Sprint Cars by Billy Nations

Gary Wright's 2006 Knoxville Sprint Car

Note From Billy:

" ...the 06 Gary Wright Knoxville car. It uses orange paint over decal paper for those flourescent orange looking decals he has. They look great in person, but the camera flash shows where I had thicker sections in the brush marks on the smaller detail sections. Oh well, it was my second attempt at a sprint and I learned a lot.

The "9"'s were laid out by hand (couldn't find a site where the same style "9" could be found, and didn't have anything but a picture of the car parked in the pits at Knoxville 06. Anyway, I laid it out and then printed it on white decal paper. I had made a template or stencil of the number out of masking material and placed it on the decal paper. Then I sprayed the racing orange on that. I removed the stencil after the paint cured and proceeded to coat it with acrylic clearcoat. Once that had cured I was ready to cut out the decal and place in the water just like normal.

I tried to hand letter the smaller stuff like the Southwest and Richwood. It looks good in person, but the camera flash shows variations in pigment due to the brush. If I had to do this over, instead of the paint I used, I would find a matching color of the vinyl upholtsery paint from an auto store. This would increase, I think, the longevity of the decal once prepared as it will stay flexible. You've probably used this stuff as I have for sealing decals on the vinyl tires found in kits like GMP's. The clear flat works really great. A couple of coats and you really can't tell it's a tire decal. (I haven't tried this - sounds like a GREAT idea! - Mr N.)

The car was Gary's 06 ASCS National Champion car. I don't think I have to say too much to sprint car nuts about Gary. I gave this car to Gary at Devil's Bowl last year when he won the 07 National Championship there at the Winternationals. "

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