Could you consider this a prequel to NASCAR Dirt to Daytona? I bring it up because some of the tracks in Dirt to Daytona are featured in this game, and Driven to Destruction/Eve of Destruction is supposed to be more of a grassroots racing game. And dirt racing is the entry level racing you do in Dirt to Daytona.
Dirt to Daytona was also Monster Games (who's still making stock car games), so they could very well have re-used some assets for this game 2 years later.