What was the Mickey Mouse car in NASCAR?

NASCAR cars are often the best expressions of a company’s value or the personal intentions of the player. Sponsors are the prime sources of money for most of the teams and without them, it is difficult to maintain a place in the most elite series of stock car racing. NASCAR teams and players endorse their sponsors through various.

The most commonly used method is through car liveries and stickers and icons on the official race suit of the player.These give rise to some of the best liveries and paint schemes in NASCAR.

NASCAR has given the audience many memorable cars to admire and more often than not, drivers are associated with a certain color or paint scheme. For example, the Blue color of Richard Petty’s vehicles that remained as a mark of the “King”.

The freedom to choose the paint scheme and livery have often given rise to iconic cars, with fictional characters in NASCAR which were for the sake of fun or getting the fan base to engage more with the team. Over the years, motorsports have used this as a method to attract more audiences. The “Rexy” livery which features the Porsche 911 GT3 to be decorated like a dinosaur is the most famous representation of a character in motorsports.

Mickey Mouse car in NASCAR

The most iconic reference of NASCAR would probably be Disney’s “Cars” franchise. But, in NASCAR’s history there was another iconic representation of a cartoon character on a car. Dick Brooks' car had the illustration of Disney’s Mickey’s Mouse on his Plymouth’s hood at the Talladega Superspeedway in the 1973 NASCAR Cup Series season. Incidentally, Brooks went on to win the race claiming victory with an iconic sign on his car.

There have been no explanations for the exact reasons for using a Mickey Mouse decal on Brooks' car. However, some claim that the Mickey Mouse was in reference to Bill France’s claim that they were a Mickey Mouse team. While it may be funny and adorable for the audience, the word “Mickey Mouse '' also has had another meaning in NASCAR - It refers to the drivers who have had it easy in the sport (as per public opinion) and progressed or achieved greatness without trying hard for it (again, via public opinion). It often refers to winners who get their victories through disqualification or post race penalties of the previous winner.