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Lastlap

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but I have no idea what gazelle referred to back then nor what the logo looked like. Ditto for the following races when his sponsor was Opryland USA. So, I just went with the unsponsored ride and racers can use their imagination
Opryland USA is the theme park, they feature as a contingency in '97.

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Darrell Waltrip is an iconic personality of NASCAR. In 1997 he celebrated his 25th year in the sport with a number of retro inspired paint schemes looking back on his career. 'Throwbacks' weren't really even a thing back then - but maybe that's what started the trend? Those retro schemes will be included with the set - but for the moment here is his regularly colored Parts America ride.

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I never knew there was a big gap of unused numbers... #71 after #46?
Most of them were unused, but what few numbered cars between 46 and 71 there were, only one managed to qualify for a race: Billy Standridge's #47 at the fall Talladega race.

The others are as follows:
#50 - A.J. Foyt (Indianapolis, withdrew)
#52 - Jack Sprague (Phoenix, DNQ)
#61 - Tim Steele (Indianapolis, DNQ)
#66 - H.B. Bailey (Texas, DNQ)
 
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Working on my '00+ stuff I've been watching races on Nascar's YouTube channel.

Back in the day of just getting the internet (2000), photos on sites like nascar.com etc were too small, like 350x. So I got bought a lot of books (behind the scenes) of Nascar for Xmas each year. That was my reference for photos when painting rides in N3, N4, N2k2 etc

Now I'm buying old race programs to find sponsors/logos/contingencies and other photos of hard to find references.

My current oldest Nascar program is Daytona 500 from 1980, not started my early 80's stuff yet.
 

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Working on my '00+ stuff I've been watching races on Nascar's YouTube channel.

Back in the day of just getting the internet (2000), photos on sites like nascar.com etc were too small, like 350x. So I got bought a lot of books (behind the scenes) of Nascar for Xmas each year. That was my reference for photos when painting rides in N3, N4, N2k2 etc

Now I'm buying old race programs to find sponsors/logos/contingencies and other photos of hard to find references.

My current oldest Nascar program is Daytona 500 from 1980, not started my early 80's stuff yet.
I've actually found that the BOXES that alot of diescasts from the late 90s early 00s come in are a treasure trove of good artwork, numbers and logos to trace into vector graphics for these cars. The diescasts themselves tend to not be the most accurate - but if I find them for cheap enough on ebay my kids have fun with them!
 

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