The Nike Air Max 90 Revs Up A Third “Racing” Colorway

A third colorway enters the eyebrow-raising pack.

Matt Varga February 3rd, 2025 (updated)

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It doesn’t always take collaboration to explore narratives with beloved Nike models- Beaverton continues to be plenty capable of exploring off-the-beaten-path concepts of their own accord. In the opening weeks of 2025, one of the more attention-grabbing themes has been the “Racing” Air Max 90, a four-alarm colorway of the 90s icon that’s suddenly gone from pair to pack. Part of how that’s played out is with the shoe at hand, a “Mandarin/Blue Fury” spin on the Air Max 90 with the same racing inspo.

After the shoe was revealed via retailer shots, official images reveal identical spell-out text on the interior compared to its peers, rebranding the silhouette’s name with cursive script over a gradient-shaded “90” emblem. While the palettes differ significantly between each shoe in this pseudo-capsule, this colorway helps to enunciate the uniting theme: dark contrast soles.

For this application, it’s particularly striking, given the vast chasm between the jet black underfoot and the vibrant neon hits up top. As a final note, these shots depict adult sizing, while the previous ones showed the same shoe sized down for the GS crowd — a likely indication that all of the “Racing” Air Max 90 pairs will be family affairs.

The Nike Air Max 90 “Racing” in “Mandarin/Blue Fury” will likely hit shelves for Spring ’25. Retail pricing hasn’t been announced just yet, but expect a slight premium on the typical $130.

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Matt Varga, Junior Editor

Matt Varga is an Editor at SneakerNews. Initially earning a degree in Video Arts and Technology, he got his start in video editing and writing in the music world — primarily on hip-hop and electronic. A long-standing interest in sneakers led him to switching over to footwear. An avid collector, his favorite sneaker of all time comes down to either the Air Jordan 1 “Black Toe” and Air Jordan 5 “Laney,” his first ever pick-ups. When he’s not writing, you can find Matt cooking, traveling, attending concerts and when weather permits, on the handball court.