A product from one card company appearing on another brand's card

 That's not something that happens often and I just discovered one while scanning. 

In this card, from 1995 Finish Line, Mark Martin is wearing a 1994 Action Packed Badge of Honor of Ernie Irvan. 

I suspect this photo was taken in late 1994. Mark and Ernie were good friends (and possibly still are, I don't know) and Ernie was severely injured in an accident at Michigan International Speedway in August 1994, receiving just a 10% chance to survive. 

The Action Packed Badge of Honor was a series of six pins that were available separately and also in some boxes of 1994 Action Packed Series 3. 

I have only one pin from the set, which happens to be Rusty Wallace.

Mine isn't in the best shape...although I got it new, I was at max 10 years old at the time and didn't take very good care of it. I'm lucky that I even found it in my storage unit after all these years. I'm 99% sure I got it in a box of Series 3, although I can't rule out buying it single packed either. Rusty was one of my top 2 favorite drivers in 1994- with Ernie. 

Ernie not only survived, he began racing again in late 1995 and even won the race at Michigan in 1996, his final career win. He would suffer a second head injury at Michigan again in 1999 and retired mid-season. I'm "friends" with him on Facebook.

I received the Mark Martin card on February 20th, 2020, but just scanned it on January 22nd, 2025. You have to pay attention to every detail when scanning and that's how I noticed the pin on Mark's jacket.