Van's Holiday shopping list: At the wheel

Nearly every NASCAR enthusiast has a little Walter Mitty in him. Every race fan secretly fanaticizes about being Dale Jr. or Jeff Gordon or Tony Stewart.

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Of course, most will never realize their dream of sitting behind the wheel of a real race car. But the folks at Team Up have created a series of 1:6 scale remote control cars that are, as they say, the next best thing to being there.

Each car is adorned in team specific graphics and a fully functional control for reverse, forward, left and right turns. They may not blast down the straightaway at Talladega at 200+ mph, but these babies will scream down your driveway at more than 20 mph -- a pretty good clip for an RC car. And a signal range of more than 100 yards will carry each 34" racer the length of a football field. To add a touch of authenticity, the car's transmitter is molded in the shape of an impact wrench.

Four different cars are currently available at the NASCAR.COM Superstore: No. 3 Dale Earnhardt, No. 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 24 Jeff Gordon, and No. 20 Tony Stewart.

It's just the gift for the Walter Mitty on your Christmas list.