NASCAR Legend Dale Earnhardt Jr is once again asking fans to help build the soundtrack for iRacing Studio’s second NASCAR Console game, NASCAR 26.
In November 2024, NASCAR Hall of Famer and Executive Director at iRacing, Dale Earnhardt Jr, asked NASCAR fans to give their wishlist of songs for NASCAR 25.
While Earnhardt was serving more of a representative role for the then-unreleased game, this proved to be his first real task in helping build out the feel of NASCAR 25.
The former Daytona 500 Champion even waxed poetically on his podcast, The Dale Jr Download, in the latter half of 2025, breaking down how much work he was putting into this job, even tasking Cup Series drivers like Bubba Wallace and Ryan Blaney for their suggestions.
When the new game came out last October, Earnhardt had clearly taken these suggestions to heart, with songs like Molly Hatchet’s Flirtin’ With Disaster, once used as the main theme for EA Sports’ NASCAR 98, along with many artists suggested by fans making an appearance in the game’s massive soundtrack.
Now, with NASCAR 25’s time as the face of NASCAR gaming rapidly coming to a close, Earnhardt is asking fans on X to once again throw out their suggestions.
Amongst the early suggestions are, once again, Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf, Flirtin’ With Disaster (again), and the theme song from NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup, with some pointing to the last as a fitting tribute to the Chase format’s return as NASCAR’s championship system.
Now, very little is known about the next NASCAR game, with most assuming it will be a linear release, such as NASCAR 26, but it is worth pointing out that Earnhardt did not name any name for the game, instead using the phrase “next game.”
While there is no schedule for the release of NASCAR 26, let’s hope that he is somewhat behind schedule this time around, and that fans don’t have to wait a year for a new game, as they did last time he came looking for song suggestions.
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A few years ago, I looked at the racetracks preserved on iRacing that no longer exist in real life. After digging deeper, I expected to find one common reason they all shut down. Instead, each one tells a completely different story — from booming cities and land value spikes to ownership changes, broken promises, and even mysteries that still don’t have clear answers.
Some tracks were pushed out by urban development. Some lost the one person fighting to keep them alive. Others faded due to declining support — or were never meant to last forever in the first place. No two closures are the same, and that’s what makes this deep dive so fascinating.
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NASCAR’s documentary series “Full Speed,” which used to live on Netflix, had its first two seasons look back at entire playoff runs. But now, NASCAR is shifting the series to Amazon Prime Video for its third season, and the scope of the series will also shift to new storylines.
Dropping on March 5, the new season is aimed at zooming in on one event: the 2026 Daytona 500. Instead of a multi-episode run, this time it’s a single-episode documentary that goes all in on one race.
The film will follow big names and storylines from the Daytona 500. It will spotlight the winner, Tyler Reddick, and lean into driver storylines around the weekend. That includes Kyle Busch trying to get his groove back, Brad Keselowski clawing his way back after a broken leg, Connor Zilisch being pushed as the next big thing, and Noah Gragson bringing chaos wherever he goes.
Some fans might question the move away from Netflix, especially after Season 1 pulled in 3.4 million views in the first half of 2024. Then in 2025, the docuseries clocked 900,000 views after its early May release and added another 200,000 between July and December.
But with Prime Video stepping in as one of NASCAR’s broadcast partners, moving the series lines up with a bigger play to keep content under one roof.
Amazon has already dipped into NASCAR storytelling with projects like the docuseries Earnhardt about Dale Earnhardt. Moving Full Speed to Prime follows the same playbook. And for fans who still haven’t seen previous installments, the first two seasons are also heading over to Prime Video.
However, Reddit fans are divided in their opinions about the decision. Some fans actually get why NASCAR changed the format and platform, while a chunk of fans think leaving Netflix is risky because Netflix is where casual viewers stumble into shows. Others push back, pointing out that Prime actually has a massive reach in the U.S. and strong marketing muscle.
While one fan commented, “Makes sense. I highly doubt they were gonna make a new season around a points format they don’t use anymore,” another stated, “Idk the semantics and numbers and everything behind it so I’m probably talking out of my ass….buttttttt….at what point does nascar take the less money for the exposure. You need to be on Netflix, people watch Netflix. People don’t watch Amazon video as much. Who’s gonna watch this that isn’t a nascar fan already. You have a higher chance of getting people lost on Netflix than lost on Amazon Prime Video.”
One fan commented on the news, saying, “100%. I have Amazon Prime and Netflix. AP is a train wreck for videos especially now with their ad program with videos. I steer clear because Netflix is still ad free.” Another fan supported NASCAR’s move, saying, “Prime actually has slightly more subscribers in the USA and in my opinion is better at marketing. It’s a lateral move.”
Another backed NASCAR, stating, “Most NASCAR fans will find some way to be on prime in the month of June. I think they are counting on people watching it then if they have not already seen it. Similar to the Earnhardt documentary that dropped in June last year.”
Another fan comment implied something less glamorous yet very real, pointing out that the Netflix seasons didn’t see a surge in viewership. The first season did okay, but later numbers dipped: “Netflix didn’t seem to work that well for the 2 playoff seasons.”
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NASCAR driver/owner Brad Keselowski says that he plans to race the entirety of Sunday’s DuraMax Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas, despite his ongoing recovery from an injury suffered this past offseason.
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