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Tyler Cartier, who runs with the New York-based Empire Super Sprints, has this appropriate message on the inside of his top wing to remind himself that everything is going great right up until it isn’t anymore!

ASIDE FROM SPONSORSHIPS, racers use their cars to convey everything from politics to jokes and to express their personalities. Here are some of our favorites from the last couple of months.

There has been a lot of throwback cartoon cars over the last few years, including Bobby Pierce’s Scooby Doo wrap, and late model driver Darrell Bossard from Centerville, Pennsylvania, keeps it going with this this Flintstones theme on the hood. Let’s find a Jetsons theme car out there next!

Lernerville Speedway veteran driver Gary Lyle from nearby Leechburg, Pennsylvania, looks to be having fun with is droop locator sticker as it is certainly looking a little bit --- droopy.

You gotta know where your bread is buttered? New York hobby stock racer Brennan Fitzgibbons is letting everyone know where you’ll find his race car – hunting those infield tires!

Open wheeler Chase Stockon will forever be called Stockton but he is doing his best to correct the frequent misspelling and mispronunciation with this name plate and he has even had shirts made up with the same correction. Way to embrace it Chase.

Bill Balog’s sponsor advises seniors on Medicare health care decisions and supplemental insurance. Bill has a Medicare card on the undersize of his wing with several sly comments on navigating the system while also incorporating his North Pole Nightmare moniker.