Action Performance and McFarlane Toys have announced a joint venture to produce action figures of NASCAR drivers under license to Action.  The joint venture, Action McFarlane LLC, will release its first series of six figures in mid-2003.  Action has licenses with eight of the top ten Winston Cup finishers, including Rusty Wallace, Jeff Gordon, Sterling Martin, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Tony Stewart, Kevin Harvick, and John Force.  According to McFarlane, likely drivers for the first series include Wallace, Gordon, Earnhardt, and Stewart.