The first contracted season of the show produced 26 installments (episodes). At the opening of each episode, a narrator (usually Dave McClelland) would say, "Diamond P Sports presents... the
American Sports Cavalcade. A panorama of speed, color, drama, and excitement!" Over the years,
American Sports Cavalcade televised such sports as
NASCAR and
ASA stock car racing,
NHRA drag racing,
CART Indycar racing,
IMSA and
SCCA sports car racing,
AMA supercross and superbike racing,
USAC and
World of Outlaws sprint car racing, monster truck racing and truck and tractor pulling from
TNT Motorsports,
APBA offshore power boat racing,
Swamp Buggy racing from Naples, Florida, and even a couple of rodeo events during their first few seasons. This show usually aired during racing season on Saturdays and once or twice on Sundays, with the same episode airing each time during that weekend. The episodes were almost always taped, edited, and broadcast a week or two after the event had taken place (known in broadcasting as
tape delay). The episodes were usually 90 minutes in length. In the mid-1980s, Diamond P and TNN were the first group to televise racing from
Road America in
Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. ==Personnel==