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American TV series or program
NASCAR Classics
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Starring
| Matt Yocum
(2002?2004)
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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
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Release
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- 2002
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2002
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? 2004
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2004
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- 2009
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2009
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? 2012
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2012
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- 2014
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2014
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? present
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present
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NASCAR Classics
is a series of NASCAR races that aired on
Speed 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 on
NBCSN
.
Matt Yocum
was the host of the series before originally ending in 2004.
The program, when it started mainly showed races from
CBS
that spans from 1979 to 2000. One of the races that they have shown were the
Daytona 500
races from
1979
all the way to
2000
. Also, they showed races from
Talladega Superspeedway
from the summer. The last race that was shown was the
2000
Pepsi 400
in 2004. In the spring of 2009, the series returned after a five-year hiatus and started off with the
2006 Food City 500
at
Bristol
where
Kurt Busch
earned his first win with car owner
Roger Penske
and remembered when
Jeff Gordon
pushed
Matt Kenseth
after being spun out late in the race. Several months later, Gordon took out Kenseth at
Chicagoland Speedway
, which was shown later in 2009. Since its return, they have shown recent runnings of the weekend's race (such as
2008
Sharpie 500
shown during the 2009 Sharpie 500 weekend), which expands from 2003 to 2008's event. Speed now shows races from
Fox
,
TNT
,
ESPN
,
ABC
and
NBC
. On February 15, 2010, it featured the first non-cup race ever on NASCAR Classics which witness the first race of the
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
season at
Daytona
. The series is currently airing on
NBCSN
.
List of races in 2009
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Daytona 500 and other races
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During the original series, Speed showed all of the
Daytona 500
races on
CBS
. They also showed other races from that CBS broadcast including
Talladega Superspeedway
's July/October race (CBS aired it from 1979?97) and the
July race at Daytona
(CBS showed it in 1999 and 2000).
Florida
's
Fox Sports Net
channel
Sun 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 by
Mizlou
) back when it was known as Speedvision; the races shown before that time are in
bold
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Races from 2010 to 2012
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Races aired on NBCSN
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Previous
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Daytona 500
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