The first contracted season of the show produced 26 installments (episodes). At the opening of each episode, a narrator 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.