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As part of free access to racing fans due to the COVID-19 pandemic, TrackPass on NBC Sports Gold is featuring nearly 50 long-form documentaries for your viewing pleasure. Throughout the week, we’ll preview one documentary each day that looks back on some of NASCAR’s biggest stars, venues and stories from the past.

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After viewing some highlights from NASCAR Decades: The 90s, TrackPass goes back in time more by sharing interesting stories from the sport in the 1980s. In a time where mullets were the must-have style, NASCAR Decades: The 80s takes a look back at Tim Richmond, a.k.a. Mr. Hollywood, his rough-and-tough racing with Dale Earnhardt at Martinsville Speedway and much more.

Other available content includes full-event replays of all races since TrackPass launched in December 2019. Condensed replays of every American Flat Track, IMSA WeatherTech, K&N and Modified race from the 2019 season will also be made available shortly.

Free access to TrackPass runs through May 1. Fans can learn more about the streaming service here.

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FOX, NBC and NASCAR Productions together received eight Sports Emmy Award nominations for NASCAR broadcasts and related programming, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) announced in a release.

NASCAR Productions was nominated for Outstanding Post-Produced Audio/Sound for its work on Radioactive: The Championship Race, which aired on FS1 following the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series Championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway. NASCAR Productions also earned a nomination in the Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement category for the popular FS1 documentary, UNRIVALED: Earnhardt vs. Gordon.

FOX was nominated for its coverage of the 61st Daytona 500 and received two nominations for the George Wensel Technical Achievement Award (Broadcast Analytics and Virtual Set). After winning the award last year, FS1 was again nominated for its production of the daily afternoon show, NASCAR Race Hub.

Both FOX and NBC were nominated in the Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound category for the networks’ live coverage of NASCAR Cup Series races in 2019.

The 41st annual Sports Emmy Awards ceremony, originally scheduled for April 28 in New York, has been postponed until later this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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With classic race replays airing every weekday, drivers engaging on our Instagram channel for live interviews and an eNASCAR preview show for the weekend ahead, there is plenty of racing content for NASCAR fans to consume.

This week’s viewing guide for NASCAR.com and NASCAR social media platforms is below.

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As part of free access to racing fans due to the COVID-19 pandemic, TrackPass on NBC Sports Gold is featuring nearly 50 long-form documentaries for your viewing pleasure. Throughout the week, we’ll preview one documentary each day that looks back on some of NASCAR’s biggest stars, venues and stories from the past.

RELATED: Get free access to all nine channels

First up is NASCAR Decades: The 90s, remembering some of the most thrilling and unique moments of the sport during that span. From Kyle Petty’s entertaining visor slap at Daytona International Speedway to when the NASCAR Cup Series took Japan by storm with exhibition races at Twin Ring Motegi and Suzuka Circuit from 1996-98, Trackpass delivers with this walk down memory lane.

Other available content includes full-event replays of all races since TrackPass launched in December 2019 and nearly 50 long-form documentaries on NASCAR’s biggest stars, venues and stories. Condensed replays of every American Flat Track, IMSA WeatherTech, K&N and Modified race from the 2019 season will also be made available shortly.

Free access to TrackPass runs through May 1. Fans can learn more about the streaming service here.

RELATED: FAQs on product

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The schedule said there were three races on the docket, but the talk throughout New England leading up to race weekend was on ‘the big one.’

The Musket 250.

New Hampshire Motor Speedway has been the big stage for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour since Mike McLaughlin went to Victory Lane in the inaugural Sunoco Winston 125 on Sunday, Sept. 2, 1990.

Sixty-eight Whelen Modified Tour had been held at the “Magic Mile” prior to the Musket 250, but arguably none was bigger than what was on deck for Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018.

In the first year since the fall NASCAR Cup Series date was moved to Las Vegas, New Hampshire put on its inaugural Fall Full Throttle Weekend. The Whelen Modified Tour shared the bill with the penultimate races of the NASCAR Pinty’s Series and the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East seasons.

PIT BOX: Whelen Mods Hit Big Stage With Inaugural Musket 250 at NHMS

The Musket 250 set up as the longest race in the history of the Whelen Modified Tour, and one that would have championship implications.

Justin Bonsignore entered the event with seven wins in 13 races as he chased his first tour championship. He held a 79-point lead over Chase Dowling and 105-point cushion on Timmy Solomito. Doug Coby sat in fourth, 115 points out, as his chase for a fifth straight title was rapidly running out of time.

And Ryan Preece made the drive up from Richmond, where he was running in the NASCAR Xfinity Series on Friday, to jump in the No. 77.

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Chase Elliott’s 2014 rookie season in the Xfinity Series doubled as his first full-time season in NASCAR overall, and it took him just six Xfinity races to make it to Victory Lane.

Driving JR Motorsports’ No. 9 Chevrolet, Elliott began the spring race at Texas Motor Speedway sixth. The 40-car O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 field was stacked with Cup Series full-timers, such as Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Kyle Larson and Kevin Harvick, who started on the pole.

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Elliott, who was 18 years old, led four times for 38 laps throughout the 200-lap event. Harvick was in control for a race-high 101 laps and held the No. 1 spot on Lap 184 until Elliott took over with a late-race pass. Elliott stayed out front for the final 16 circuits around the 1.5-mile track and ultimately beat Busch to the checkered flag by 2.666 seconds.

Larson, Harvick and Earnhardt rounded out the top five, while Kenseth finished sixth.

Elliott went on to win two more races that season, earned Rookie of the Year honors and ended up being crowned the 2014 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion.

Relive Chase Elliott’s first career NASCAR Xfinity Series win in this Classic Race Replay of the 2014 O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway.

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Timmy Hill didn’t win the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, but he borrowed one of that race’s traditions for a special celebration of his eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series victory at virtual Texas Motor Speedway.

“The way I celebrate the win, my wife comes up the stairs, gives me a big hug. My favorite drink is a cup of milk,” Hill said after leading nine of the 130 laps in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 125. “She gives me a cup of milk. Downed that right away.”

MORE: Timmy Hill tallies at virtual Texas

Hill said he had plenty of well-wishers via text message and online chats, but that he intended to continue another victory tradition once the COVID-19 pandemic subsides and the NASCAR Cup Series schedule resumes. In a post-race interview, Hill was asked if he might receive a winner’s cowboy hat from Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage.

Hill said he hoped so. Gossage replied on Twitter that he would come through.

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Timmy Hill’s bump-and-run on William Byron late in the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Series Invitational’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 125 at virtual Texas Motor Speedway may have put him in position for the eventual win, but it’s something the Hendrick Motorsports driver won’t forget about anytime soon.

RELATED: Full race results | Hill scores eNASCAR win at Texas

Byron led a race-high 80 laps and scored the Busch Pole Award for Sunday’s eNASCAR race. He looked to be in control for much of the event before a late-race bump by Hill sent him up the track in the closing laps. He would go on to finish seventh in the race.

For his part, Hill knows retaliation could be coming.

“Well, I think the etiquette is similar to real life: Basically you race people how they race you,” Hill said in his post-race teleconference. “For me it was a situation where I don’t get the chance to win much on this big of a platform. I told myself, if I have a chance to win any race — NASCAR, short track level — if it came down to it, that’s what I would do. It doesn’t change because it was iRacing. That’s what I would do in real life.

“Going forward, I’m sure William isn’t happy about it. I’m sure he’ll do the same back to me. Reverting back to what I said before, you race others how they race you. I’ll probably get a lot of abuse going forward. I’ll have to accept that. But that’s in the future. I’m kind of living in the present and happy to get the win.”

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Which channels have NASCAR programming this week? We answer that and give the weekly NASCAR television listings here in the NASCAR TV schedule.

Note: All times are ET.

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Monday, March 30
2 a.m., eNASCAR iRacing Pro Series Invitational at virtual Texas Motor Speedway (re-air), FS1/FOX Sports App
6:30 a.m., Unrivaled: Earnhardt vs. Gordon (re-air), FS1/FOX Sports App
7:30 a.m., eNASCAR iRacing Pro Series Invitational at virtual Texas Motor Speedway (re-air), FS1/FOX Sports App
6 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1/FOX Sports App

Tuesday, March 31
Midnight, eNASCAR iRacing Pro Series Invitational at virtual Texas Motor Speedway (re-air), FS2/FOX Sports App
6 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1/FOX Sports App

On MRN
7 p.m., NASCAR Live

Wednesday, April 1
6 a.m., NASCAR Auto Racing Classics: 1986 Miller High Life 400 (re-air), FS2/FOX Sports App
9 a.m., NASCAR Auto Racing Classics: 2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500 (re-air), FS2/FOX Sports App
6 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1/FOX Sports App
8 p.m., Wednesday Night iRacing: World of Outlaws, FS1/FOX Sports App

Thursday, April 2
3:30 a.m., Wednesday Night iRacing: World of Outlaws (re-air), FS1/FOX Sports App
4:30 a.m., eNASCAR iRacing Pro Series Invitational at virtual Texas Motor Speedway (re-air), FS1/FOX Sports App
11 a.m., Wednesday Night iRacing: World of Outlaws (re-air), FS2/FOX Sports App
Noon, eNASCAR iRacing Pro Series Invitational at virtual Texas Motor Speedway (re-air), FS2/FOX Sports App
1 p.m., Dale Jr. Download: John Force (re-air), NBCSN/NBC Sports App
2 p.m., Dale Jr. Download: Michael Waltrip (re-air), NBCSN/NBC Sports App
3 p.m., Dale Jr. Download: Joe Gibbs (re-air), NBCSN/NBC Sports App
4 p.m., Dale Jr. Download: Richard Childress (re-air), NBCSN/NBC Sports App
6 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1/FOX Sports App

Friday, April 3
Midnight, Dale Jr. Download: Rick Hendrick (re-air), NBCSN/NBC Sports App
1 a.m., Dale Jr. Download: Gary Balough (re-air), NBCSN/NBC Sports App
2 a.m., Dale Jr. Download: Ricky Rudd (re-air), NBCSN/NBC Sports App

Saturday, April 4
noon, Greatest NASCAR Races: Phoenix 1988 (re-air), FOX/FOX Sports App

Sunday, April 5
noon, Wednesday Night iRacing: World of Outlaws (re-air), FS1/FOX Sports App
1 p.m., eNASCAR iRacing Pro Series Invitational at virtual Bristol Motor Speedway, FOX (where available)/FS1/FOX Sports App
7 p.m., NASCAR Auto Racing Classics: 2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 at Darlington (re-air), FS1/FOX Sports App
10 p.m., eNASCAR iRacing Pro Series Invitational at virtual Bristol Motor Speedway (re-air), FS1/FOX Sports App

On PRN
1 p.m., Classic Race: 1999 Goody’s Headache Power 500