For those unfamiliar, NASCAR Classics is an extension of NASCAR.com in which you can find, for all intents and purposes, every Cup Series race in the history of the sport, with a few exceptions, of course. You can find anything from the 1955 Southern 500 to the 2023 Cup Series Championship Race, and the real kicker is that it is all free with no ads. But as NASCAR continues to add new races to the site, I have a few ideas to improve it even more.
All Three National Touring Series
Obviously, the Cup Series is already included, but it feels like, eventually, they would have to add both the Xfinity Series and the Truck Series. You can say what you want about the quality of racing in both series’ nowadays, but there are still plenty of classic races from both of these series. For example, the now infamous altercation between Kevin Harvick and Greg Biffle at Bristol in the early 2000s or what I would consider to be one of the greatest upsets in NASCAR history when John King won the 2012 Truck Series opener at Daytona.
Make It An Entirely Separate App
When considering ease of access, I think it would make more sense in the long term to turn NASCAR Classics into its own separate app. It would make it a lot easier to find instead of having to search the menu in the NASCAR app or having to use a web browser.
Continue To Expand Content Further
A site like this could allow NASCAR to give their fans something that no other sports league has. A completely free place to watch back any race at a time. But I think, and admittedly this is a bit of a long shot, NASCAR could take it even further by adding races from any series that they have the rights to. Take IMSA, for example. NASCAR owns IMSA, so in theory, they’d be able to add IMSA races or possibly ARCA races, Whelen Modified Tour races, or what have you.
At the end of the day, I’m obviously not the one making these decisions. I’m just some guy on the internet with an opinion. But I think NASCAR Classics has the potential to be something great and potentially groundbreaking in the world of sports-related streaming services.
