Month: September 2025

Some of the first 2025 IMSA releases from TopSpeed/TSM Model are expected to arrive in October, including the Pratt Miller Corvette Z06 GT3.R entries from the 24 Hours of Daytona in both 1/18 and 1/43 scale.

These models were announced at the height of the tariff panic this spring and were priced based upon a 145% ‘worse case’ scenario rate for Chinese imports. As a result, advance orders were much lower than usual across the board, which probably resulted in lower production numbers.

Now that we can confirm the tariff rate as 30%, we can reduce pricing back to the current reality ($217.00 for 1/18 and $105.00 for 1/43).

As a result, these could disappear quickly.

Check our Coming Soon section for details.

Class of ’99: Triumph and Tragedy in the 1999 CART Indy Car Series

by John Oreovicz

For a huge number of IndyCar racing fans, October 31, 1999, was the day the music died. On that blackest of Halloweens, the sport lost its brightest young star: Greg Moore. No one person was capable of saving Indy car racing from destroying itself, but if anyone stood a chance, it was Moore. He was just twenty-four years old when he died, and already he had captivated a legion of fans and conquered the world-class drivers he fought against on the track in the CART series.

Moore ultimately didn’t factor in the 1999 CART championship battle that ended in a points tie between Franchitti and brash twenty-three-year-old rookie Juan Pablo Montoya after a modern-era record twenty races. But that remarkable title clash—and its tragic conclusion—was just one of many storylines during what was arguably the most compelling single season of competition in the one-hundred-year history of American open-wheel championship racing.

Class of ’99 recounts the 1999 CART season in detail, combining contemporary reporting and new interviews conducted by author John Oreovicz with many of the key players to bring the year’s personalities and storylines to life with nuance, depth, and reflection.

Hardbound | 368 pages

IN STOCK!

$34.95 – Order your copy HERE

Lots of new 1/18 and 1/43 IMSA arrivals from TopSpeed/TSM Model this week including the #65 Mustang GT3 from their debut at Daytona in 2024. Check everything out HERE.

The September Tecnomodel Announcement contains 7 different sets of forthcoming 1/18 scale models including the Ferrari 330P from 1964/1965. The #4 NART 330P seen above is the 1964 GP Canada at Mosport winning mount of Pedro Rodriguez.

Three sets of 1/43 scale Ferraris are also on the September list from Tecnomodel.

Seen above is the #23 Ferrari 612 Can Am driven by Chris Amon at Las Vegas in 168.

Click HERE to reserve.

September 22 is the advance order deadline.

Our first New Product Announcements of the month contain a nice selection of 2025 IMSA competitors in both 1/18 and 1/43 scale along with a few other gems. The selections include Cadillac and Acura GTP and Ferrari, Porsche and Mercedes-AMG GTD entries from the 2025 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring. Check out the lists below.

1/18 TopSpeed – Due 9/19/25 – HERE

1/43 TSM Model – Due 9/19/25 – HERE

1/18 BBR Competition – Due 9/16/25 – HERE

1/43 BBR Competition – Due 9/16/25 – HERE

And…here’s one of the gems: The #38 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota entry from the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1/43 scale by TSM Model. Click HERE to order.