NASCAR 2020: Under Pressure
2020 has been unlike any other in the history of NASCAR. Just a few races into it, like all sports NASCAR was forced to shut down and was the first to get re-started. This unique access provides an inside look at all of the major themes in the road to crowning the 2020 Cup Champion.
- 2020-2020
- 1 season
- Motor Trend
- Documentary, Sports
2020 has been unlike any other in the history of NASCAR. Just a few races into it, like all sports NASCAR was forced to shut down and was the first to get re-started. This unique access provides an inside look at all of the major themes in the road to crowning the 2020 Cup Champion.
Season 1 Episode Guide
3 Episodes 2020
Episode 1
Hit the Brakes
Sat, Oct 31, 2020 30 mins
Following an electrifying Daytona 500, the 2020 NASCAR season gets into full swing with a string of West Coast races. But in early March the COVID-19 pandemic causes shutdowns across the sports landscape and NASCAR makes the decision to press pause on its season. The industry rallies together to find a way to safely return to racing and to be the first American sport back in action.
Episode 2
We Stand United
Sat, Nov 7, 2020 36 mins
Bubba Wallace, NASCAR's lone Black driver, leads the sport through the national conversation about racial justice brought on by George Floyd's death. NASCAR has a reckoning with its past and makes the seismic decision to ban the Confederate flag at its events. Thrilling races at Martinsville and Talladega ramp up the intensity of the season's summer stretch while Wallace's advocacy brings new fans to the sport and inspires NASCAR to acts of solidarity and a commitment to cultural change.
Episode 3
Now or Never
Sat, Nov 14, 2020 37 mins
After a whirlwind summer, NASCAR reaches the final race of the regular season: 400 miles at Daytona. This is the last chance to make the playoffs. Ryan Newman returns to the site of his horrific crash in this year's Daytona 500 with a new outlook on life and racing. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. arrives at one of his best tracks on a mission to earn a spot in the post-season. Jimmie Johnson, William Byron, and Matt DiBenedetto sit on the knife's edge of making or missing the playoffs at one of the most volatile tracks on the schedule.