Auto manufacturers have always understood that success in motor sports sells cars. Toy car manufacturers have been happy to produce both stock and racing versions of popular automobiles. The 1970 Plymouth Superbird from Johnny Lightning's MOPAR series was recently added to my collection and I could not resist matching it up with the NASCAR Superbird also produced by JL. Unlike many toy car makers, JL actually did two separate castings instead of simply adding paint and tampos. After enjoying the road and track contrast, I wondered how many more sets I could assemble? After setting parameters that the road car must be the same basic color as the race car, which must represent an authentic, race vehicle, the search turned up an even dozen. If you can add some more, let me know (guest book).

1955 Chrysler C300 (stocker) - Racing Champions 1955 Chrysler C300 - Johnny Lightning	1958 Fury 'Christine' dragster - Johnny Lightning 1958 Plymouth Fury - Johnny Lightning	1970 Superbird (stocker) - Johnny Lightning 1970 Plymouth Superbird - Johnny Lightning
1975 Mustang Cobra 2 (IMSA) - Johnny Lightning 1975 Ford Mustang Cobra II - Zylmex	1977 Jaguar XJ-S GT/racer - Tomica 1977 Jaguar XJ-S - Corgi Junior	1978 Ferrari 308GTB (LeMans) - Matchbox 1978 Ferrari 308GTB - Matchbox
1979 Renault 5 Turbo (Pro Rally) - Tomica 1979 Renault 5 Le Car - Matchbox	1983 Chevrolet Camaro Z-28 (IROC) - Matchbox 1983 Chevrolet Camaro Z-28 - Ertl	1985 Porsche 930 Turbo (GT/racer) - Ertl 1985 Porsche 930 Turbo - Majorette
1989 BMW M1 (IMSA) - Corgi Junior 1989 BMW M1 - Welly	1992 Jaguar XJ220R (LeMans) - Matchbox 1992 Jaguar XJ220 - Matchbox	1999 Dodge Viper GTSR (GT) - Racing Champions 1999 Dodge Viper GTS - Matchbox