How to Watch Old NASCAR Races

If you've been a NASCAR fan for any length of time, you probably have some old races categorized in your mind as personal favorites. From time to time, you may get a hankering to watch these old races again. If you're a new fan to NASCAR, you may want to watch old races to learn more about the sport or your favorite driver and to catch up on what you've missed. Either way, you should know how to find and watch old NASCAR races.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Watch Old NASCAR Races

1. Find out what your friends may have recorded. After all, lots of NASCAR fans record televised races on DVD or VHS. You may have even done it yourself. If there are any particular old NASCAR races you want to see, ask fellow fans if they may have recorded those races when they originally aired.
2. Browse your local TV listings. Some stations, such as The History Channel and ESPN, will occasionally run NASCAR-themed specials. These special programs almost always contain footage of old NASCAR races along with commentary and educational information about the history of the sport.
3. Search the Internet for clips and more lengthy footage from old NASCAR races. Plenty of sites have these clips, often taken from someone's personal video camera. Video-sharing sites and the personal websites of NASCAR fans are also good places to look.
4. Buy racing compilations on DVD. There are a number of companies, including ESPN, that have put out DVDs of notable NASCAR races of old. You can relive the good old days over and over again when you purchase one of these DVDs. Find them at your local video store.
5. Go to the NASCAR section of the ESPN website (see Resources below). There are several different types of NASCAR-related videos are posted here, including footage from past races.

Tips & Warnings

• When searching the Internet for NASCAR race footage, be sure you aren't watching copyright-protected material that has been posted illegally. Unless a website owner took the video footage himself or has express permission from the copyright holder to post it, it shouldn't be on the Web. Most website owners will have some form of announcement on their sites to let you know the material has permission to be there. If not, be smart and stay away. You don't want to encourage video piracy.