{"id":16287,"date":"2025-07-17T11:56:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/16287\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T11:56:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:56:14","slug":"fans-are-loving-this-alyssa-thomas-inspired-nascar-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/16287\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans are loving this Alyssa Thomas-inspired NASCAR design"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Phoenix Mercury<\/a> are one of the best teams in the WNBA this season. Even after their loss to the Minnesota Lynx on Wednesday, Phoenix is near the top of the league’s standings. Alyssa Thomas has led the way, earning her sixth All-Star appearance<\/a> this season. She is also thriving off the course, partnering with Ryan Preece to create a new NASCAR paint job.<\/p>\n

Preece will drive a car designed around Thomas at Dovor Motor Speedway and Indianapolis. RFK Racing teased the design on Tuesday via their social media page. The car features a picture of Thomas, also known as \u201cThe Engine\u201d, on the hood<\/a> and Mercury colors adorning the car.<\/p>\n

\u201cRyan Preece will rep a design inspired by Alyssa Thomas on his No. 60 Castrol car in Dover and Indianapolis,\u201d RFK Racing posted.<\/p>\n

Mercury fans commented about the design, applauding Thomas and Preece for the design.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like this paint scheme,\u201d one fan commented<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWait this is fire,\u201d another said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cA CT Sun legend on a car of a CT driver? H**l yeah!\u201d another comment said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWHAT A SHARP SCHEME!\u201d one fan pointed out<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thomas and Preece each made a name for themselves in Connecticut. Preece was born there and is extremely popular in the Northeast. Thomas, on the other hand, began her career with the Connecticut Sun, developing into one of the best players in the WNBA while she was there. She might be with the Mercury now<\/a>, but the Sun’s fanbase remember her fondly.<\/p>\n

Dover Motor Speedway in Delaware will be the debut course for the design inspired by Thomas. Preece’s team also committed to using the design at a NASCAR race in Indianapolis later this season.<\/p>\n

In a rare crossover between NASCAR and the WNBA, Mercury and Preece fans are excited to see the new design on the racetrack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Phoenix Mercury are one of the best teams in the WNBA this season. Even after their loss…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[15447,425,5551,99,434],"class_list":["post-16287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-alyssa-thomas","tag-nascar","tag-phoenix-mercury","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}