The 80-card Ruby base set is Wheels Race Cards inaugural Crown Jewels brand issue. The cards, printed on 24 pt. paper stock, came five cards per pack, 24 packs per box and 12 boxes per case. There were two methods of distribution of the product; a hobby only version, that was limited to 2200 cases and a special retail version. The set includes subsets of Winston Cup Drivers (1-30), Winston Cup Driver/Owners (31-35), Winston Cup Crew Chiefs (36-40), Winston Cup Cars (41-53), Busch Drivers (54-63), Headliners (64-73) and Win Cards (74-80). Three redemption programs were included as inserts. All three, the Gemstone game cards, the Dual Jewels redemption game and the E-Race to Win cards expired 12/31/95. There were also three individual inserts randomly seeded in packs. Sterling Marlin Back-to-Back Daytona winner could be found one in 288 packs. The Chad Little Goody's 300 winner autographed card was seeded one in 576. Finally a two sided card that featured Jeff Gordon on one side and Terry Labonte on the other was randomly inserted at a rate of one in 288 packs. Read Less »
The 80-card Ruby base set is Wheels Race Cards inaugural Crown Jewels brand issue. The cards, printed on 24 pt. paper stock, came five cards per pack, 24 packs per box and 12 boxes per case. There were two methods of distribution of the product; a hobby only version, that was limited to 2200 cases ... Read More »