Video: Full Speed trailer teases new NASCAR Netflix series like Drive to Survive

"Think about how badass that is."

As the world waits for somebody, anybody to confirm a Days of Thunder sequel [↗], Netflix has announced it will premiere a new documentary series, NASCAR Full Speed, on January 30.

The first trailer for the series sees race footage overlaid with the voice of sports journalist Marty Smith saying: “If you’re a race car driver, you have the opportunity to be hurt — or killed. And you do it anyway. Think about what a badass that is". The more things change, the more they stay the same: TV viewers love badasses.

“We’re badasses,” Trackhouse driver Ross Chastain says in Netflix's announcement. “This sport has a whole garage full of the best mechanics, the best engineers, the best everything. This is it.”

Badass, got it. Not sure how that isn't the slogan for the series, but hey.

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Netflix's announcement makes no mention of its massively successful F1-focused series Drive to Survive, but there can be no mistaking the inspiration for this new property.

The list of executive producers on the series doesn't appear to feature any key names from Drive to Survive, although the formula is likely to be much the same – and it doesn't hurt to have NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Jr on the team, either.

The show's ongoing cast includes Ryan Blaney, William Byron, Ross Chastain, Denny Hamlin, Bubba Wallace, Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, Joey Logano and Tyler Reddick.

The five-part series premieres on Netflix on January 30.

Now about Days of Thunder...