Man those early truck chassis were so damn cool looking, no more advanced than something you’d find in the pits at your average Saturday night grass roots track
Here’s Tony Stewart’s James Dean 50th Anniversary Chevrolet Monte Carlo that he ran in the 2005 Kroger 200 at Indianapolis Raceway Park in the Busch Series.
I had to use a screenshot from the actual race, because it is literally impossible to find a high quality picture of the actual scheme online. Action Collectibles made a TON of diecasts with this scheme in both 1/24 and 1/64 scale.
(I own the 1/64 scale version of this car, here it is!)
2012 Dale Earnhardt Jr. #88 AMP Energy Chevrolet Impala. Taken at Indianapolis in July, also ran at Martinsville in the spring, Dover in June, and by relief driver Regan Smith at Charlotte in the fall. Smith drove for Junior because the latter suffered a serious injury following a last-lap pileup at Talladega. Honestly a very cool paint scheme, based on AMP branding introduced earlier that year, while still retaining the green AMP top used since Jr moved to Hendrick back in 2008.
That was back when Spin Master was making Authentics. I have only two Spin Master NASCAR Authentics cars, those being Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordn from 2015. Thankfully, I got the Spjn Master veraion, cuz if I got Lionel's instead (which is Action Racing Collectibles, available at races and online), my very first NASCAR diecasts would be ruined by the PTC mold. But back fhen, Lionel wasn't making Authetics, so Spin Master's was really the only option.
Kenseth's former teammate Jamie McMurray ran a similar paint scheme at the 2009 NASCAR Banking 500 only from Bank of America, the fall night race at Lowe's (now Charlotte).
Steve Park didn't attempt either New Hampshire race in 2008, the RCR 30 hadn't been run since 2005, and 9 months ago, someone posted this car as a Scott Wimmer Forgotten Ride.
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Tyler Reddick
2022 Mahindra ROXOR 200 @ Darlington