Dr. Noise Paints - New 1992 High Resolution Carset Progress
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I realized after posting the image that I had goofed up my vector for the number and had a few crooked lines, specifically in the 2. As soon as I saw them I had to fix them. lol. So, they're fixed.
The research done so far for Randy Porter has been extensive. Oddly enough, the best image I've come across was by accident searching for some additional info on the Horton car. That image was Porter in the pits waiting to go out for qualifying at Richmond. That was one of his DNQs. It was exceedingly common that a part time driver would pick up sponsors after qualifying for a race, so the DNQ day, the car was blank still as it appears below. Based on the images I was able to pull from both Charlotte & Talladega where he did qualify, it appears they may have actually run the same car every track. It is very clear the Charlotte/Talladega cars were both the same one. As for the sponsors, not even the slightest clue. lol.
I'm fairly certain the logo on the hood is a Porter Racing logo. Everything else varies and is undocumented. If photos come up over time, I can get them added. If nothing shows up by the end of the project, the cars will appear in this DNQ'd format.
I'm fairly certain the logo on the hood is a Porter Racing logo. Everything else varies and is undocumented. If photos come up over time, I can get them added. If nothing shows up by the end of the project, the cars will appear in this DNQ'd format.
What drives me crazy as I'm trying to help researching some images for these forgotten rides is the fact that maybe there are pictures of the driver itself from that season, but all from local short track races held weekly. And not even a single clear one from a damn NASCAR Winston Cup Series event? I mean, the main stock car racing series? Really? Just, wow. (Terrific job as always btw. Glad that the 24 car for Sonoma has been covered)
Photo taking practices of the time were different. There being no modern version of the internet and limited other forms of media, photos were rarely taken of back markers by the on-site photographers, be it NASCAR related or independent ones. And, because of limited media, rarer photos have a much more difficult time finding their way online. Especially this many years later. Scanners were still being used by those who even possessed one until basically the 2000s (and even beyond that). Even then, photo uploads were still somewhat limited. High speed connections weren't a very common thing yet. So, there's a lot working against finding photos of cars that barely saw a single race.
This can be similar for short tracks of the time, too. Though, photographers on a regional or local level will tend to be a bit more thorough. Simply being that on that level things are a bit less business and a bit more personal/pleasure. So, everyone liked photos of their cars from the front of the field to the back. This does make finding those types of photos much easier. Keep in mind as well, the drivers that only see a couple Cup races are often front row/winning material on the local/regional level. So, as such, you'll see a ton of photos of someone like Randy Porter as he won races all the time locally.
Likely there are photos of Porters cup car(s) that exist in someone's archives. But, the likelihood of seeing them is slim as there's simply nobody looking for them or caring about them. We do, now, for this project happening 30 years later. But that's a drop in the bucket of time. So, I present the only clear photo the internet has to offer for the time being. A shot from someone in the stands taking a photo of the qualifying line at the first Richmond race where Randy DNQ'd.
The pattern of the contigs would suggest this is the same car used for both Charlotte & Talladega. They are all 3 completely identical and the layout is a bit chaotic. When they're like that, they rarely match from car to car.
Naturally, it's never a thing that a larger team with many cars would use the same car on a short track vs. a speedway and often times had dedicated super speedway cars, too. But, in the case of Porter, I'd bet all my money on them only having 1 car, as they fielded it themselves.
I admire your dedication in seeking out these obscure race cars and making the best representations of them possible. As someone who has done some backmarkers from the early-mid 2000's, I get how difficult it can be, and I'd bet the 80's/90's are even harder.
Thanks! It definitely expands the project completion time. But whatever. Might as well go all out! Woo!
Harry Gant is good to go. I had acquired about 4 different variations of the car. Opted to choose 2. The first one with the Food Lion trunk/Detroit Gasket on the side is from the first Charlotte Race (Coke 600). The second car is the Daytona 500 car. Sammi drew the Lil' Champ boxer dude for the trunk on the Daytona car.
Harry is my favorite, so it was enjoyable to finally get to this car. The next car is going to be the Diet Pepsi car that Todd Bodine drove at the Glen. He ended up spinning/crashing twice. I think the first lap the first time. Lap 16 the second time. It was also his debut in the Cup series. Needless to say, there's been better debuts. Suppose there's also been worse. lol.
Harry is my favorite, so it was enjoyable to finally get to this car. The next car is going to be the Diet Pepsi car that Todd Bodine drove at the Glen. He ended up spinning/crashing twice. I think the first lap the first time. Lap 16 the second time. It was also his debut in the Cup series. Needless to say, there's been better debuts. Suppose there's also been worse. lol.
Last year and last championship run in NASCAR Winston Cup Series for an Oldsmobile. From 1993-1994, Oldsmobile saw only a few part time rides, before the definitive retirement from the sport and the future involvement in the early days of the Indy Racing League.
About Bodine, it was the Winston Cup Series debut for Frank Cicci as well. Apparently, the team was named Cicci-Welliver Racing, and made 5 starts in Cup Series from 1992 to 2000. Surprisingly, they've been on pole in 1997 at Watkins Glen. Frank Cicci Racing met a bit more luck in the Busch Series from 1985 to 2007. Their most successful year was 1989 when Jimmy Spencer got them 3 wins.
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I have this part shot of the front of the #34:
Nerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrds! lol. Thanks for the photo, I actually didn't realize the old 'Uh Huh' slogan was on there.
Sometimes, the internet delivers. As is tradition, I wasn't necessarily looking for the white 27 car, but finally something for it exists at all. Next step. Figuring out what it is that's under the word 'Race' and possibly what's in between the last X in max and the number. Whomever in a previous message suggested that maybe the 27 was Aardvark, looks like you were right! This photo is scanned huuuuge. So, anyone interested in trying to identify, click the image a couple times to see it in all its glory.
**EDIT: I think that the decal in between Maxx & the number is just the RE contingency. Weird place for it.
**EDIT: I think that the decal in between Maxx & the number is just the RE contingency. Weird place for it.
Wow, that's a lucky call! About the 27 car, apparently this is what I was able to find about the paintscheme ran at Pocono by Bob Schacht. I'm 99% sure that the logo on the back of the car is the Linro Motorsports logo. Unsure about the hood and the logos behind the number 27. I hope that NASCAR Classics will upload the Miller Genuine Draft 500 race soon on their website with a better quality of the image. Currently I'm working on searching infos about the 35 car.
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