ij001
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From Wikipedia
"In 1998, Irvan joined MB2 Motorsports to drive the No.36 Skittles Pontiac. During the year he scored 11 top-10 finishes with three pole positions despite missing the final three races while recovering from injuries suffered at Talladega in October. Irvan finished the season 19th in the Winston Cup points standings, earning $1,476,141. The highlight of 1998 was the birth of his son, Jared, on February 9.
Irvan continued driving the No.36 for MB2 in 1999, but with a different sponsor. M&M Mars (parent corporation of Skittles) decided to emblazon the popular "M&Ms" characters on the car.
On August 20, exactly five years after his near fatal accident there, Irvan crashed at Michigan while driving his own No.84 Irvan-Simo Federated Auto Parts Pontiac in a practice session for the Busch Series race. Irvan was again airlifted from the track and was diagnosed with a mild head injury and a bruised lung as a result of the accident.
Two weeks later, on September 3, 1999, surrounded by his wife and two children, Irvan announced his retirement from driving at a tearful press conference in Darlington, SC. While he would fully recover before the end of the 1999 season, the reasoning for the retirement was to prevent future incidents and he had a family to support.
Irvan finished his Winston Cup career as a driver with 15 victories, 22 poles, 68 top-fives, 124 top-10s and over 11 million dollars in career earnings."
As you can see, I have the kit, but cannot order the decals from Mike just yet. Hopefully he still has them in stock otherwise this thread is going to be redundant and I'm going to look like a proper d*ck-he*d !!
So why a NASCAR build for this campaign ??, simple, I just couldn't choose a favourite aircraft model !! simple as that.
AFN
Ian.
"In 1998, Irvan joined MB2 Motorsports to drive the No.36 Skittles Pontiac. During the year he scored 11 top-10 finishes with three pole positions despite missing the final three races while recovering from injuries suffered at Talladega in October. Irvan finished the season 19th in the Winston Cup points standings, earning $1,476,141. The highlight of 1998 was the birth of his son, Jared, on February 9.
Irvan continued driving the No.36 for MB2 in 1999, but with a different sponsor. M&M Mars (parent corporation of Skittles) decided to emblazon the popular "M&Ms" characters on the car.
On August 20, exactly five years after his near fatal accident there, Irvan crashed at Michigan while driving his own No.84 Irvan-Simo Federated Auto Parts Pontiac in a practice session for the Busch Series race. Irvan was again airlifted from the track and was diagnosed with a mild head injury and a bruised lung as a result of the accident.
Two weeks later, on September 3, 1999, surrounded by his wife and two children, Irvan announced his retirement from driving at a tearful press conference in Darlington, SC. While he would fully recover before the end of the 1999 season, the reasoning for the retirement was to prevent future incidents and he had a family to support.
Irvan finished his Winston Cup career as a driver with 15 victories, 22 poles, 68 top-fives, 124 top-10s and over 11 million dollars in career earnings."
As you can see, I have the kit, but cannot order the decals from Mike just yet. Hopefully he still has them in stock otherwise this thread is going to be redundant and I'm going to look like a proper d*ck-he*d !!
So why a NASCAR build for this campaign ??, simple, I just couldn't choose a favourite aircraft model !! simple as that.
AFN
Ian.
