Panini America Unveils New UFC Paint Scheme for Talladega Xfinity Series Race to Celebrate Launch of 2021 UFC Prizm

Gray Gaulding’s No. 52 Camaro will feature a flashy new UFC Prizm scheme during Talladega race

Panini America is breaking from its primary Panini Trading Cards paint scheme that has been a constant on Xfinity Series races the last three years and is planning to pack a punch at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Ag-Pro 250 with a bold, new paint scheme for Gray Gaulding and his No. 52 Camaro (Jimmy Means Racing).

The new paint scheme celebrates Panini America’s exclusive partnership with UFC and the upcoming release of the 2021 UFC Prizm trading card product that arrives in hobby shops and online at www.paniniamerica.net on April 28, and at Walmart and Target in early May. The Talladega unveiling also coincides with the highly anticipated UFC 261: USMAN vs. MASVIDAL 2, which takes place at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., Saturday afternoon.

The new paint scheme features the trading card industry’s most popular brand – Prizm — and includes imagery of several key trading cards from the upcoming UFC Prizm release. This marks the second time that Panini America has utilized its primary sponsorship of Gaulding to showcase company’s popular trading cards across all sports with a special paint scheme. In August of 2019, Panini America painted Gaulding’s No. 08 Chevrolet with a 2019 Donruss Football scheme featuring NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes II, who went on to win the Super Bowl that year.

“Timing could not have been better for this unique marketing activation,” said Jason Howarth, Panini America Vice President of Marketing. “The Talladega Xfinity race happening on the same day as UFC 261 and just a few days before the hobby release of our first UFC trading card product presented an opportunity to celebrate the partnership in a compelling way. We’re excited to partner with Gray to showcase our UFC relationship to passionate NASCAR fans.”

“Panini has been an incredible partner over the last three seasons, and I cannot wait for Saturday to climb into the Talladega ring with our No. 52 Panini America UFC Prizm Camaro,” Gaulding said. “Just like in 2019 at Bristol when Panini ran Patrick Mahomes on my hood, I think fans will appreciate this amazing new Prizm design that has become so popular with sports fans and trading card fans in all sports.”

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