NASCAR Racers
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| NASCAR Racers | |
|---|---|
| Format | Animated series, Sports |
| Created by | Steve Cuden |
| Voices of | Kathleen Barr Ian James Corlett Roger R. Cross Paul Dobson Andrew Francis Ron Halder Scott McNeil Kirby Morrow Richard Newman Rino Romano Dale Wilson |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Fox Kids |
| Original run | November 20, 1999 – March 24, 2001 |
| External links | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
NASCAR Racers is an animated television series about two rival NASCAR racing teams, Team Fastex and Team Rexcor, competing against each other in the futuristic NASCAR Unlimited Division.
26 half-hour episodes were produced by Saban, and shown on the FOX network between 1999-2001.
Several NASCAR Racers books, one Game Boy, one PlayStation, and one PC video game were adapted from the show. NASCAR Racers books were authored by Gene Hult under the name J. E. Bright, and published by HarperEntertainment. The show was produced before FOX showed NASCAR races.
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[edit] NASCAR races
While real life NASCAR tracks are overrun by ovals, this TV series is anything but. The racers compete on a wide variety of courses, including road course, off-road, mountain, and Motorsphere. The Motorsphere track starts with a typical race track leading into a sphere, then tracks are wrapped around the inner surface of the sphere, which look like the AcceleDrome track from AcceleRacers.
[edit] NASCAR technology
The NASCAR Unlimited Division features cutting edge, over the top technologies (from the show's point of view).
To protect drivers from crashes, each race car has an inner Rescue Racer that ejects from the outer body if an accident happens.
XPT racers, introduced in season 2, are the new race cars for Team Fastex. XPT racers use atomic fuel run by forced-combustion systems.
Nitro Racers contain high-flux fusion units that can get maximum power out of atomic fuel.
Just like some modern race car drivers, they race on simulators to hone their skills before actual races.
Ironically the change in body design from the XPT racers to the Nitro Racers was similar to the Nextel Cup transition to the car of tomorrow. XPT racers were sleeker than the Nitro Racers and the Nitro racers were boxier than the XPTs. The Car of Tomorrow was built to be boxier than the previous design.
[edit] Characters
Team Fastex
Car 101- Megan 'Spitfire' Fassler
Car 204- Mark 'Charger' McCutchen
Car 808- Steve 'Flyer' Sharp
Car 404- Carlos 'Stunts' Rey
Jack Fassler (Team Owner)
Duck Dunaka (Crew Chief)
Kyle 'Miles' McCutchen (Brother to "Charger")
Shelby Dunaka (Daughter to Duck)
Team Rexcor
Car 606- Lyle 'The Collector' Owens
Car 303- Hondo 'Specter' Hines
Car 707- Diesel 'Junker' Spitz
Car 505- 'Zorina'
Garner Rexton (Team Owner)
Spex (Crew Chief)
Other Drivers
Car 119- 'Redline' O'Rourke
Car 420- Phil 'Octane' Knox
Car 232- 'Chrome'
Car 860- 'Grim Repo'
Car 817- 'Tanker'
Car 419- Eve 'Wild Card' Kildere
Other Characters
Libby Fassler
Pat Anther
Mike Hauger
In one episode Duck Dunaka quit Team Fastex and became a crew chief of Rexcor. He also had to race for Fastex in one episode. His racer name was "Rubber Ducky".
While Eve Kildere was in jail for helping Rexcor kill team Fastex during a stunt, Garner Rexton fired Lyle Owens. He borrowed the car Eve got for her stunt show and he raced as "Wild Card". Later, when he returned as "The Collector" and Eve was released, she joined the racers as "Wild Card"
[edit] Episode list
[edit] Season 1
- The Real Thing
- The Stakes
- Heroes
- Duck Out of the Way
- Co-Pilot
- The Mission
- Always
- Boy vs. Machine
- Pulp Faction
- Daredevil
- Flag Bearer
- Every Man for Itself
- All or Nothing
[edit] Season 2
- Second Chance
- Toxic
- Payday
- Red Flag
- Chain Reaction
- Rumble
- Crash Course
- El Dorado
- The Wild Blue
- Runaway
- Duck Unlimited
- Hostage
- Last Chance
[edit] Airing history
- USA
- FOX (1999-2001)
- Toon Disney\Jetix (2005-present)
- UK
- Fox Kids\Jetix (2000-2005)
- CAN
- Teletoon French (unknown)
- Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- BHRT Bosnian (2007-present)
- SWE
- TV3 Sweden (unknown)
[edit] External links
- IMDB information site
- NASCAR Racers book site
- HarperEntertainment home page
- Hasbro's NASCAR Racers press release
- PC NASCAR Racers Review
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