There are a ton of them for about 5 bucks on ebay. Any car will do, but #24 would be a crowd favorite for bashing. Very interesting problem to solve. Post a top down photo, I may have an idea.

By the way, I went to about 30 races in a span of seven years starting in about 1997. I don't have the stamina anymore to drink for 4 days so it wasn't fun anymore.

1997 Dale Earnhardt crash car.

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It's not the 'one'.

The story of Earnhardt's 1997 Daytona "Crash Car" is one that truly personifies who Earnhardt was as a person and a racer — tough and determined. He never gave up, no matter how much the deck was stacked against him. In the closing laps of the race, Earnhardt had maneuvered into second place and was battling Jeff Gordon for the lead when he lost control of the GM Goodwrench Chevrolet. The car smacked the wall at close to 200 miles per hour and rolled several times, before somehow winding up on its wheels in the infield.

Earnhardt was being escorted to the ambulance when he realized that the car could be restarted. "I looked back over and said, 'Man, the wheels ain't knocked off the car yet,'" Earnhardt said. "So I went back over and told the guy in the car to fire it up. He hit the switch and it fired. I said, 'Give me my car back!'"

With hundreds of thousands of fans going wild, Earnhardt refused medical attention and climbed back into his wounded race car. He drove it back to the pits for repair and a new set of tires, and finished the race five laps down in 31st place.

I actually don't watch NASCAR anymore, Kristin and I enjoy watching NFL games now. If I want to take a nap I will turn on NASCAR.

I'm digging through the kids rooms trying to find one of those cars too to help you.

Swampfire, let me know if you need help, I have an idea...