CART 1999 Interstate Studebaker 37 1.0

Inspired primarily by Robert Guerrero's 1994 Indy 500 ride (with some creative liberties to fit the 1999 body style), I set out to do something weird and create this fictional livery.

I introduce to you, the Studebaker-Reynard 99i.

In my own "head canon", Studebaker returned to the Automotive front in 1990 with decent, if slow, sales to the enthusiast crowd. In 1996, Studebaker considered a return to the open-wheel scene with its own CART engine. In 1999 the chief Studebaker "factory" entry, numbered 37 (after Studebaker's most successful open-wheeler from 1932), was primarily sponsored by Interstate Batteries (who were finding great advertising success in NASCAR already, with Joe Gibbs Racing and Bobby Labonte).



This livery features both a Road and Oval configuration, with period-accurate logos from the 1990s ... along with being probably the only Studebaker-themed skin in the entire catalog of the VRC F/NA 1999.


If you want this kind of somewhat out-of-the-ordinary idea in your skin list, feel free to give it a go. This is definitely my finest work, and I hope at least someone out there agrees.