Lost Speedways

  • Premiered: Jul 2020
  • Episodes: 16
  • Followers: 3
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  • Peacock
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Season 2
2x1
Daytona Beach and Road Course: Origins
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 01, 2021
Dale Earnhardt Jr., a two-time Daytona 500 winner and third-generation driver in a family forever connected to NASCAR, pursues a deeper understanding of his sport by going to its birthplace.
2x2
Pennsboro Speedway: The Miracle
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 01, 2021
Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Matthew Dillner explore an old track that hosted the biggest dirt race and the greatest upset in racing history.
2x3
San Antonio Speedway: Bad Blood In the Land of the Alamo
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 01, 2021
A bitter feud between two Texas track owners caused the once-thriving Texas asphalt short-track scene to disappear; Dale Earnhardt Jr. sends his team to a town synonymous with historic battles.
2x4
Columbia Speedway: Engine Wars
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 01, 2021
Dale Earnhardt Jr. travels to South Carolina to explore an outdoor venue that used to be a premier NASCAR stop; once there, he finds key players of a tumultuous 1966 boycott, the consequence of an epic arms race.
2x5
Texas World Speedway: Lonely Star
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 01, 2021
By visiting America's only lost superspeedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Matthew Dillner hope to learn why a gigantic, two-mile oval that once hosted IndyCar, NASCAR, ARCA and more now sits deserted outside a college town in Texas.
2x6
Arundel Speedway: Ultimate Badass
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 01, 2021
Dale Earnhardt Jr. sends his crew to New England, the hub of super-modified racing, to explore an old asphalt oval known for producing one of his heroes -- the most famous short-track racer of all time.
2x7
Cleveland County Fairgrounds: Conspiracy or Coincidence?
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 01, 2021
Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Matthew Dillner visit the scene of the Oct. 23, 1956 crash that nearly killed NASCAR's Herb Thomas; the team investigates whether the crash was a coincidence or a calculated ploy to win a championship.
2x8
Myrtle Beach Speedway: Goodbye, Dear Friend
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 01, 2021
Dale Earnhardt Jr. returns to the track where his racing career began to get one last glimpse before its scheduled demolition; once there, he faces the wave of emotions that comes with losing something beloved.

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