The NASCAR Unlimited Division features cutting edge, over-the-top technologies (from the show's point of view).

To protect drivers from crashes, each race car has an inner Rescue Racer that ejects from the outer body if an accident happens.

A major goal of the series was to introduce NASCAR racing to a younger audience, particularly given the sport's older demographics.

[7] Although similar to other Saturday morning cartoons in having a primary objective of selling toys, with Hasbro being a production partner for the series, writing for NASCAR Racers turned out to be different in one important respect: because of the lower stakes of racing compared to defeating villains, the main characters were allowed to lose occasionally.

[7] As Mark Edens recalls, the series was specifically envisioned as depicting a futuristic NASCAR to differentiate it from the actual races, a concept which found approval at the company: Mark said it was his decision to make the show about a NASCAR of the distant future, needing a premise that could entice kids and lead to an interesting toy line.

"[7] Before beginning its proper run in 2000, NASCAR Racers premiered as a special three-part TV movie on November 11, 1999, although subsequent re-airings have the first three episodes separated from each other.

It ended in 2001, with reruns airing on Disney's Jetix after the company's purchase of the Saban Entertainment library.

[8][9] As with many other Saban Entertainment series, the only major English-language DVD release is by Czech distributor North Video, featuring both Czech and English audio and original video (with English-language text) in the original production order.

NASCAR Racers books were authored by Gene Hult under the name J. E. Bright, and published by HarperEntertainment.