This Week on Trading Paints: April 3, 2026

Welcome to This Week on Trading Paints, the pulse on what’s happening in the Trading Paints world where you’ll turn to sim racing to get your fix of motorsports this weekend.

🍞 Trading Paints rode with Brad Perez Saturday

Last weekend, we joined everybody’s favorite racer slash mechanic slash DJ, Brad Perez, at Martinsville Speedway in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series. The Trading Paints logo appeared on the lower quarter panels of Brad’s No. 42 Young’s Motorsports Chevrolet, sponsored by Bubba Wallace’s Live To Be Different Foundation and the Boys & Girls Clubs of St. Lucie County.

Brad drove through the field in the final stage and even avoided a nearly-20-car crash at one point to finish 21st.

To celebrate, we gave away some credits to the Trading Paints Store to three drivers at random who raced Brad’s paint, designed by Harris Lue of LUE Creative in iRacing. Congratulations to Matthew M., Max S., and Gavin M.

You can pre-order the 1:24 and 1:64 die-cast car, too.

🧑‍🎨 Noah Sweet in the Spotlight

April’s Artist Spotlight focuses on Noah Sweet, who’s accomplished quite a bit in the world of motorsports design after getting his start in sim racing. You’ve probably seen some of his animation work or paint-scheme design if you’ve followed NASCAR in the past five years.

✨ New Verified Official Paints

There’s a fresh batch of official paints verified from teams and artists in the Showroom this week.

Teams, drivers, brands, and artists: want to give the verification mark to your official paints on Trading Paints? Let us know!

🏎️ Staff Picks

Here’s a small sampling of paints the Trading Paints team is loving right now.

Porsche Cup 992.2 - Asahi PlackPink by Steve K. - Trading Paints

Asahi BlackPink APEX Livery Designs apex-livery-designs@outlook.com

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#62 James Trout Pontiac Sunbird by Vincent Giacalone - Trading Paints

The paint scheme that James Trout ran in the NASCAR Goody’s Dash Series in the early 2000s.

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Unicorn Mustang by William Smith21 - Trading Paints

Fun unicorn Mustang I painted for my daughter. Figured I’d share with anyone else that wants to drive!

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2026 Casketman USA 250 Special Edition Mustang GT3 by Paul R Chaloner - Trading Paints

Commissioned to produce Casketmans special edition to celebrate the 250th anniversary of United States of America independence as part of the USA 250 celebrations.

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Adrian Fernandez Lowes Busch Series Car by Billy R Roberts - Trading Paints

Ran at Mexico City and Watkins Glen in 2006 for Hendrick Motorsports. Similar schemes ran as number 5 in 2005 at various tracks and 2007 in Mexico City, and 2008 in Mexico City for JR Motorsports. Right Slant Number

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Greek Soup truck by Matt Tomelleri - Trading Paints

I think its traditionally made with chicken, but goes really well with turkey, lamb, pork or beef meatballs as well

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Ron Silk Tour Mod Custom Number by Jonah Mcnaughton - Trading Paints

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Hyundai Elantra - BTCC NAPA 2026. Lewis Selby variant by Jason Carvalho - Trading Paints

2026 NAPA BTCC car (Ford Focus saloon)

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Sonic The Hedgehog - Global Mazda MX-5 Cup by Óscar D. - Trading Paints

Simple livery inspired by Sonic The Hedgehog! Updated with in-universe/projects decals. Overtake your rivals like a true blue blur!

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🔢 From the Number Showroom

We’re really enjoying what you’ve been sharing in the new Number Showroom, part of the new Number Builder update. Here are a few recent numbers that caught our eye.

Marvelous18 by Csoknyai Attila | Number Builder

Create and share your own stylized car number graphics from your web browser with Number Builder by Trading Paints.

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’26 by Sepp Stephan | Number Builder

Create and share your own stylized car number graphics from your web browser with Number Builder by Trading Paints.

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Pleasant Grand Number by Mason Wills | Number Builder

Create and share your own stylized car number graphics from your web browser with Number Builder by Trading Paints.

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Retro/Throwback Number by Cameron Simmons | Number Builder

Create and share your own stylized car number graphics from your web browser with Number Builder by Trading Paints.

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Keep posting your numbers to the Number Showroom, and we’ll continue to share what we like!

🏆 Paint of the Week

Shark, shark! This week’s Paint of the Week, selected by our Community Manager Patrick, is this NASCAR Cup Series Chevrolet that’s also a salmon shark, painted by Matt Tomelleri. We are just now learning about salmon sharks.

What did you think of This Week on Trading Paints? Let us know on Instagram and Bluesky — and don’t forget to tag us when you share your paints! 🏁