This led manufacturers to design special track-focused road cars they could enter in NASCAR, with the hope of getting the jump on their rivals. Buick did exactly this in the late 1980s ...

making a grand entrance while sitting atop what appeared to be a rare Buick GNX—a car with roots tracing back to NASCAR. Racing mechanic and content creator Bozi Tatarevic provided detailed ...

Three years later in 1981, the Buick Century Regal — now called just the Regal — entered NASCAR with the Junior Johnson team and won back-to-back championships, driven by Darrell Waltrip.

Retired racing legend Dale Earnhardt Jr. was thoroughly impressed by Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show, particularly due to the rapper's session featuring a 1987 Buick GNX.