ESPN: Ultimate NASCAR Vol. 1 - The Explosion, NASCAR's Rise

Well done documentary, but mostly bland bonus features, bring it down a notch.
Although I thought this was a very well done documentary about NASCAR's fans, drivers, and the overall state of today's NASCAR, it's just not compelling enough to watch more than twice. Although there are some slow parts that cause this 80 minute film to slightly drag at times, it never sinks to the low level that the far inferior NASCAR IMAX film did--which was much too basic and short.

Volume #1 is smoothly narrated by actor J.K. Simmons (he played Ralph Earnhardt in the ESPN movie "3:The Dale Earnhardt Story") and is shown in widescreen. It also sounds very good-it's in 5.1 Dolby stereo surround. There are some stylishly filmed moments, along with many brief and in-depth driver interviews (some include time spent off the track-Jeff Gordon etc.). Darrell Waltrip has some very poignant moments describing the death of Dale Earnhardt (try not to get teary eyed-I dare you), and they also show some actual highlights from the 2001 Daytona 500 (though not Dale's actual final...

This is awful
If you know anything about NASCAR, don't waste your time-especially if you've ever been to a race . This is awful.

This whole video starts as a tool to stereotype racing fans as a bunch of yahoos. And that is what ESPN does. I thought this would be a lot of video of old racing since ESPN was there in the glory days of the 70s and 80s. But no.

The first 30 minutes are peppered with Democrats claiming they're fans. But if you've been to a race you know the fans know better than to be fooled by guys like this.

This is sad, there was so much potential. So much potential. There are some good moments in this but they're overshadowed by the subtle mocking of the fans.

The video is cut up into the MTV-quick edit-hyperactive video. Again, too bad. Hard too watch.

I'll be looking at the next 3 videos in this series.

Xmas Gift
My brother in law thoroughly enjoys the video, has spent numerous hours watching the video and cant wait for nascar to start

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