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A small mystery: I found this jacket in Japan, but I can't figure out it's exact provenance. It appears to commemorate konami's Bill Elliott's NASCAR from 1992 on the nes, which was the first ever licensed NASCAR game. but I can't find evidence of the jacket existing. So what/when is it from?

According to the Wikipedia page (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_El...) there was a contest in which you could win a trip to the Daytona 500 - I suspect the jacket may be a consolation prize for that, especially since it's made in USA which is quite rare. but the entry form is blurry and I can't confirm!

Fun jacket for me regardless of what it's from/why it exists, but I am curious about it, and curious how it wound up in Japan - if it was from the contest, maybe they had leftovers that got sent to staff in Japan? Presumably the contest was from the Konami US side. But that may not be its origin!