Anyone who has collected early Racing Champions knows there were multiple issues with the product that I won't digress into here. Today's topic is the trading card inserts. So far as I can tell (one possible exception below), if RC put out a 91 and a 92 with the same sponsor/number/driver combo, the 92 re-used the 91 trading card. For example, the database images for #2 Wallace and #5 Fogelman seem to be identical, and I know the same card was used with the only two of this sort that I own, #12 Stricklin and #96 Peck. (Caveat--I don't know what was going on with the Dale Sr. cards; there seem to be several 92 card variations for him, but that may also include use of a 91 card in some of the 92 packages. The 91 card is not pictured.)
For purposes of the trading card database, I suggest that there are no 1992 cards in these situations. The 1992 entries could be removed from the database, or those cards could be combined into a 1991-92 series. I think either would be preferable to the current format, which double counts the same card. Thoughts?
