2002 Raybestos® Rookie Of The Year – Ryan Newman

The original oil painting, commissioned by Raybestos, was presented to Ryan Newman in 2002, in New York City on the stage of the Waldorf Astoria during the NASCAR Awards Banquet.
 
Only a short time after the checkered flag dropped in the final race of 2002 at Homestead, Fla., it was announced Ryan Newman was named the 2002 Raybestos® Rookie of the Year. After a sixth-place finish in this final race, Newman, 24, ended the season by outscoring Jimmy Johnson in the Rookie of the Year points and ran to a sixth-place finish in the NASCAR Winston Cup Championship points. After four runner up finishes, Newman won the pole and his first Winston Cup race at New Hampshire on Sept. 15, 2002.
 
He also won the Winston All-Star race during the 2002 season. Don Miller, co-owner of the #12 Ford, saw it coming as the confidence and elation of this team began to jell. “They’ve done it all, and they’ve done it together.  It’s a young group, the whole team is under 30 years old,” said Miller.  Newman was a challenger for the 2003 Winston Cup Championship. “I thought about it for that year, and there was no reason why we shouldn’t think about it next year either,” said Newman.
 
• 300 limited-edition lithographs, 18” x 24”, hand-signed and numbered by the artist - $125.00
• 30 artist proofs, 18” x 24”, hand-signed and numbered by the artist - $135.00

Seven And Seven

Reproduced from an original oil painting of Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt following Dale’s Championship in 1994, making it his seventh win, tying Richard’s record of seven.
Published in 1995, this lithograph celebrated the seven Winston Cup Championships earned by each of these remarkable and legendary heroes.  
There were 2,000 lithographs published, 400 of which was hand-signed by each driver and artist. These premier 400 sold out immediately! To make this edition even more special, there were 1,000 bordered in gold and 1,000 bordered in silver.
 
• 2,000 limited-edition lithographs, 24” x 20”, hand-signed and numbered by the artist - SOLD OUT
• 400 of the 2,000 lithographs, 24” x 20”, hand-signed by both Dale and Richard - SOLD OUT
• 200 artist proofs, 24” x 20”, hand-signed and numbered by the artist - SOLD OUT
• 100 posters, 24” x 20”, hand-signed by the artist, remain in inventory - $25.00

Smokey

This limited-edition lithograph was published from a graphite rendering, commissioned by Trish Yunick Brown, Smokey’s daughter.
 
Smokey Yunick, NASCAR’s famed master builder of engines and the owner of the famous garage in Daytona bearing the sign reading, “Best Damn Garage in Town.” Yunick was regarded as one of the most respected and honored mechanics in the country. Opinionated, brash, stubborn, and (to some) obnoxious, but even his severest critics cannot deny his knowledge, cunning, enthusiasm, and love of the sport.  
 
No one was any smarter when it came to finding a loop hole in a rule book or developing, through trial and error, a process that made his cars quicker than his rivals. Smokey Yunick passed away on May 9, 2001.
 
• Published in 2003, hand-signed and numbered by the artist and signed by Trish Yunick Brown, Smokey’s daughter.  

• 100 limited-edition lithographs, 30” x 18” - $125.00
• 10 Artist Proofs, 30” x 18” - $150.00

The #1 Man

This driver, Steve Park, who was in the Stable of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. in 2000 was well on his way to a promising career when he meet head on with a wall in Darlington, SC.  His promising career took a back seat to his health.  Park continues to recuperate from the unbelievable damage done in what appeared to be a small racing accident.
 
• 500 limited-edition lithographs, 20” x 18”, hand-signed and numbered by the artist; 100 signed by the driver - $125.00
• 50 artist proofs, 20” x 18”, hand-signed and numbered by the artist - $130.00

Re-Mark-Able

This limited-edition lithograph was published from an original oil painting, created in 1995, of Mark Martin.  
 
Martin started his stock car career at the age of 15 on the local Arkansas dirt tracks. He won his first race in only his third start and the Arkansas State Championship in his first year of racing in 1974. He moved up to the V-8 division in 1976, and began racing on asphalt later that year.

His success continued, and by 1977 he began competing in the ASA series against drivers such as Rusty Wallace, Bobby Allison, and Dick Trickle. He became the ASA Rookie of the Year in 1977, and then went on to win three consecutive championships from 1978-80.

Martin ran five NASCAR Cup races in 1981, laying the groundwork for his first full season in 1982. He had an impressive rookie year with eight top-10 finishes.  
 
Martin decided to take one more shot at NASCAR racing in 1987, when he drove a full-season Busch Grand National schedule. It was Mark’s victory at Dover that year that sparked the attention of Jack Roush. Roush was preparing to begin his own Cup team in 1988, and selected Martin to be his driver.
 
Martin and Roush went on to achieve everything just short of a Cup POOPOO, earning 35 Nextel Cup victories and finishing second in the point standings four times (1990, 1994, 1998, and 2002), while consistently running at the front of the pack with one of the most successful race cars in NASCAR history.
 
• 600 limited-edition lithographs, 26” x 20”, hand-signed and numbered by the artist - SOLD OUT
• 50 artists proofs, 32” x 26”, hand-signed and numbered by the artist - SOLD OUT
• Open edition, 14” x 11”, hand-signed by the artist - $15.00

Heritage Collection: Tiny Lund

The original for this limited edition was a mixed media (watercolor, colored pencil) created as a tribute to this fun-loving giant of a man.  Dewayne “Tiny” Lund was proof positive that a Midwesterner from Iowa could move south and find success racing stock cars. This competitive, hard-driving, giant of a man had impressive statistics with 500-plus career wins in sprint, modified, and late-model sportsman’s divisions.
 
Prior to his death at the Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, AL, in 1975, Tiny was known to remain well into the night at the track in Summerville, SC, until all the children waiting in line had been given a ride in his race car. Tiny was a fun-loving practical joker who loved life, is remembered as kind-hearted, and always interested in entertaining and showing others a good time.
 
• 200 limited-edition lithographs, 24” x 18”, hand-signed and numbered by the artist - SOLD OUT
• 20 artist proofs, 24” X 18”, hand-signed and numbered by the artist - SOLD OUT
• Open-edition, 15” x 11”, hand-signed by the artist - $15.00

Fan’s Favorite

Bill Elliott has long been known as the “Fan’s Favorite.” An official poll was taken by an ‘official company,’ which published its results, proving these fans correct. Elliott was the longest-running favorite for many reasons, not the least of which is his ability to drive a race car. His ability to interact with his legions of fans as the down-to-earth person he is has truly endeared him to millions of race fans.
 
This print is a tribute to a down-to-earth person, a country boy from Georgia, who touched so many through being genuine.
 
• 500 limited-edition lithographs, 26” x 20”, hand-signed and numbered by the artist, 200 of the 500 signed by the driver - SOLD OUT
• 50 artist proofs, hand-signed by the artist - SOLD OUT
• Open edition, 15” X 11”, hand-signed by artist - $15.00