2002 NASCAR Busch Series 1:64 Guide.

Here is the Updated 2002 Nascar Busch Series 1:64 Guide.

I have found alot of Errors in Billy's list for most of the Busch Series from 2000 to 2004, Now I only collected the 2000 - 2003 years because of Nesquik and Scott Riggs. I decided to take some pictures and post a list of all the Busch Series Diecast That I have been able to find this year. I have posted which ones are Promotional Items, and Who made them. I have been keeping notes on which ones were made from different Companies: Action/Winners Circle/Team Caliber/Hot Wheels. Most will be updated if other versions are found, and help of other collectors of course. These list are subject to change. I will also note which ones are really hard to find and near darn impossible to find these days. (HTF = Hard To Find / VHTF = Very Hard To Find.) I will post back stories on certain Diecast as time permits.


#02 - Hermie Sadler - Richmond Bakery / Racing Champions / Promo / VHTF

#1 Jimmy Spencer - Yellow / Racing Champions
This car ran for a majority of the season. We released by RC on the normal blister packaging.

#3 Dale Earnhardt Jr - Nilla Wafters / Winner's Circle - RCCA
This car ran at Charlotte before the Coca-Cola 600. It comes on the standard WC blister pack and RCCA collector card package.

#3 Dale Earnhardt Jr - Oreo / Winner's Circle - RCCA
This car was ran in the Daytona 300 race finishing 1st. It comes on the standard WC blister card and RCCA collector Card package.

#5 Ricky Hendrick- GMAC / Racing Champions - Team Caliber
This car ran for a majority of the season. Ron Hornaday Jr subbed for Ricky for 6 races and David Green finished the final 6 races, due to tragedy.

#7 Randy Lajoie - Kleenex / Racing Champions / Promo
This car ran for a majority of the season. Was released by RC on the normal blister packaging.

#7 Randy Lajoie - Kleenex - Food City / Racing Champions / Promo / VHTF
Bare with me on this one. This is the Normal one with the Food City Sticker over Cottonelle to represent what it looks like. This car ran at both Bristol races.

#7 Randy Lajoie - Kleenex - Cub Foods / Racing Champions / Promo / HTF
This car ran at Chicago. It comes on a Kleenex Promo Blister pack.

#8 Dale Earnhardt Jr - JRM Looney Tunes / Winner's Circle - RCCA
This car ran at the fall Richmond race and won. It comes on the standard WC blister pack and RCCA collector card pack.

#9 Jeff Burton - Gain / Team Caliber / Promo
There was great debate on wether this one ran in 2001 or 2002. Pictures referenced placed this in 2002, now where as the promo's for Burton in 2001 was black window cars, the clear window cars from Team Caliber was 2002 releases.

#10 Scott Riggs - Nesquik / Racing Champions
This car ran for a majority of the season. Was released by RC on the normal blister packaging. There are two Versions, Solid Hard Top and Hood Open.

#10 Scott Riggs - Nestle Halloween / Racing Champions
This car ran at Dover. Was released by RC on the normal blister packaging.

#11 Josh Richeson - Smucker's / Racing Champions / Promo
It comes on a special Promo Box that was featured ontop the Jelly. This box was the standard Lionel looking box. This car ran at Richmond in the Spring and Charlotte before the Coke 600.

#12 Kerry Earnhardt - Supercuts / Winner's Circle - RCCA
This car ran for a majority of the races. It comes on the Standard WC blister and the RCCA Elite Box Edition.

#12 Kerry Earnhardt - 10-10-220 / RCCA / HTF
This car ran at Rockingham, Bristol, Talladega, and Richmond. This car was only released by RCCA in the normal "Lionel" Box and the Elite Box.

#12 Kerry Earnhardt - Jani-King Looney Tunes / Winners Circle - RCCA
This car ran at the Fall Richmond race. It comes on the Standard WC blister pack and RCCA collector card pack. Please excuse the lighting on this one.

#14 Larry Foyt - Harrah's Casino / Hot Wheels
This car ran for a majority of the season. Was released by Hot Wheels on the normal blister packaging.

#21 Jeff Green - Jay Sauter - Rockwell Automation / RCCA
This car ran for a majority of the season. Was released by RCCA on the blister packaging. Jeff Green drove this car for 22 races, and Jay Sauter drove the remaining 10 races.

#23 Scott Wimmer - Siemens / Racing Champions
This car ran for a majority of the season. Was released by RC on the normal blister packaging.

#24 Jack Sprague - NetZero / Racing Champions
This car ran for a majority of the season. Was released by RC on the normal blister packaging. There are two Versions, Solid Hard Top and Hood Open

#25 Bobby Hamilton Jr - Marines / Hot Wheels
This car ran at Rockingham. Was released by RC on the normal blister packaging.

#25 Randy Tolsma - Marines / Hot Wheels / VHTF
Now this a Rare Gem to find in the wild. Team Rensi switched to Ford for the 2002 season. Hot Wheels decided to jump the gun and get some cars out early for the 2002 season, and from my investigation. Randy left the team as seasons end of 2001, Bobby Hamilton wasn't signed until Late December of 2001. Which put Hot Wheels in a odd place with Randy's 2001 Scheme plastered on a Ford in Production already, so it was released in 2002. Now, the only way you can find this one is if you look for the 2002 printed package, but also note the 2001 Chevy was also put on the 2002 card, so you really have to look at the diecast in the package to find the Ford version. There is actually 1 on eBay right now in a lot as I type this.

#26 Ron Hornaday Jr - Dr.Pepper / Racing Champions / Promo / HTF
This car ran for a majority of the season besides Texas & Fontana Spiderman edition. Lyndon Amick was Released by the team in favor of Ron Hornaday Jr. Ron Hornaday Jr Finished out the season beginning at Loudon. Lyndon would go on to join the National Guard in 2003 and fight for our country.

#26 Lyndon Amick - Dr. Pepper / Racing Champions
This car ran at Texas& Fontana Was released by RC on the normal blister packaging.

#27 Jamie McMurray - Williams / Racing Champions
This car ran for a majority of the season. It was released on the standard RC blister pack.

#29 Kevin Harvick - Sonic / RCCA
This car ran at Texas in the Spring, and Phoenix in the fall. This car comes in the RCCA collector card blister pack.

#29 Kevin Harvick - Action E.T. / Winner's Circle
This car ran at Bristol in the Spring and is quiet famous due to Greg Biffle punting Harvick head first into the Trun 4 wall with 24 laps to go in the race. Harvick waiting for Biffle to open a can of ......you know what on Biffle. This car comes on the Standard WC blister pack

#29 Kevin Harvick - Sylvania / RCCA
This car ran at the Fall Bristol race. This is another car that alot people tend to forget what actually happened in the race. Harvick led 52 laps of this race and under caution at lap 208 he hit the "Kill Switch" which ended his day by accidental button pressing.

#33 Tony Raines - Alka Seltzer - Head Ache / Team Caliber / Promo
It comes on a special Promo Box that was featured ontop the medicine. This box was the standard Lionel looking box. This car ran at Texas.

#33 Tony Raines - Bayer / Team Caliber / Promo
It comes on a special Promo Box that was featured ontop the medicine. This box was the standard Lionel looking box. this car ran at Richmond in the fall, and the first 3 races of the season.

#33 Tony Raines - Alka Seltzer Plus / Team Caliber / Promo / HTF
It comes on a special Promo Box that was featured ontop the medicine. This box was the standard Lionel looking box. this car ran at Dover, Kansas, Phoenix and Miami.

#33 Tony Raines - Aleve / Team Caliber / Promo
It comes on a special Promo Box that was featured ontop the medicine. This box was the standard Lionel looking box. This car ran at Fontana, Nazareth, IRP, Michigan & Kentucky.

#36 Hank Parker Jr. - GNC / Racing Champions
This car ran for a majority of the season. Was released by RC on the normal blister packaging. There are two Versions, Solid Hard Top and Hood Open.

#37 Jeff Purvis - Timber Wolf / Racing Champions
This car ran for a majority of the season. Was released by RC on the normal blister packaging. This car was driven by Jeff Purvis, who won at TEXAS in what DW calls a "Frog Strangler" Rain Delay race. 6 Races later, Jeff substained severe injuries at Nazareth, after being T-Boned by Greg Biffle, which ended his racing career, until 2004 he returned to the same track in a James Finch #1 Yellow car in his only start after this wreck finishing 17th. Kevin Lepage was called into drive this car until seasons end. Until Elton Sawyer was tabbed in the final 3 races.

#46 Ashton Lewis - Civil Air Patrol / Racing Champions / Promo / HTF
This car ran for a majority of the season. It was released on a RC promo Blister pack.

#48 Kenny Wallace - Stacker 2 / Racing Champions / VHTF
This car ran for a majority of the season. We released by RC on the normal blister packaging.
This one by far is likely going to be most pricest Diecast from this year to get. It was only released in 2002 in the 24 Canadain Exclusive pack. Most of these packs are online are ranging from 70 bucks to 90 bucks and higher.

#54 Kevin Grubb - Toys R Us / GC Toys / Promo / VHTF
This car ran for a majority of the season. Was released by GC on a normal blister packaging.

#57 Jason Keller - Albertsons / Racing Champions
This car ran for a majority of the season. Was released by RC on the normal blister packaging.

#59 Stacy Compton - Kingsford / Racing Champions
This car ran for a majority of the season. Was released by RC on the normal blister packaging. This car is also another famous one from the season of 2002. During the spring Talladega race, the Kingsford Logo on the hood "peeled" off. This is the exact same race the Big Wreck took out 27 cars.

#60 Greg Biffle - Grainger / Team Caliber - Hot Wheels
This car ran for a majority of the season. Was released by TC/HW on the normal blister packaging. This is also another car that was talked about in 2002, with the Run in with Harvick, the Door slam with Todd Bodine, and the Crash that ended Jeff Purvis racing career.

#66 Casey Mears - Phillips 66 / Racing Champions
This car ran for a majority of the season. Was released by RC on the normal blister packaging.

#66 Casey Mears - Phillips 66 - Kansas University / Racing Champions / Promo / HTF
This car ran at Kansas. Was released by RC on the Promo blister packaging.

#87 Joe Nemechek - Cellular One / Racing Champions
This car ran for a majority of the season. After doing some research, The Glen was never on the schedule in 2002 for the Busch Series. in 2002 The 87 was driven by Joe, David Reutimann, & Tim Fedewa. Dale Jr never Drove this car. Racing Champions released this car without a name printed on the Name rail in 2002. There was only 1 release of this #87 car in 2002.

#92 Andy Houston - Excedrin / Racing Champions / Promo
It comes on a special Promo Box that was featured ontop the medicine. This box was the standard "Lionel" looking box. Andy Houston drove the first 3 races of the season, until being let go for Todd Bodine.

#92 Todd Bodine - Excedrin / Hot Wheels / Promo
This car ran a majority of the season. This is another one that was famous from the 2002 season of Busch. It seems like everyone of these stories involves Greg Biffle, On the last lap at Kentucky Speedway, Todd and Greg were beating and banging on each other with Biffle finishing 2nd backwards across the finish line.

#93 Bill Huff - Mike's Famous Harley Davidson / Racing Champions / Promo / VHTF
Please note this one is a Custom of the exact Promo Piece. This is likely another Promo that will rarely ever pop up on eBay, and will likely go for big bucks to collectors. This car tried to Qualify for the Fall Dover race, and ended up not making the field. this is yet another reason this car is so sought after, because to my knowledge this is the only car made by RC that was a DNQ for the race.

#99 Michael Waltrip - Aaron's / Racing Champions / Promo Also
This car ran for a majority of the season. Was released by RC on the normal blister packaging. There is also a Promo Version Blister pack. Also another famous car from the 2002 busch series, during the first few laps of the spring Texas race, someone started a big wreck into turn 1 and Mikey was almost thru the wreck until Lyndon Amick slid down into him and flipped him over onto the roof. it took Mikey along time to get out of the car due to him being the "Shaq" of NASCAR drivers back then, and the cockpits were really tight.

 

Here is a quick difference in RCCA & Winner's Circle #12 Looney Tune's.
as you can see, there is a big tampo difference on the Winner's Circle version than the RCCA

RCCA

Winner's Circle

 

Thanks for posting these. These are kind of fun to relive memory lane. As I go through things, I'll have to see if I have anything to add to this.

 

I still have the 2000 Busch Series to do this month, hopefully I can finally get the lighting right.. I'm contemplating on going for the 2004 and on seasons, but I've been noticing a high price trend for some 2005 and 2006 cars, and thats really stopping me from continuing on. This way, i can just focus on these 4 years and catch any new pieces that pop up that know one really knows about.

 

checked on some leads I got this morning from Facebook.
Tim Fedewa drove a Bicycle car in Fall Rockingham 2003 & Rockingham in 2004. It was produced on the wrong body. When I was released, I still have no clue on what year to place it in.

 

Well... in this case, there's no wrong answer. I would probably tend to stick it in the year raced... but this is your thing, make it how you like. You could always just asterisk it and put it in both years (or all 3 I guess) and that way you cover all your bases

 

It was released in 2003. I saw some pictures on FBK of the packaging

 

Yea, I couldn't remember what year myself. I have 2. I'll have to sell the extra at some point.

 

if you do get to them. can you take some good pictures of the packaging.

 

I'll do my best. Won't be real soon, but when I do...