Pixar Cars NASCAR Die-cast | Source: Mattel/The Toy Insider

This weekend, families will gather to watch the official kick off of the 2021 NASCAR season as a packed field of top drivers hits the track for the Daytona 500. And, just in time for the big race, Disney and Pixar‘s #CarsWeek is back with an official NASCAR collaboration!

Mattel unleashed a new 1:55-scale die-cast Cars NASCAR assortment that puts a NASCAR-ified spin on classic characters from Pixar’s Cars franchise, including Lightning McQueen, Jackson Storm, Mater, and Luigi and Guido.

But that’s not all!

Source: Mattel/The Toy Insider

Real life NASCAR drivers, including Chase Elliot, Austin Dillon, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Joey Logano, Daniel Suarez, Aric Almirola, and Kyle Busch have been transformed into die-cast as new characters, such as Gogo Logano and Chase Racelott.

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Each car in the assortment comes with a pit-stop barrier while crew members each come with their own stack of tires.

The new line is racing into Walmart stores now with additional Cars NASCAR toys and activated set to be revealed throughout the year.

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James Zahn

James Zahn

James Zahn, AKA The Rock Father, is Editor-in-Chief of The Toy Book, a Senior Editor at The Toy Insider and The Pop Insider, and Editor of The Toy Report, The Toy Book‘s weekly industry newsletter. As a pop culture and toy industry expert, Zahn has appeared as a panelist and guest at events including Comic-Con International: San Diego (SDCC) Wizard World Chicago, and the ASTRA Marketplace & Academy. Zahn has more than 30 years of experience in the entertainment, retail, and publishing industries, and is frequently called upon to offer expert commentary for publications such as Forbes, Marketwatch, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, USA Today, Reuters, the Washington Post, and more. James has appeared on History Channel’s Modern Marvels, was interviewed by Larry King and Anderson Cooper, and has been seen on Yahoo! Finance, CNN, CNBC, FOX Business, NBC, ABC, CBS, WGN, The CW, and more. Zahn joined the Adventure Media & Events family in 2016, initially serving as a member of the Parent Advisory Board after penning articles for the Netflix Stream Team, Fandango Family, PBS KIDS, Sprout Parents (now Universal Kids), PopSugar, and Chicago Parent. He eventually joined the company full time as a Senior Editor and moved up the ranks to Deputy Editor and Editor-in-Chief.

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