By Ryan Cracknell | Hobby Editor

“Million Dollar Bill,” “Iceman,” “The Biff” — like any sport, NASCAR has its share of fun and memorable nicknames. Several of them take center stage with the 2017 Donruss Racing variations.

The variations offer an alternate take on 18 of the base cards in 2017 Donruss Racing. The big giveaway on the front is that the racer’s first and last names have been replaced by their nickname.

But the variations go beyond that. Like a lot of variations in other sets and sports, they also have different photos on the front. Even the backs are different — although that might be tough to tell if you don’t have the two copies side-by-side.

2017 Donruss Racing variations also have a full run of parallels, just like the base cards:

• Gold Foil – /499
• Blue Foil – /299
• Green Foil – /199
• Gold Press Proof – /99
• Press Proof – /49
• Artist Proof – /25
• Printing Plate Black – 1/1
• Printing Plate Cyan – 1/1
• Printing Plate Magenta – 1/1
• Printing Plate Yellow – 1/1

Parallels have the same print runs as base versions, so they’re not short prints.

The regular versions don’t appear to be all that tough to pull either. This is in line with other recent Donruss Baseball variations.

Want to know exactly what you should be looking for with the 2017 Donruss Racing variations? We’ve got a detailed (and growing) gallery below.

2017 Donruss Racing Variations Gallery and Checklist

We’re still working on completing this gallery with both the 2017 Donruss Racing variations and their base counterparts. In a couple of instances, variation parallels are included. Everything is the same on these except the foil and/or border.

37 Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Variation – Junior

Base – Blue Firesuit

38 Matt Kenseth

Variation – Special K

Base – sunglasses on hat

40 Kevin Harvick

Variation – Happy

Base – black firesuit

44 Kyle Busch

Variation – Rowdy

Base – M&M’s firesuit

45 Carl Edwards

Variation – Cousin Carl

Base – Arris Hat

47 Jimmie Johnson

Variation – 7x Champ

Variation – JJ

Base – sunglasses

48 Kurt Busch

Variation – The Outlaw

Base

50 Jamie McMurray

Variation – Big Mac

Base – black firesuit

57 Greg Biffle

Variation – The Biff

Base – no sunglasses

60 Ryan Newman

Variation – Rocket Man

Base – no cap

182 Terry Labonte

Variation – Iceman

183 Richard Petty

Variation – The King

184 Bill Elliott

Variation – Million Dollar Bill

185 Ned Jarrett

Variation – Gentleman Ned

186 Jeff Burton

Variation – The Mayor

187 Harry Gant

Variation – The Bandit

188 Tony Stewart

Variation – Smoke

189 Daniel Suarez

Variation? – 2016 XFinity Champ

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