Dale Earnhardt, Jun Imai
Background
Dale Earnhardt — Not a member of Hot Wheels' design team. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is a motorsports analyst and commentator, semi-retired driver and NASCAR team owner (JR Motorsports); he raced full-time in NASCAR series from 1996 to 2017 and was voted the series' most popular driver 15 times. The Hot Wheels Wiki lists him among the brand's guests and associates with him the car 'Hammerhead' (2011 New Models series), in collaboration with designer Jun Imai.
Jun Imai — Jun Imai is a Design Manager at Hot Wheels, at Mattel. In a 2016 interview, he described leading a team of six designers and taking part in automotive partnerships and licensing, such as the collaboration with Porsche customizer Magnus Walker. He grew up collecting Hot Wheels and, according to the interviewer, brought a strong JDM (Japanese domestic market) influence to the brand's models. The sources consulted do not state his education or year of entry.
