This Week on Trading Paints: August 8, 2025

News and updates from the world of Trading Paints from the past week.

This Week on Trading Paints: August 8, 2025

Welcome to This Week on Trading Paints, the pulse on what’s happening in the Trading Paints world while you’re getting ready for the iRacing National MS Society Race for the Cure.

🔢 The first Number Day is in the books

Last Sunday marked the first Trading Paints Number Day — a day full of fun, giveaways, and celebrating all things numbers. Check out our rankings of the most-used numbers on Trading Paints and a few of our Number Builder starter projects from the TP team.

👨‍🎨 ICYMI: Harris Lue in the spotlight

Last week, as part of our Artist Spotlight series, Harris Lue talked about how he got his start, his friendship with the late Sam Bass, his journey to co-owning LUE Creative, and advice for up-and-coming designers. Check out the full interview.

🎮 ICYMI: Downloader Beta for AI-Ready Collections in Hosted Racing

A few weeks ago, we released a new beta version of the Trading Paints Downloader featuring some enhancements around hosted racing sessions with AI Collections. Give version AI3 a try if you want to help us test out these updates and bug fixes, available on the Downloader Beta page.

🌟 Fresh Official Paints

Take a look at the latest Verified Official Paints posted in the Showroom this week.

2025 Justin Allgaier Hellmanns RCPT Chevrolet from Ryan A Williams for JR Motorsports
Quinn Davis - 2025 Iowa ARCA Toyota Camry from Joe R Wells for Rise Motorsports

🏎️ Staff Picks

Here’s a small sampling of what Team Trading Paints is digging this week.

Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Nextgen KFC by Tobias Kahlert - Trading Paints
KFC X Hendrick X Pepsi collab!
2004 Mark Martin Pennzoil Busch Series Ford Taurus (Custom Numbers - Stockcar) by Tom W. - Trading Paints
A replica of Mark Martin’s 2004 Busch Series Pennzoil #9 he ran at Richmond & Phoenix (this paint is specifically modeled on his Phoenix car) using Custom Numbers (Superspeedway version is on my profile). Sim-Stamped Numbers: https://www.tradingpaints.com/showroom/view/982812/2004-Mark-Martin-Pennzoil-Busch-Series-Ford-Taurus-SimStamped--Stockcar
Trent Curtis -- #12 Midas of Geneva Chevy SS by Keith Black - Trading Paints
Trent Curtis #12 Midas of Geneva Chevy SS for the 2025 ARCA Menards Series
#19 Cas Walkers Supermarkets Monte Carlo by Skyler Fox4 - Trading Paints
Cube Controls Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR by Jason C Lin - Trading Paints
Mickey York #24 Cobra Pontiac by Vincent Giacalone - Trading Paints
The paint scheme Mickey York ran on his Grand Am in the NASCAR Goody’s Dash Series from 1994 through 1995, now on a Sunbird mini stock. I couldn’t find a good reference for any decklid logos. Edited to fix a spacing issue with one of the logos.

🏆 Paint of the Week

This week, Community Manager Patrick selected this ASA Butch Miller replica for the iRacing Street Stock from Will Goshen as this week’s Paint of the Week.


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