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Car Of The Day: March 29, 2016; Lionel '15 Chevrolet SS NASCAR (Chase Elliott)
Topic Started: Mar 28 2016, 11:42 PM (494 Views)
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Today's car of the day is Lionel's 2015 Chevrolet SS NASCAR stock car (Chase Elliott).

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William Clyde "Chase" Elliott II (born November 28, 1995) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 24 Chevrolet SS for Hendrick Motorsports and part-time in the Xfinity Series, driving the No. 88 and No. 5 Chevrolet Camaros for JR Motorsports. He is the son of 1988 Winston Cup Series champion Bill Elliott.

He won the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship, becoming the first rookie to win a national series championship in NASCAR.

On November 23, 2015, Elliott was named the 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Most Popular Driver for the second year in a row.


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For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: Chase Elliott

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We've been featuring a different vehicle as Car Of The Day for over eight years. So it's a rare occasion when I get the opportunity to add a new brand to the list of featured cars. And what a brand it is! Lionel is certainly one of the most well-known names in toys, most noted for model railroading. The current Lionel isn't related to the original company, and while they own the Lionel trademark and continue to manufacture Lionel trains the original Lionel company divested their model railroading to General Mills in 1969 and eventually ended up running their own chain of toy stores that went out of business in 1993. Lionel certainly left big shoes to fill in the model railroading world.

If Lionel, LLC has big shoes to fill, it's doubly so for Chase Elliott? Not only is he walking in the footsteps of his 1988 Winston Cup champion father, he inherited the ride of none other than Jeff Gordon upon his retirement. He's also the first driver in NASCAR history to earn the Xfinity Series championship in his rookie season.

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A Chevrolet SS-branded car competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, having made its debut during the Sprint Unlimited non-championship race in 2013. Kevin Harvick won the Sprint Unlimited in the car's first outing. It is one of the new Generation 6 vehicles, replacing the Car of Tomorrow. Jimmie Johnson gave the SS a winning debut at the 2013 Daytona 500 after Danica Patrick took pole in her SS. Like its Commodore counterpart in V8 Supercars, the SS won the NASCAR Sprint Cup manufacturers' championship with three rounds remaining. Johnson went on to win the title in his SS. In 2014, the SS again won the Sprint Cup Series championship this time being driven by Kevin Harvick.


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JeepXJLover
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The Chevy SS looks great in its NASCAR two door body. I especially like the NAPA sponsor graphics on this one.
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Mar 29 2016, 12:54 AM
I especially like the NAPA sponsor graphics on this one.
This is a great paint scheme, agreed! It was run at Darlington last year when they did their retro paint schemes race. This one is meant to invoke the Coors/Melling Thunderbirds of Chase's dad. And hence why this big Bill Elliott fan had to have it even though I don't collect anything NASCAR past 1997 as a general rule. ;)
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:wave: I suppose at one time or another I knew that about Lionel but had forgotten that this isn't the original company famous for all those wonderful O gauge trains. This is a sharp looking stock car - kind of fun from time to time to look back at those early offerings from Racing Champions in the late '80's/early '90's when there was next to nothing available for NASCAR.
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I'm not big on Nascar stuff, but that looks really nice with all the tampo details on there.
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Long gone are the days when I knew which driver drove which sponsored car, but I still pick up the occasional NASCAR model, just to have the nameplates represented (Taurus, Fusion, Impala, SS, Camry, etc). I like the look of this one, and would have grabbed it, if I ever saw it.
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I haven't really paid attention to the NASCAR models over the years. The ones that have came into my collection in the past decade or so have all been promotional gifts of some sort, like the Cub Cadet Ford Fusion.

I've got a gold Napa stocker somewhere. Driver I think was Mark Martin. It's was a promo gift from NAPA Auto Parts about 2003ish.

This one looks great! Given some of the designs over the years, I think I need to start buying 1/64 Nascar again.
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Dean-o-mite
Mar 29 2016, 12:21 PM
Long gone are the days when I knew which driver drove which sponsored car, but I still pick up the occasional NASCAR model, just to have the nameplates represented (Taurus, Fusion, Impala, SS, Camry, etc). I like the look of this one, and would have grabbed it, if I ever saw it.
I only found it about a month ago, actually. Check Walmart - they seem to have the best selection of Lionels.
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I'll keep an eye out. Thanks!
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