NASCAR is the second (or first when a NASCAR update is ongoing) category that the player will go through in Real Racing 3, just before Pro/Am, and just after Amateur (or, during a NASCAR update, just before Amateur). It starts with the special event NASCAR Academy and continues with the career series NASCAR Talent Tour without a bonus series. It then immediately resumes to NASCAR All-Star Series with its eleven bonus series being NASCAR Pre-Season Rumble (which was once a career series), Richard Petty Motorsports Champion Cup, Joey Logano's Champion Cup, Matt Kenseth's Champion Cup, Chase Elliott's Champion Cup, Kevin Harvick's Champion Cup, Brad Keselowski's Champion Cup, Kyle Busch's Champion Cup, Tony Stewart's Champion Cup, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s Champion Cup, Danica Patrick's Champion