spans from 1979 to 2000. One of the races that they have shown were theDaytona 500 races from1979 all the way to2000. Also, they showed races fromTalladega Superspeedway from the summer. The last race that was shown was the2000Pepsi 400 in 2004. In the spring of 2009, the series returned after a five-year hiatus and started off with the2006 Food City 500 atBristol whereKurt Busch earned his first win with car ownerRoger Penske and remembered whenJeff Gordon pushedMatt Kenseth after being spun out late in the race. Several months later, Gordon took out Kenseth atChicagoland Speedway, which was shown later in 2009. Since its return, they have shown recent runnings of the weekend's race (such as2008Sharpie 500 shown during the 2009 Sharpie 500 weekend), which expands from 2003 to 2008's event. Speed now shows races fromFox,TNT,ESPN,ABC andNBC. On February 15, 2010, it featured the first non-cup race ever on NASCAR Classics which witness the first race of theNASCAR Camping World Truck Series season atDaytona. The series is currently airing onNBCSN.
During the original series, Speed showed all of theDaytona 500 races onCBS. They also showed other races from that CBS broadcast includingTalladega Superspeedway's July/October race (CBS aired it from 1979–97) and theJuly race at Daytona (CBS showed it in 1999 and 2000).Florida'sFox Sports Net channelSun Sports has shown NASCAR Classics during the five-year hiatus. Also,ESPN Classic has shown races as well, mostly from ESPN family of networks, with an exception on February which shows the Daytona 500. Before 2002, Speed showed other NASCAR races (originally broadcast byMizlou) back when it was known as Speedvision; the races shown before that time are inbold.
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