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When Armand “Bubba” Carter and his wife, Cathy, moved to Mechanicsville a few years ago, they hardly looked at the home they eventually bought. Carter saw the two garage spaces and decided it was the place for him.

There was a good reason why Carter was pleased with the garage space. He is a man of many passions and hobbies. He builds and races go-karts. He hand paints cars and etches the windows with themed designs that have won multiple awards at car shows. But no passion requires more space than his NASCAR collection. At roughly 4,200 unique pieces, it is a sight to behold. Carter has a goal in sight for his collection: a spot in the Guinness World Records.

The Carters have been in contact with Guinness and have learned that there is no record for such a collection in existence. In order to set the initial record, Carter will need to officially have 5,000 pieces of unique memorabilia in his collection. In a way, the collecting is perhaps the easiest portion of the ordeal.

“You can’t just be in the Guinness book of records; they make you work for it,” Carter said. “There is writing and taking a picture of everything and documenting it. Everything’s got be different.”