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NASCAR, Netflix team up for playoffs docuseries
Netflix and NASCAR have announced a new docuseries highlighting the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs that will air in early 2024.
Filming has already begun as the Cup Series regular-season draws to a close Saturday night in Daytona, which will finalize the 16-driver field for the postseason. The series will consist of five episodes 45 minutes in length.
The playoffs begin Sept. 3 at Darlington Raceway.
Words + Pictures and NASCAR Studios will produce the series. The executive producers are Connor Schell and Libby Geist (The Last Dance and OJ: Made in America), Aaron Cohen (Words + Pictures), Ben Kennedy, Tim Clark, Matt Summers, Tally Hair (NASCAR Studios), and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
A title for the series was not announced.
Netflix has released a number of popular sports documentaries in recent years on golf (Full Swing), tennis (Break Point), the NFL (Quarterback), and Formula 1 (Drive to Survive). Last season, the platform featured 23XI Racing driver Bubba Wallace in a six-part documentary, “Race: Bubba Wallace” that highlighted his career and push for racial justice.
NASCAR produced its own docuseries last year titled “Race for the Championship” about the 2022 season.
Kelly Crandall
Kelly has been on the NASCAR beat full-time since 2013, and joined RACER as chief NASCAR writer in 2017. Her work has also appeared in NASCAR.com, the NASCAR Illustrated magazine, and NBC Sports. A corporate communications graduate from Central Penn College, Crandall is a two-time George Cunningham Writer of the Year recipient from the National Motorsports Press Association.
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