Nothing is cooler than a ’90s NASCAR simulation setup playing Daytona USA.

Nothing is cooler than a ’90s NASCAR simulation setup playing Daytona USA.

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      If your home arcade doubles as your garage, I have a Facebook Marketplace listing you won't want to miss. It features a NASCAR stock car transformed into a racing simulator, equipped with Sega’s Daytona USA, all decked out in the Alan Kulwicki No. 7 Hooters paint scheme for a perfect dose of ’90s nostalgia.

      This dust-covered simulator is being sold by a seller in Calverton, New York, located in the suburban area known as Long Island. They are asking for $6,000, complete with the standard “no lowballs, I know what I’ve got” stipulation. However, there are no further details except for the assertion that this piece is based on an old NASCAR stock car.

      The visible frame tubing under the hood and in the trunk appears consistent with that of a stock car, but this is insufficient to verify it as one of Kulwicki’s vehicles. Even if it did originate from the late Cup Series champion's shop, it might have served as a show car or backup instead of being raced. This could be a positive, as it would be unfortunate to dismantle a race-driven Kulwicki chassis, given how impressive this setup is.

      Kulwicki is remembered as the last truly independent champion in NASCAR. He secured the 1992 Cup Series championship while driving for his own single-car team, with the title coming down to the final race of the season. Kulwicki changed the lettering on his Ford from “Thunderbird” to “Underbird” to emphasize his underdog status during that championship. He progressed from rookie to champion in just six years, securing five race wins along the way.

      That fairy-tale ending, however, never came to fruition. Kulwicki tragically died on April 1, 1993, in a plane crash before he could defend his championship. He was posthumously inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2019. For those interested in learning more about NASCAR’s most renowned underdog, Dinner with Racers produced a wonderful tribute episode worth listening to.

      With its orange-and-white number 7 paint job and the era-appropriate game, this simulator would be nearly irresistible to any child of the ’90s. It would also make a fantastic addition to a garage/arcade, especially alongside the 1999 Ford Mondeo touring car that the manufacturer transformed into a sim rig.

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Nothing is cooler than a ’90s NASCAR simulation setup playing Daytona USA. Nothing is cooler than a ’90s NASCAR simulation setup playing Daytona USA. Nothing is cooler than a ’90s NASCAR simulation setup playing Daytona USA. Nothing is cooler than a ’90s NASCAR simulation setup playing Daytona USA.

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Nothing is cooler than a ’90s NASCAR simulation setup playing Daytona USA.

All aspects of this sim rig are perfectly suitable for the era.