This Week on Trading Paints: October 16, 2026

Welcome to This Week on Trading Paints, the pulse on what’s happening in the colorful world of Trading Paints and the iRacing painting community.

🧑‍🎨 ICYMI: Fisher Giannotti in the Spotlight

Fisher Giannotti is this the focus of this month’s Artist Spotlight. The Georgia native shared his journey from designing paint scheme concepts on his phone in 2020 to creating some of the most eye-catching graphics for Bill McAnally Racing — including a Kyle Busch tribute paint scheme that raced in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series last weekend.

🇩🇪 ICYMI: 2026 DTM paints are here

The official set of 2026 DTM liveries has arrived in the Trading Paints Showroom — but you probably noticed if you browsed the Trending page recently. (They’re popular!)

Check out DTM’s Trading Paints profile to race your favorite DTM paint on iRacing.

Also, take a look at our team member Julian’s AI-Ready Collection featuring the 2026 DTM paints for offline single-player racing.

✨ New Verified Official Paints

A batch of new official paints landed in the Trading Paints 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

Enjoy a small collection of our favorite paints we’ve encountered this week in the Showroom.

2026 Sun Drop Corvette Z06 GT3.R by Alex Schmurtz - Trading Paints

Inspired by Dale Jr 2026 Late model.

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Tony Stewart 2003 patriotic July 4th scheme ss by Gavin V McDonald - Trading Paints

Tony ran this in the 2003 Pepsi 400

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Caterham Academy Irn Bru by Daniel R Dinsdale - Trading Paints

Proper Slow Bru

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2026 Grove Racing Penrite Mustang by Adam Burhop - Trading Paints

2026 Bathurst Matt Payne Grove Racing Penrite Mustang Updated Spec Map and missed logo's

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1998 Crayola Monte Carlo by Vincent Giacalone - Trading Paints

This Sam Bass design was a show car and promo diecast for the '98 Coca-Cola 600. Here it is on an '03 body, crayons and all.

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GMG Buc-ees Porsche Indianapolis 8 Hour 2026 by Tyler Tucker - Trading Paints

Buc-ee's Porsche livery used by the GMG team for the Indianapolis 8 Hour race and at Barber Motorsports Park. Driven by Ayhancan Guven, Riccardo Pera, and Kyle Washington. Had to make some changes due to the iracing stamped number/locations.

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2020 Aston Martin Vantage GTE - WEC Concept Livery by Samuel J Ball - Trading Paints

AMR livery from the Aston Martin Vantage GTE car ran to victory at LeMans and during the 2020 WEC season. Not an exact replica, rather adapted to suit the new Valkyrie with the paintwork being broken up around the rooflines to help add some extra detail as well as additional red pinstriping around the front wheelarches.

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🔢 From the Number Showroom

Here are some new custom numbers from the Number Showroom that caught our eye. They’re available to add to your paints, download, or remix.

Spiffy Excellent Number by William Allard | 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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97 Roy Veenendaal by Roy Van V. | 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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Sleek Stylish Number by Jog Method | 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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iRACING 48 by Austin Johnson20 | 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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Brilliant Sporty Number by Robert King Jr | 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 from Number Builder, and we’ll continue to share what we like!

🏆 Paint of the Week

Dirt Modifieds may be some of the most unusual-looking race cars, but that didn’t stop Zachary J P. from creating this sleek beauty, driven by Devan Glick. Our Community Manager Patrick selected it as this week’s Paint of the Week.

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! 🏁