Fourth-grader Whitney Thomason of Trophy Club's Samuel Beck Elementary School may have a future in NASCAR. Thomason is not an aspiring race-car driver, but exhibited the artistic talent for creating the winning paint scheme in Spin Master's NASCAR Authentics "Design A Die-cast" competition among the 11 local elementary schools and more than 6,500 students participating in Texas Motor Speedway's "Speeding To Read" educational program. On Friday in front of nearly 4,500 students at the "Speeding To Read" assembly crowning the year-long champions at Texas Motor Speedway, Spin Master's NASCAR Authentics presented Thomason with a die-cast with her design and surprised her by unveiling an actual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series show car bearing her paint scheme.
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