{"id":345170,"date":"2025-12-14T18:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T18:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/345170\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T18:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T18:17:09","slug":"this-was-the-most-popular-2025-nascar-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/345170\/","title":{"rendered":"This Was The Most Popular 2025 NASCAR Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/allgaier-lionel.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Justin Allgaier's JR Motorsports Cup Series Car\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Credit: Lionel Racing\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Talk about making a good first impression.<\/p>\n<p>Lionel Racing has released its list of top selling <a href=\"https:\/\/americancarsandracing.com\/tag\/nascar\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">NASCAR<\/a> cars for 2025 and number one was only in one race.<\/p>\n<p>JR Motorsports made its Cup Series debut at <a href=\"https:\/\/americancarsandracing.com\/2025\/02\/16\/byron-daytona-preece\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">the Daytona 500<\/a> with Justin Allgaier driving the Traveller Whiskey Chevrolet to a ninth place finish, but he took the top spot on the sales chart.<\/p>\n<p>The clean version of the car was the best-seller and the raced version, complete with battle scars and repairs, took the third spot.<\/p>\n<p>See It: <a href=\"https:\/\/americancarsandracing.com\/2025\/12\/12\/dodge-stock-car-racing\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">DODGE RETURNS TO STOCK CAR RACING<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In between them was the throwback Budweiser late model that Dale Earnhardt Jr. drove to 10th place in the Cars Tour race at Anderson Motor Speedway in August. The paint scheme was inspired by his 2001 Pepsi 400-winning car.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/earnhardt-late-model.jpg\" alt=\"Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Late Model \" class=\"wp-image-29385\"  \/>Credit: Lionel Racing<\/p>\n<p>Next up was the Atlanta-winning NAPA sponsored Chevy of NASCAR\u2019s most popular driver Chase Elliott, while the Daytona 500-winning car of his Hendrick Motorsports teammate, William Byron, was fifth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=americancarsandracing.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK TO BOOST AMERICAN CARS AND AND RACING IN YOUR SEARCH RESULTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kyle Larson\u2019s 2025 NASCAR Cup Series championship-winning Chevy took the sixth and seventh spots with the clean and raced versions, which were followed by Connor Zilisch\u2019s Red Bull Cup Series car, Josh Berry\u2019s Wood Brothers Racing Las Vegas-winning Ford and Shane van Gisbergen\u2019s Red Bull Chevy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese best-sellers reflect the incredible diversity of NASCAR fandom \u2014 from legendary names like Dale Earnhardt Jr. to rising stars like Connor Zilisch, Lionel CEO Howard Hitchcock said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/magic.beehiiv.com\/v1\/9529b853-1593-493a-89ad-0f2f9108c834?email=%7B%7Bemail%7D%7D\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE AMERICAN CARS AND RACING NEWSLETTER FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach die-cast tells a story of triumph and tradition, and we\u2019re proud to bring these moments to fans and collectors everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Allgaier will be back in the No. 40 car next February attempting to qualify for the Daytona 500 again, so he could repeat on the 2026 Lionel list.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/60E1RU8mg8lH019Qnzchnd?si=8affaa9915cb41c4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LISTEN AND SUBSCRIBE TO THE GAS: AN AMERICAN CARS AND RACING PODCAST<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow American Cars And Racing across our social media on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/amcarsandracing\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/flipboard.com\/@americancar5b82\/american-cars-and-racing-63qj95vlz?from=share&amp;utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_medium=curator_share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Flipboard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCgpII3xpx5bP1Ajts8UFTtQ?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AmericanCarsAndRacing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Reddit<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/americancarsandracing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61553108374113\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Lionel Racing Talk about making a good first impression. 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