[Gofastgirl]

I'm new here and new to NASCAR, and this may be a pointless search I'm on but I retrieved a piece of sheetmetal from the pits after the crews had cleared out from the Busch race in Richmond on 9/8, and I don't know what car it is from. It was located in one of the pit areas closest to the entrance, so may I assume that is someone at the back of the field? It is red with a Raybestos decal and a Sunoco decal. Looking up detailed paint schemes online has not been very fruitful so I thought I'd check here.

TIA

[rmjvol]

Originally Posted by Gofastgirl

I'm new here and new to NASCAR, and this may be a pointless search I'm on but I retrieved a piece of sheetmetal from the pits after the crews had cleared out from the Busch race in Richmond on 9/8, and I don't know what car it is from. It was located in one of the pit areas closest to the entrance, so may I assume that is someone at the back of the field? It is red with a Raybestos decal and a Sunoco decal. Looking up detailed paint schemes online has not been very fruitful so I thought I'd check here.

TIA

Hi Gofastgirl, welcome to GoTeamsGo

Sounds like we're tryiing to figure out which of 30 puzzles a stray puzzle piece came from

Can you take a picture & post it here? That would help everybody get started helping you.

[Gofastgirl]

Here's a pic (Photobucket says this is 320x198 pixels but it sure looks bigger in the post, sorry!):

[TN_Gal]

I'm guessing a car with lower left front fender damage.....isn't that where they put the Sunoco stickers?

[rmjvol]

Very cool. Maybe we should turn this into a contest?

[carlab68]

I have no idea! That is very cool though.

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by TN_Gal

I'm guessing a car with lower left front fender damage.....isn't that where they put the Sunoco stickers?

You are correct.

[WVGrandma4Kasey]

It may be too late but I think nascar.com has a pit map on line for each race, may be able to narrow it down a little.

[Gofastgirl]

I could not find a map - I watched a bunch of video to try and spot the car but of course they were going by too quickly. I feel like a knucklehead for not trying to ID it at the track when I could have asked someone. Hopefully this won't be my last time in the pits and I can do better, lol. I'm totally spoiled now. It was rough being in the stands for the cup race....

[Juggernaut001]

Looks like it came from the #25 Ashton Lewis "Marines" car.

He got spun around and then hit in the nose around lap 200 something...

NASCAR.com : drivers & teams : drivers

[Gofastgirl]

Originally Posted by Juggernaut001

Looks like it came from the #25 Ashton Lewis "Marines" car.

He got spun around and then hit in the nose around lap 200 something...

NASCAR.com : drivers & teams : drivers

That looks like the best bet - nice job, and thanks very much! Super Sleuth award with your name on it. Further Google searches about that car and the decals, plus what happened during the race, and I think we have a winner.

Now I'm off to Michael's to see about some sort of wall-hanger display for this piece of history, otherwise it'll wind up on a shelf in the shed, doomed for the dump....

I knew I was coming to the right place for some help with a seriously obscure question.