NASCAR: The IMAX Experience

Mar 12, 2004

0h 48m

★ 7.3

Up to 8 stories high... 12,000 watts of sound... 750 horsepower...

Overview

A big-screen look into one of America's most successful entertainment industries, NASCAR racing.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

IMAX

NASCAR Productions

NASCAR: The IMAX Experience Trailers

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Kiefer Sutherland

Self

Jeff Gordon

Self

Tony Stewart

Self / Moonshiner

Jimmie Johnson

Self

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Self

Matt Kenseth

Self

Mark Martin

Self / Moonshiner

Ryan Newman

TV Announcer

Allen Bestwick

Self

Bobby Labonte

Self

Bill France Jr.

Sheriff

Mike Helton

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