All five of the top individual 1/24 NASCAR diecast sales of October have a “winning” theme, either a championship clinching performance or victory in the sport’s biggest race, the Daytona 500.

The No. 5 and No. 4 highest sales of October both highlight wins in the Daytona 500, though a full four decades from one another.

The fifth-highest single diecast sale of the month goes to Cale Yarborough’s 1984 Hardee’s Chevrolet Monte Carlo, an Action release from 2002. The diecast celebrates Yarborough’s incredible but limited 1984 campaign. His No. 28 competed in just 16 races that year but earned three wins — including a Daytona 500 victory — 10 top-five finishes and an average finish of seventh. Though 4,728 examples of Yarborough’s 1984 No. 28 were produced, this particular model stands out as it’s signed by Yarborough and his crew chief from 1983-86, Waddell Wilson.

During their stint together, Yarborough and Wilson earned a top-five finish in 22 of 60 races with nine wins, including victory at the 1983 and 1984 Daytona 500.

The double-autographed diecast fetched $430 with 14 bids on Oct. 3.

Forty years after Yarborough’s win, William Byron took the 2024 Daytona 500 win. An Elite Gold version of Byron’s Great American Race win, one of just 48 examples produced, fetched a pretty penny, $475, for its seller not long after it was originally shipped from Lionel.

The top three sales of October are all championship-clinching diecasts from Homestead-Miami Speedway.

No. 3 on the list is an autographed example Kyle Busch’s 2015 Homestead Raced Win 1/24.  which earned “Rowdy” his first Cup Series title. Busch’s 2015 title was made more memorable by him missing the first 11 races of the season due to a broken leg and fractured foot suffered in the Xfinity Series Daytona race ahead of the Daytona 500.

Jimmie Johnson captured his seventh Cup Series championship in 2016, tying him for most titles all-time with Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt. Johnson’s 2016 campaign included 16 top-10s, 11 top-fives and five wins. Among those victories was his championship-clinching win at Homestead.

Johnson battled defending champion Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards and Joey Logano for the title. With 15 laps to go, Johnson was running sixth behind his three championship contending rivals. A caution, brought out by a flat tire on Dylan Lupton’s car, bunched up the field. All four title contenders pitted during the caution with Johnson coming off pit road fifth behind Edwards in second and Logano in third.

On the ensuing restart, chaos ensued and paved the way for Johnson’s seventh title.

Logano, starting on the inside of the second row, pulled low to pass Edwards on the restart. Edwards attempted to block Logano, but as the two cars neared the apron, Edwards continued to push low and hooked his left rear into the nose of Logano’s Ford. The contact sent Edwards into the inside wall before he careened back up the track, collecting several other cars with Edwards’ Toyota becoming momentarily airborne.

After a lengthy red flag and with Edwards out of the race, Johnson and Busch started side by side in the second row with five laps to go. A spin from Ricky Stenhouse coming off turn two brought out another caution to set up an overtime finish the championship at stake.

Johnson had an excellent restart on the front row just ahead of Logano and kept the low line heading into turn one. During the first lap of the two-lap shootout, Logano became mired behind Larson and Kevin Harvick as Johnson pulled away, earning Johnson championship No. 7 in thrilling fashion.

Johnson’s 2016 Homestead Win in standard finish, one of 1,477 produced, sold Oct. 31 for a notable $500 to earn a runner-up finish for the highest eBay auction sale of October.

The top sale of October predates Busch and Johnson’s 2015-16 titles. Tony Stewart’s 2011 Homestead Raced Win Elite, an autographed version commemorating Smoke’s third and final Cup Series title, sold for $525.

Stewart’s title was one of the most dramatic in recent memory and perhaps the most thrilling in the Chase for the Cup era. Carl Edwards entered the race just three points ahead of Stewart for the championship. Edwards started on the pole while Stewart lined up 15^th on the grid. Despite his lackluster qualifying effort, Stewart quickly made his way to the front where he and Edwards battled throughout the season finale and combined to lead 181 laps of the 267-lap race.

After a caution for rain, Stewart’s fresh tires allowed him to take the lead with 36 to go. Just a few laps later, Edwards moved into second. However, Edwards couldn’t pass Stewart — who took four tires on his final stop to Edwards’ two — in the final stretch. Stewart won the race with Edwards in second, but that didn’t secure Smoke’s third title. Stewart earned 47 points for the win with Edwards’ second notching 44 points. As such, the two drivers were tied for the title with 2,403 points.

Therefore the Cup championship was decided by a tiebreaker; the driver with the most wins. Edwards had a lone win at Las Vegas in the third race of the season. Stewart had racked up five, all of them coming in the Chase to cap off Stewart’s memorable finish to his 2011 campaign. Thus, the tiebreaker, and the championship, ultimately belonged to Stewart.

On a related note, this list also underscores the heartbreak Carl Edwards endured in his fruitless chase for a Cup Series title.

Diecast Mag’s Most Expensive eBay Diecast Sales of the Month are compiled from eBay sold listings in which the diecast was sold via auction or the Buy It Now feature. Only single diecast sales are included and those found by searching specific NASCAR diecast 1/24 criteria. Diecast Mag is not affiliated with eBay and makes no claims the auction prices listed were the final price paid by the auction winner.