On Thursday, Lionel Racing delivered its yearly top-10 best-selling die-cast list. As expected, the list is very JR Motorsports/Dale Earnhardt Jr. heavy; Earnhardt and Justin Allgaier swept the top-three spots. However, there were some other standouts as eight different drivers were represented on the top-10 die-cast list in 2025.
Justin Allgaier, the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion, took the No. 1 and No. 3 spots on the list, with two separate versions of the No. 40 Traveller Whiskey Chevrolet, which served as the NASCAR Cup Series debut for JR Motorsports.
Lionel Racing noted that this marks the first time Allgaier has ever ranked No. 1 in its annual best-selling die-cast list.
The standard version of the die-cast ranked No. 1, while the raced version took the No. 3 spot. Sandwiched between the two Allgaier die-casts was Dale Earnhardt Jr., who took the No. 2 spot with his No. 8 Budweiser Speedway Classic Late Model.
Chase Elliott, the sport’s most popular driver in 2025, took home the No. 4 spot with his Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta die-cast. This scheme was used by Elliott in his NASCAR Cup Series win at EchoPark Speedway.
Rounding out the top five was William Byron’s No. 24 Axalta Daytona 500 win die-cast.
Following Byron on the list were two Kyle Larson die-casts, which made it a clean sweep of positions 4 through seven for Hendrick Motorsports. Larson’s HendrickCars.com Champion die-cast ranked sixth, while his No. 5 HendrickCars.com Phoenix Raced Version die-cast was seventh.
Rounding out the top-10 list were a pair of Red Bull cars and a first-win die-cast.
Connor Zilisch’s No. 87 Red Bull Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet ranked eighth on the list, which is an incredible ranking for the 19-year-old driver. Zilisch will look to continue climbing the rankings in 2026.
Josh Berry, who scored his first career NASCAR Cup Series win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, was able to register a ninth-place ranking for his No. 21 Motorcraft Las Vegas win die-cast.
Shane van Gisbergen, who set an all-time NASCAR Cup Series rookie record with five wins in 2025, secured the final slot in the top-10 list with his No. 88 Red Bull Chevrolet.
