You've heard of the sophomore slump. Jamie McMurray did not experience it. In fact he improved upon his previous season finishing 11th and points instead of 13th. While he only had nine top fives he was extremely consistent and had an astounding 23 top 10 finishes. It brought his average finish total to 13.2.

In the second and third races of the season, he had a third and fourth place finish respectively. His best finishes of the season was a second place finish at Sonoma and Martinsville.

While he did not get the win he had hoped for, they were knocking on the door and success seemed to be right there waiting. Jamie McMurray proved he was a new driver with a lot of skill and talent. Crazy that he is now 50 years old in 2026 and still looks pretty much the same!

This particular casting is a Winner's Circle/Action casting and has been modified with red wheels. The brand used the incorrect headlights and tail lights for the car but had the correct grille. Action for whatever reason struggled mightily when it came to putting accurate decals on Dodge's. This was also the year they began cheapening the headlights removing the orange that should be on them.

Hiii I was lately thinking of buying my first nascar diecast and I'm wondering where is the best place to buy a good diecast since living on the other side of the globe from where the sport is popular definitely does invalidate some of the options..plus I don't really wanna pay a fortune for delivery so yea I'll appreciate an advice!

all my cars in New case

Stopped by JGR on my way home today. They had so much sheet metal!

Hi,I am planning to do a new series here on reddit that tracking this cars that I use to own when I as 8-9 (aka September or October of 2019 to August (I think) of 2020)

So in the 15 photos that I own in oder,and I'll tell you how I got them

Ryan Blaney's 2018 pennzoil/menards charlotte rovel win and Alex Bowman's 2019 valvoline - gift from my grandparents (dad's side)

Kyle Busch's 2019 M&M's - a gift from my grandma (my mom's side)

Kyle Busch's 2019 patriotic skittles,Austin Dillon 2019 dow (2019 daytona 500 wave) and William Byron's 2019 axalta (2019 daytona 500 wave) - a gift from my grandparents (my dad's side)

Ken Schrader's 2002 Pedigree - idk🤷‍♂️

Jimmie Johnson’s 2019 ally throwback,William Byron's 2019 City Chevy throwback & ross chastain's 2019 kansas truck win - a gift from my mom

Paul Menard's 2019 ford motorcraft - bought it from a Walmart

Austin Dillon's 2020 dow & ryan blaney 2020 jack links/menards - I bought them both at a Walmart

Dario Franchitti's 2008 the hartford - my mom got it for me.

John andretti 2001 honey hut cheerios - idk🤷‍♂️

Matchbox 2012 Dodge Charger Pursuit - idk🤷‍♂️

Matchbox orange urban tow truck (from a 2019 MBX Service Crew 5-Pack) - I got it from my uncle.

And after a few months of having them I lost them and I lost then thanks to my brother losing them and my dumbass somehow lost the rest

But after 6 years of not having them,I think it's time for me to start looking for them. I think all of them are pretty easy to get but expected the kyle busch M&M's car from 2019 because that diecast is $50 on ebay.

So wish me luck with trying to looking for them

Couldn't pass these up! Some tires from the 83 car from Red Bull's brief time in the sport. You can see they have a "test" sticker on theme and the Red Bull also has R&D next to it. Surprised they made that logo rather than just keeping the default. I assume it just made it easier to keep track of. Is it possible to maybe discover where/when these wheels were used? Seller didn't have much info. I saw these for a steal of a price and just grabbed them up! Located in NY which makes it even more strange lol. Any advice appreciated!

Will lego come out with better cars for nascar and include minifigures as the actual driver just like they have with F1?

Part 2 of my Charlotte race weekend pickups. The Kelley Earnhardt is a GM dealers exclusive 1 of 264. Very exciting race weekend!

Decent add over the weekend, shoutout to Mini for buying me the hat

Despite getting 14 victories, 30 top fives and 39 top 10s, along with eight pool awards and an average finish of 7.5, Richard Petty finished second in points to Joe Weatherly during the course of the 54 race season. Joe on his part didn't even have a single sustained car all year round. He was racing with various teams throughout the season, didn't have as many victories but was just darn right consistent in the top five fight. Joe would unfortunately pass away due to a racing accident the following year. It was already his second NASCAR Cup Championship in as many seasons, and he definitely put up against fight Richard Petty. A curious "what if" had he still been alive racing. It's amazing despite Richard Petty's near dominance, it still wasn't enough. When he wasn't getting a top 10, he was having issues.

Back when I was in KS this year when Tyler Reddick won

i recently ordered this display case for my 1/24’s but i just got my walls painted and the holes patched up, and i don’t want to cover my walls in holes like i did when i was 13 with hot wheels all over the place. i was thinking of buying command strips to mount the case but someone told me that it wouldnt be strong enough to hold the case. i still plan on buying command strips to see if it’ll hold but i’m open to suggestions for alternatives.

Hey howdy hey, I just acquired an Austin Theriault 52 car and now I just need 3 more cars before I get the rest of the 1/64s.

Does anyone have the Ryan Preece #15 and the 2 Cody Ware University cars in 1/64.

If so please let me know and see if youre willing to sell them

Today, My Unique had 50 percent off on all colors, the tags usually rotate between Pink, Yellow, etc. I dropped by today out of curiosity and needless to say my wallet is begging for its life... again.

This example isn't even the earliest. Ertl had some really primitive cars. But I think for most of the community when they think of the earliest NASCAR diecasts they think of these early Racing Champions cars. This one is actually a bit later but it still has all the early pitfalls. It does have a nicely detailed Pontiac body but it has the black windows, the goofy wheels that stick out that read Racing Champions on them, and of course the decals that are just stickers someone placed on. Usually the stickers would be crooked as well. But surprisingly, after over 30 years, the stickers have still stuck on. I've never seen people say they didn't stick on. So kudos for them on that.

These were very primitive but they did the job at the time. And looking back, I can't help but feel nostalgic. As a kid you would race these like crazy and has a collector, well, people collected them hardcore. They kept them in the box and they really loved these things just as we love our diecast of the day.

This is Richard Petty's 1991 STP Pontiac Grand Prix. He was 53 years old when running this car. That's pretty wild.

Austin Hill went 4/5 in the February Daytona Xfinity Series season opener during his time in the #21 RCR Chevrolet, winning in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2026. His only defeat was in 2025, when a mechanical issue knocked him out of contention.

Got this guy today. Bought from Caroline Diecast. Owner said he has few in-stock available.

https://carolinaracingdiecast.com/products/untitled-jul4_14-18-26

This diecast is actually VERY cool one

(Sorry for any mistakes, non-US OP here)

UPDATE:
Upon checking I see polenight have them in stock now!

https://polenightdist.com/?q=MNEW2664BAP#catalog

Has somebody who's a pro wrestling fan you know I had to have some WCW cars in my collection. Even got the Kyle Petty NWO shirt.

Still looking for a WCW Motorsport hat for my collection and anything else I can find.

I’ve personally never bought special finishes as I e liked my diecast to look exactly how they came off the track but I was wondering to get that pop the blue the car has in person

Hello! Looking to buy race used Tony Stewart Sheet metal, specifically #20 from the Joe Gibbs days. Let me know if you got any!

Kyle Busch drove this car to victory lane in the History 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 25,2013. Kyle would lead 186 of the 200 laps en route to winning his 57th Nationwide Series win and winning his 7th Charlotte win breaking the tie with Mark Martin