Stock Car Fever (Full Frame)

VHS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Gentlemen, start your engines!?annnnd they're off, tearing down the racetrack at speeds upwards of 180 m.p.h. Come inside the car with top drivers Jeff Gordon and Dale Jarrett to experience the 700-horsepower buzz that powers this fast-growing sport. Stock car racing on the Winston Cup circuit is fast, fun, noisy - and dangerous. High-speed blowouts, multicar pileups, and raging engine fires are all in a day's work. Drivers court death each time they take the wheel, warding off the disaster that lurks at every turn, through their superhuman skills, lightning reflexes, and practiced pit crews. From the famed Charlotte Motor Speedway to the notorious Talledega Superspeedway, National Geographic Video shows you why "Stock Car Fever" is contagious!.