Months of planning, strategizing, and creation has led Lionel Racing to officially launch two new endeavors for NASCAR die-cast collectors. The official launch episode of “Authenticated” combines the excitement from a wild Bristol race weekend with the first looks at the 2022 NASCAR Next Gen die-cast from Lionel Racing. To bring the Next Gen die-cast to life, we sit down with Lionel Racing CEO Howard Hitchcock to discuss everything that went into all facets of creating the Next Gen die-cast and lots more. Plus, in the “Fresh Paint” segment, we discuss everything that our art and production teams will be doing to create the most authentic die-cast replica of AJ Allmendinger’s beat-up, but winning, NASCAR Xfinity Series car from Bristol.

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