Hamlin, Keselowski Differ On Direction of Any Future NASCAR Netflix Series

Netflix has yet to commit to a second season for the docuseries NASCAR: Full Speed, but already Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski have differing opinions on the direction the show should take if it occurs.

While the inaugural season focused on the drivers and introducing viewers to their personalities, Hamlin believes a second season should focus on the sport’s technical side.

“You didn’t see what makes those cars go around in circles and makes this driver better than the other and what makes this car better than the other,” Hamlin says.

Keselowski doesn’t necessarily agree, saying it should expand to include “more characters in our sport. There’s no shortage.”

“There’s a lot going on in this sport,” Keselowski said at Richmond Raceway prior to the Toyota Owners 400. “If you have an open mind and your eyes are wide open, you can find something compelling to talk about and to engage with, and I think an audience will find compelling as well. I think the sky is really the limit. I hate to say it needs to be one thing and not another, because I like it all.”

Keselowski said if he and RFK Racing were given the opportunity to participate in a second season of the docuseries he would “open our doors with arms wide open.”

Chase Elliott didn’t possess the same view. Prior to the Richmond race, Dale Earnhardt Jr., an executive producer of the five-episode Netflix series that aired earlier this year, asked Elliott during his podcast The Dale Jr. Download if he would participate in a second season if it should occur. Elliott said he had not watched the show and he didn’t know if he would agree to participate in it until he saw it and determined “how bad they would piss me off of being around all the time.”

“It might not be the most entertaining thing or the most popular answer, but … I really just want to go fast, and I want to do my job at a high level,” Elliott told Earnhardt. “I feel like if there’s anything that’s going to take away from that, I’m probably going to say no to it.”

That’s a response NASCAR fans probably didn’t expect from the Cup Series six-time Most Popular driver. His comments became a talking point on social media among fans and some in the industry.