---
title: "/DRIVE on NBC Sports Is Back for a 5th Season of Cars and Arguments"
description: "Street takeovers, Oregon Trail, the Porsche 919, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans are all on tap for the fifth season of America's best car show."
date: "2018-10-18"
modified: "2018-10-18"
authors:
  - name: "Mike Spinelli"
    job_title: "VP of Content"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/mike-spinelli"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/24295/drive-on-nbc-sports-is-back-with-chris-harris-mike-spinelli-and-alex-roy-for-a-5th-season"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "News"
tags:
  - "/DRIVE on NBC Sports"
  - "24 Hours of Le Mans"
  - "French Cars"
  - "Porsche 919 Hybrid"
  - "Street Racing"
---

# /DRIVE on NBC Sports Is Back for a 5th Season of Cars and Arguments

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Five years ago, if you’d told me we’d be making a fifth season of */DRIVE on NBC Sports*, I’d have assumed you were the worst fortune teller at Coney Island. How could a bunch of serious network executives let us off the chain for five whole seasons? The mind boggles. But as it turns out, those powers that be have indeed let us back on family cable for a fifth go 'round.

What is */DRIVE on NBC Sports*? Officially, it's this:

> [The seven-episode series](<https://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2018/10/16/drive-returns-for-fifth-season-on-nbcsn-starting-this-sunday/>) goes beyond the boundaries of traditional car shows and investigates the cultural crossroads in automotive history. Topics include an overland drive through the historic Oregon Trail in three different off-road vehicles, an examination of the French car renaissance, and an exploration of grassroots racing which features the famous Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.

> This season of */DRIVE* also includes a special investigative episode that looks into the car culture of Los Angeles. Through interviews with the LAPD and street racers, */DRIVE* examines how social media has led to a rise in underground racing and sideshows.

All of that returns **this Sunday, October 21st, at 8:00pm ET**. This season, over the course of seven episodes, we present a dubious auto industry award, examine Los Angeles street takeovers, drive the Porsche 919 racecar (well, [one of us](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Harris_(journalist)>) does), race Power Wheels cars, get lost along the Oregon Trail, sample from a steaming buffet of French cars new and old, and find ourselves in a parade at the 24 Hours of LeMans.

With [Matt Farah](<https://www.thedrive.com/authors/matt-farah>) stepping away [to pursue](<https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo1vBUbl25l/?hl=en&taken-by=thesmokingtire>) a number of [very cool](<https://shoutengine.com/WatchAndListen/>) new [interests](<https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1988-ford-mustang-lx-5-0-5/>), there are some fresh faces this season. You already know [Alex Roy](<https://www.thedrive.com/authors/alex-roy>) from [here](<https://www.thedrive.com/tech/23332/why-human-driving-will-never-die>) and elsewhere; Zack Klapman, a longtime /DRIVE show producer who's recently shown up in Matt’s [One Take videos](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07S-JwRw6_s>) for The Smoking Tire, makes his hosting debut this season, as does über-prolific Jalopnik writer and arbiter of radness, [Kristen Lee](<https://kinja.com/kristenlee>). (See air schedule below.)

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*/DRIVE on NBC Sports*

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*/DRIVE on NBC Sports*

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*/DRIVE on NBC Sports*

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*/DRIVE on NBC Sports*

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*/DRIVE on NBC Sports*

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*/DRIVE on NBC Sports*

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*/DRIVE on NBC Sports*

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*/DRIVE on NBC Sports*

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*/DRIVE on NBC Sports*

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*/DRIVE on NBC Sports*

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*/DRIVE on NBC Sports*

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*/DRIVE on NBC Sports*

Here's the schedule for this season (air times are ET) on [NBCSN](<https://www.nbcsports.com/tv-listings>):

### Sunday, October 21

## /DRIVE on NBC Sports - Episode 1: A Car of the Year

***8 p.m.***

### Sunday, October 28

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## /DRIVE on NBC Sports - Episode 2: L.A. Car Culture

8:30 p.m.

### Sunday, November 4

## /DRIVE on NBC Sports - Episode 3: How Far We've Come

*9 p.m.*

## /DRIVE on NBC Sports - Episode 4: Grassroots Racing

***9:30 p.m.***

### Sunday, November 11

## /DRIVE on NBC Sports - Episode 5: Oregon Trail Road Trip

***8 p.m.***

## /DRIVE on NBC Sports - Episode 6: French Cars

***8:30 p.m.***

### Sunday, November 18

## /DRIVE on NBC Sports - Episode 7: Le Mans Pilgrimage (one-hour special)

***8:30 p.m.***

[NBCSN Channel Finder](<https://www.nbcsports.com/tv-listings>)

## Author
A sucker for Ford-era Jaguar XJs and glitchy, early-90s BMW V12s, Mike was the founding editor of car culture site Jalopnik, and a former editor-in-chief of 0-60. He's also a co-host of the TV show /DRIVE on NBC Sports, which can be seen from time to time on NBCSN, usually after midnight.

### Author social links  
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