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#48 | Cody Llamas
Team: Hendrick Motorsports
Rookie Season: 2002 (Debuted in 2001)
Starts: 713
Career Wins: 73 | 2006 Daytona 500 Champion, 4x Cup Series Champion ('06, '13, '17, '22)
Top Fives: 95
Top Tens: 164
Side Quest Unlocked: Create Historic Schemes for 3 Active Drivers

So, with March 1st being the 10th anniversary of me starting the creation of a carset that would evolve over time into what is now the NSCA Cup Series, I felt it appropriate to create a few schemes for the drivers that have been in every season thus far since that initial carset that tell their history in the series......

..... Unfortunately, there are only 3 qualifying drivers for this..... Myself, Cody Llamas, and Hunter Keero. Worse still, the original idea was to have the three drivers use the same schemes that they did 10 years ago, albeit revamping those schemes to look 1000x better than they did when I first made them. Not only did looking at these older schemes dissuaded me from recreating them, they almost made me decide to scrap the idea before I delved further into it. That's how bad some of my more older schemes are.... However, the more I thought about it, I realized I could still do older schemes for these drivers, and if anything I could just do different, better schemes that I had already previously made, or just come up with possible scheme ideas that were realistically possible to have been run by these drivers in the past. And of course, that's the route I decided to go down.

We briefly return to Cody Llamas - since I already posted his 2023 cars earlier - as he is the first of the "Decade Trio" to have these schemes made. And since Cody is basically the Jimmie Johnson of the NSCA universe, I figured it would fit that he would've run similar (if not outright the same schemes) that Jimmie did during his career in the #48 in real life. Now each of the "Decade Trio" drivers will only have 2 schemes each made as additional files for the carset, so I did have to narrow down which of the schemes I wanted to make. I figured I would make 2 of my favorite Lowe's schemes that were ran. The 2002-2005 scheme (branded as it's 2005 iteration) and the 2006-2008 scheme (which I have branded as from 2009 because I forgot the real life 2009 scheme existed. Whoops.).

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#13 | Travis Hoefflin
Team: Craigo Autosport
Rookie Season: 2019
Starts: 112
Wins: 10
Top 5s: 37
Top 10s: 52

Travis Hoefflin saw a dip in performance in 2022. Granted, he still got 3 wins - 2 more than 2021 - but he also finished 11th in points. With a new season approaching and a new car to try and wrestle his way back to the front, Travis hopes he can turn his luck back around. Monster Energy continues to sponsor Travis for 2023. Exide Batteries, meanwhile, can't make up their minds on who to sponsor between Travis and teammate Jacob Craigo, as they move back to the #13 after only a single season aboard the #62.

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#88 | Alexis Phillips
Team: JR Motorsports
Rookie Season: 2021
Starts: 30
Wins: 0
Top 5s: 2
Top 10s: 3

Surprise, there's going to be a few part-time teams that will win during the 2023 season! And one of them is the long-speculated fan favorite team of JR Motorsports. Owned by Eric Reinhardt Jr., JRM is one of the leading National Series teams and serves as Hendrick Motorsports' main development pipeline for upcoming drivers. However, no development drivers will run for JRM in Cup - at least in 2023 - as JRM has gone with having Alexis Phillips race the #88 Chevy in all of their appearances this year. While their starts may be few, they will have multiple sponsors of their National Series program providing additional support on the Cup side. Brandt, Bass Pro Shops, and Hellmann's will all be aboard the #88 at some point during the season.


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#83 | Calvin Richards
Team: Wolfpack Racing
Rookie Season: 2020
Starts: 87
Wins: 1
Top 5s: 5
Top 10s: 16

The move to Wolfpack Racing seems to have paid off for Calvin Richards. Although he didn't get any wins, nor had that many top 10s and only a single top 5 all season, Richards was able to take a top 20 points finish with a significant level of consistency not seen by even some championship-level drivers. Heading into 2023, NSCA announced that they would rescind the expansion for teams to run 4 cars introduced last year, reverting back to a 3-car maximum as it has been since 2018 - hence by Alexis Phillips is in the #88 for JRM in the previous post - and Wolfpack is affected by it, too. However, the only change in sponsorship for Calvin Richards going into 2023 is actually unrelated to that, as Interstate Batteries joins Menard's aboard the #83 after moving away from the #82 at the end of last year. Menard's will continue their B2B deals, with all 7 additional sponsors from last year remaining on the car this year. No other B2B deals or sponsorship was announced.

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#62 | Jacob Craigo
Team: Craigo Autosport
Rookie Season: 2006
Starts: 570
Wins: 22 | 2021 Daytona 500 Champion
Top 5s: 82
Top 10s: 127

With only two wins, you'd think Jacob Craigo wouldn't be fighting for a championship, and even if he was, that he'd be punching way outside his class and would fall out early on in the fight. Nope, Craigo went on and nearly won it all at Atlanta until his fuel ran out in Overtime, giving the championship to Cody Llamas, winding up 2nd place in points once the checkered flag fell. In addition to that, he had around the same number of top 5s, top 10s, and a similar average finish to the rest of the top 5 in points. So, overall, a pretty decent season. Going into 2023 there will be a shakeup in Jacob's sponsorship lineup. Coca-Cola remains primary sponsor for the #62 Dodge, and Old Spice will make their return as a main sponsor in the Cup Series. In addition, ExoTiger, a clothing and accessories brand founded by Jacob Craigo, will also be aboard his car for a number of races.


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Now, as with Cody Llamas (and eventually Hunter Keero), Jacob Craigo will also have a couple of historic scheme to go along with the 2023 schemes. These are the most recent in terms of years they're from, but they're still historic nonetheless....

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2014 Quaker State - An example of either winning the race or DNFing trying to do so, Craigo's 2014 season can be defined as being a glass cannon on - and off - the track. A career not even a decade old at the time, Jacob was still considered quite hot headed, and would often race others quite aggressively. But he still nabbed 5 wins that year and found himself amidst the championship fight until late season shenanigans gave him an early exit from the points battle. He would finish 8th in that year's points fight......
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2018 Quaker State - In the short 4 year span between, Jacob did mellow out in terms of his off-track conduct, and would begin to find consistency. However, 2017 and 2018 were arguably his worst seasons statistically since racing for Eric Reinhardt Inc. from 2006-2008. There wasn't any one thing in particular that caused a couple of off-seasons, but what stung for 2018 in particular is that despite having a decent run of finishes and even nabbing a win, he somehow got outscored when it came time for the Playoffs by a guy who had a first round exit from the championship fight, and would only finish 2 spots higher by virtue of being untouchable by everyone 13th on back............ Yes, I'm still fucking pissed about that...... But at the same time..... That's racing! You're not going to have luck go your way all the time......
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#86 | Fred Jones
Team: Papyrus Racing
Active Seasons: 1991- 2005 (Debuted in 1989)
Starts: 506
Wins: 17 | 2-Time Cup Series Champion, 2002 Daytona 500 Champion

So..... I, uh..... Meant to post this back on February 4th.... However, I didn't have all of the schemes ready for this, and then kinda forgot out posting ol' Jonesy Boi here. Time to make up for lost time!

Fred Jones, we all know the name well. The humble protagonist of Papyrus' series of NASCAR games....... I've brought him into the fold of NSCA Canon/Lore as one of the various champions of the Cup Series, and a Daytona 500 champion to boot! From the land of Montana, Fred's family was quite large, and compared to his 4 brothers and 3 sisters, he was the most competitive of them all. Now, Fred's father - Scott Jones - had competed in the MLB for a few years, and wanted his sons to follow in his footsteps, going as far as to ensure that he did what he could to have them be on their school's baseball teams, and even tried to get the girls on the softball teams. However, the coach for the baseball team noticed that Fred was a tad too aggressive when it came to tryouts for the team, and instead steered him towards auto racing. Cue the natural fight between Fred and his father on what path in life Fred should take, father dies at a youngish age with Fred believing himself to be a failure in his father's eyes because he choose racing over baseball, and doing what he can to still prove that racing was worth it to his father and himself. History made, point proven, and Fred is celebrated within the community, the end. Of course that skips over many of Fred's accomplishments during his career, so let's talk about those with his schemes.......


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1994 Papyrus Games - Jones' start in the Cup series was rocky at best. His debut came in the aftermath of the tragedy that was Elana Mullen's death, splitting the remaining races in 1989 with Tabby Robinson in the #56 Prince Racing entry. In 1990, he ran a few more part-time events before being picked up for a full-time run in 1991. After three years with Prince Racing, Fred moved to a new team that opened the year prior - Papyrus Racing - whom hoped that they could find a way to balance their racing and game sales incomes to not only run on track, but also to produce better games as the video game industry started to being booming in the mid 1990s. Despite their scheme being colorful in all of the wrong ways, this would turn out to be a good pairing.
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1997 Papyrus Games - In 1996, Fred won his first Cup championship, and became the face of Papyrus' racing titles, and as video game technology improved, so did the paint scheme. 1997 saw continued success, though in 1998 and 1999, the team did start running more towards the midfield. By this point, the trips to victory lane started to be very spread out and Jones wasn't quite able to replicate his 1996 performance.....
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2003 Papyrus Racing Games - That didn't matter in 2003, however. Despite having only 2 wins compared to some of the other drivers he fought for the championship with, Jones' consistency alone earned him his 2nd career championship, this coming after a 3 win season in 2002, where he won the Daytona 500. 2004 would see a change in the team, however, and not for the better. While Fred would earn his final 3 career wins that year, they all came early on in the year, and due to outside factors including Papyrus Racing Games being shut down mid-2004, the team would wind up being a non-factor for the rest of the season.
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2005 iRacing - Despite the loss of half their income via the game studio, the team soldiered on into 2005. However, this would wind up being the team's last, as well as Fred Jones' final season. The team was able to secure a partnership with the recently formed First LLC, and advertised the new online racing simulation program iRacing that the company had produced. Unfortunately, this couldn't save the team and following the final race of the season at Homestead, the team shut down. Fred Jones also called it quits, not being able to secure a new ride for 2006 by the end of 2005 where most of the seats were already filled and the others were close to finalizing their contracts. Now, Out of Character for a moment, I know damn well that iRacing was released in 2008 IRL, but I needed something for Fred Jones to use past the 2003 scheme so I figured I would just say that iRacing released in 2005 in the NSCA universe instead.
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#84 | Darien Arnsdorff
Team: Wolfpack Racing
Rookie Season: 2020
Starts: 87
Wins: 1
Top 5s: 6
Top 10s: 19

Another quiet year, another top 20 points finish, with a team that seems to be continuing their up-and-up. That's basically the story of Darien Arnsdorff's 2022 season. While he went winless and only scored a few top 10s, he did manage to beat half of the field in the points standings, so he at least has that going for him. In any case, there's no real changes going into 2023 for Darien, as he's still going to drive the #84 Wolfpack Racing Toyota, while sponsored by Procore and Gulfstream.....

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#15 | Theodore Cox
Team: Bishop Family Racing
Rookie Season: 2021
Starts: 61
Wins: 1
Top 5s: 1
Top 10s: 3

After a decent showing in his rookie season in 2021, Theodore Cox figured he would see more of the same in 2022..... But instead, he found himself floundering and even failing to qualify for the season finale at Atlanta, and finished 38th in points. With a new generation of racecar coming into the fold, both he and his team are hoping that it brings the field closer together and allows for the organization as a whole to place higher than they have been as of late. Money Lion and Mobil 1 both return to the #15 Dodge for 2023.


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#37 | Roberto Crown Jr.
Team: Lionheart Racing
Rookie Season: 2022
Starts: 24
Wins: 0
Top 5s: 1
Top 10s: 5

For late starters, Roberto Crown Jr. didn't do too bad. Joining Lionheart-Legacy Racing in a 3rd full-time car from the 9th race of the season onwards, Crown was able to get some better numbers that other drivers, many of whom have been racing for several years. With Lionheart Racing's partial rebranding and the team going back to just a two car operation, Roberto looks to try and at the very least get to where his teammates were last year, maybe even further ahead. With Jennifer Legacy stepping away after the passing of her father and co-owner of the team, Trace Legacy (hence why the team dropped the Legacy part of the name), sponsorship was rotated around the two remaining drivers to an extent. Hasbro - utilizing the Beyblade brand - and Great Clips remain aboard the #37 Chevy, while NOS Energy moves over from the #3 car to be on the #37.

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#2 | Wayne Foster
Team: Team Penske
Active Seasons: 1982- 2004 (Debuted in 1979)
Starts: 694
Wins: 47 | 1997 Cup Series Champion, 2-Time Daytona 500 Champion


Wayne Foster was an aggressive driver, but oddly was more cautious than one would expect from a racer of that type of driving discipline. An advocate for safety, Wayne did his best to make sure that those around him didn't do anything stupid on track, even going as far as to give a rousing speech during the drivers meeting ahead of the 1994 Daytona 500 in light of a driver's death during practice and two more drivers being injured during the weekend and having to sit out for at least a few weeks. While he ran near or at the front more often than not - especially once the team he was racing for at the time was bought out by Roger Penske in 1987 - most of his success came in the back half of his career. In the 1990s alone, he scored two Daytona 500 victories (1991 and 1999) as well at the 1997 Cup Series championship. Ahead of the 2004 season, Foster announced that that year would be his last behind the wheel of a racecar, as he was retiring at season's end. But throughout his career, one sponsor is associated with him moreso than any of his earlier backers, as Miller was aboard his car for nearly every race he was in from the start of the 1985 season to his final career start in the 2004 season finale.


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2000 Miller Lite - 2000 was Wayne's best statistical season, even though the numbers of his "best" might not match the numbers of other drivers' "best" seasons in terms of wins, or even top 5/10 finishes. With the turn of the new millennium, Miller and Team Penske slightly changed the classic blue/white Miller Lite scheme by introducing a gold accent to pair with the red, as well as having a stripe with the accent colors run along the sides and back end of the car.
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2002 Miller Lite - With Miller having a slight update to their branding of their Lite beer, so too did the scheme in 2001.... But in 2002, Foster had his "worst" statistical year, at least since Miller became his sponsor. It was his first winless season in over a decade, and just his 4th since going full time in 1982. In fact this is still the longest record of consecutive seasons with at least 1 victory in NSCA history, having won at least 1 race for 14 years in a row from 1988 to 2001.
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2004 Miller Lite - A complete rebrand of Miller Lite and an announcement of his retirement later, 2004 saw what would technically be the 3rd named "tour"/retirement season for a driver, but the first that kicked off a trend of drivers having their own retirement tours that celebrated their careers. As such, Wayne Foster's "Last Call" Tour wasn't without it's ups and downs. 2 wins, but 5 DNFs during the season and an 11th place points finish that year. The season did end on a high note, however, finishing 2nd in the season finale as his teammate, Chuck Magnum, took home the victory.
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#4 | Steven Merzlak
Team: Steven Merzlak Racing
Rookie Season: 2018
Starts: 148
Wins: 15 | 2-Time NSCA Cup Champion
Top 5s: 46
Top 10s: 77


Steven Merzlak didn't quite get a third championship last year. As stated earlier, Cody Llamas won it instead. That hasn't deterred Merzlak though. With a new primary sponsor in FedEx, and Advance Auto Parts returning, he looks to take the top spot once more....... Also, just a small side note: Somehow, Steven scored the exact same number of top 5s and top 10s in both 2021 and 2022 at 11 and 18, respectively. And if you don't think that's consistent, Steven actually scored 18 top 10s per season three years in a row now, as he scored 18 top 10s in 2020 as well.

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#38 | Robert Dobbs (R)
Team: Mercedes-AMG Motorsport
Rookie Season: 2023 Rookie of the Year Contender

With the addition of Mercedes as a 6th manufacturer to the NSCA Cup Series, naturally the German auto manufacturer also decided to open a branching Cup Series team to serve mainly as a development program for it's NSCA efforts. They also hired rookie Robert Dobbs to race their car, Dobbs being a decent driver in the National Series. The team will run the full season, though a good majority of it effectively unsponsored, thought the few races that are covered will have Western Digital as the sponsor. Mercedes-AMG will follow suit to their Formula 1 cousin team and honor Niki Lauda with a red star on both sides of the car.

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#29 | Randy Carpenter
Team: Team PepsiCo Racing
Active Seasons: 1987-2012 (Debuted in 1985)
Starts: 848
Wins: 55 | 7-Time Cup Series Champion, 3-Time Daytona 500 Champion


Randy Carpenter is one of the most well known and respected drivers to have been part of the Cup Series garage, but his career nearly ended before it could begin, as a wreck at Rockingham Speedway in 1985 nearly took his life. Randy bounced back, however, and was able to make a few more starts before landing a full-time ride in 1987 where he ran for and won Rookie of the Year honors. A few years later, he would go on to win his first championship in 1991, then go back-to-back in 1992. Eric Reinhardt would deny him a 3-peat in '93, but Carpenter topped the pile again in '94, solidifying himself as one of the legends of the sport. An injury as a result of a crash in late 1996 would see him have to sit out until 1997, but from 1999 through to 2001, Carpenter would pull off the second ever 3-peat championship run, previously done by Homer Parsley from 1979 through 1981, just 20 years prior. After his 6th championship, his performance on track started to slip, and by 2005 he was only managing mid-pack finishes with the occasional top 10 and rarer top 5. Fans were wondering if he was going to hang the helmet up, as it looked like he was never going to beat Parsley's 6 championships, only match it. However, in 2007, Team PepsiCo Racing brought Carpenter in, and it began a career resurgence for the now older driver. Consistent top 10s, with a few more wins clicked off left and right, but never quite in the top 5 in points by season's end.


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2009 Rockstar - I'm going to be perfectly honest.... I have no real rhyme or reason for the 2009 scheme being here other than it being the one I made for the 2022 set and labeling it as the 2009 scheme. As such, I don't really have any history for the scheme ready to go......
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2012 Rockstar - .... 2012 on the other hand, should be obvious, if you remember the final couple of sentences from the paragraph within Carpenter's original introduction (and the introduction for the Legend drivers in general) last year, which I have conveniently cut from said paragraph (which I also just copy/pasted above) and pasted to follow this sentence: Content with is career, Carpenter announced his final season would be in 2012 towards the end of the 2011 season. While the season didn't start off great, being down in 30th in points after 7 races, Carpenter was able to claw his way back up, and went out on top, earning his 7th and final championship.
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#8 | Ricki Fawxson
Team: Bledsoe Brothers Racing
Rookie Season: 2020
Starts: 87
Wins: 4
Top 5s: 13
Top 10s: 24


After mutually parting ways with Craigo Autosport following the 2022 season, Ricki signed with Bledsoe Brothers Racing to become a team leader after the signing of rookie teammate Erica Reinhardt for the 2023 season. While the #8 car might've finished towards the bottom of the points list last year, that's technically not which entry Ricki will be racing in 2023. Bledsoe Bros. renumbered both of it's teams during the off season. What was the #24 i now the #8 and what was the #8 is now the #81. Haas follows Ricki once again, continuing to advertise their tooling brand in addition to their normal branding, and as stated earlier with Eric Reinhardt's post, Texaco/Havoline has expanded their partnership with BBR, and thus Texaco will be the sponsor of Ricki's car for several races in 2023 as well.


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#44 | Amie Walsh
Team: Pathfinder Racing
Rookie Season: 2022
Starts: 32
Wins: 0
Top 5s: 4
Top 10s: 6

While Amie might've been a ways off from teammate Hunter Keero, one couldn't give her too hard of a time, after all she was a rookie last year and Pathfinder Racing hasn't been the most consistent team the past few years. Irregardless, she was able to nab a few top 5s and earned a 17th place points finish amidst the chaos of the midfield. Changes to come her way though for 2023. To start, while the team overall remains the same, her car has been renumbered to the #44, as Pathfinder Racing expands to 3 cars for the coming season. Additionally, while Amie will continue to have backing from Target and Nurtec, DXC Technology and Bojangles will jump aboard to replace Roofclaim and Cook Out.

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#43 | Echo Evans-Ross
Team: Parsley Enterprises
Rookie Season: 2023 Rookie of the Year Contender


A more recent signing to the Cup Series, Echo has been signed to race the famous #43 car for the reopened Parsley Enterprises. Founded by Darrell Parsley and made famous by his son Homer, Parsley Enterprises was the NSCA's (or rather, the ASCA's) original race team. When racing first started, usually is was a couple of guys who bought a car, gathered a few volunteers, and ran whatever event was running locally that week. If the car ran well, then there'd be a few extra bucks in one's pocket. If the car did poorly, one wouldn't be invited back anytime soon. The Parsley family, however, revolutionized the concept of a racing team, taking some inspiration of the NRC's operations. They started a full on business, and hired dedicated mechanics to work on the cars and help Darrell get his car from race to race, and started dominating the Strictly Stock and Sportsman series. Others quickly caught on, and thus began the era of the racing organization. Fast forward to the mid 2000s, and due to a variety of issues, the team was way behind on pace on track. As a result, the team was sold off, and Homer Parsley became merely a brand ambassador for the new owners. Go further forward to 2019, and Factory Dodge Autosport - a mid-field team in Formula 1 - decides to open a branching team in the NSCA. Well, that team failed, never making it to the top 10 in the team standings during it's 4 years of operations (the closest they came was 11th in 2020 due to Ricki Fawxson picking up the team's only victory). In late 2022, the Parsley family purchased Factory Dodge's NSCA operations, and is now coming back after nearly 20 years. STP returns as well, once again becoming primary sponsor of the #43. Tide, Carvana, and Wendy's also jump aboard as additional sponsors.


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#93 | Riley Whiskers
Team: Red Bull Racing
Active Seasons: 2008-2010 (Debuted in 2006)
Starts: 127
Wins: 0

"Wait, no wins? Only 3 full-time seasons? Why is this guy part of your Legends sub-set, Jacob?" you might be asking right now seeing the above stats of Riley Whiskers. Well, buckle up, buckos.... This is a story that ends in tragedy.... Riley Whiskers may have never been successful at the Cup Series level, but that didn't stop him from being one of the most caring individuals you could meet. A lot of folks looked up to him, it was very very rare that someone had something negative to say that involved him, and overall.... People hoped he could get into better equipment at the Cup level. Sadly, that would never even get a chance to happen. In late November of 2010, a tornado touched down in Whiskers' home town. It would be announced to the shock of the racing world a few days later that Riley was one of those confirmed to have died during the event. A few survivors of the natural disaster said that they witnessed Riley trying to help people get to safety, and it's an accepted reality that he died a hero.

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2008 Red Bull - Despite making a few starts for the team in 2006, Riley was passed up for a full-time opportunity by Logan Morse for the 2007 season. However, Logan would suffer an injury with only a few races left in the year, and Riley was called up to fill in for the remaining portion of the season. Due to his on-track performances being closer to teammate Caleb Trassen that Morse's were, Riley kept the seat for 2008, where he would remain for the next 3 seasons.
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2009 Red Bull - Ahead of the 2009 season, Riley convinced the team to allow him to run a silver-colored car instead of the white-colored car that Red Bull usually ran for it's 2nd entry, stating that it would be better to give the car's look a change beyond the usual tweak of the base design to help it stand out more. There was also the fact that the team had a reputation of rotating drivers in it's first couple of years, especially in the seat Riley currently filled, so moving away from a primary color could help dissolve said reputation. The team agreed, and it mostly worked. This is a tradition that would continue even beyond his passing in 2010, as Red Bull would have at least 1 of it's cars run with a significant portion of it's base scheme being silver.
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2010 Red Bull - Despite the stability of it's driver roster in 2009, Red Bull would see issues with the primary car rather than it's secondary. Midway through the season, Caleb Trassen had to begin sitting out many key races due to medical issues that arose. As a result, that entry saw several drivers in that car, many of them one-offs. The only lick of consistency and stability within the team that year was Riley Whiskers and the #93 crew, who did respectable in the points that year despite all the behind-the-scenes issues within the organization overall.
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#62 | Jacob Craigo
Team: Craigo Autosport
Rookie Season: 2006
Starts: 570
Wins: 22 | 2021 Daytona 500 Champion
Top 5s: 82
Top 10s: 127

With only two wins, you'd think Jacob Craigo wouldn't be fighting for a championship, and even if he was, that he'd be punching way outside his class and would fall out early on in the fight. Nope, Craigo went on and nearly won it all at Atlanta until his fuel ran out in Overtime, giving the championship to Cody Llamas, winding up 2nd place in points once the checkered flag fell. In addition to that, he had around the same number of top 5s, top 10s, and a similar average finish to the rest of the top 5 in points. So, overall, a pretty decent season. Going into 2023 there will be a shakeup in Jacob's sponsorship lineup. Coca-Cola remains primary sponsor for the #62 Dodge, and Old Spice will make their return as a main sponsor in the Cup Series. In addition, ExoTiger, a clothing and accessories brand founded by Jacob Craigo, will also be aboard his car for a number of races.
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2018 Quaker State - In the short 4 year span between, Jacob did mellow out in terms of his off-track conduct, and would begin to find consistency. However, 2017 and 2018 were arguably his worst seasons statistically since racing for Eric Reinhardt Inc. from 2006-2008. There wasn't any one thing in particular that caused a couple of off-seasons, but what stung for 2018 in particular is that despite having a decent run of finishes and even nabbing a win, he somehow got outscored when it came time for the Playoffs by a guy who had a first round exit from the championship fight, and would only finish 2 spots higher by virtue of being untouchable by everyone 13th on back............ Yes, I'm still fucking pissed about that...... But at the same time..... That's racing! You're not going to have luck go your way all the time......

I really love the worldbuilding that happens here and in this case, the internet avatar that leaks through the cracks.

The world is actually made of stories and this follows the grand rule that the correct way to do something... IS THE FUN WAY!
 
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