Benson previously won the Busch Series Championship in 1995. On the final lap with Wheeler leading and Trickle in second, Wheeler predicts that Trickle would use his signature slingshot maneuver on the outside, but Trickle tricks him with a crossover to overtake the first position. But for one race, at the Miller 400 at Michigan, Hendrick Motorsports brought out the special Tony the Tiger paint scheme. PANINI AMERICA INTRODUCES NEW PAINT SCHEME FOR UPCOMING XFINITY RACES FOR . 77 would now be decorated in our nation's colors, instead of the bright yellow scheme he was running all season long. Two weeks after his debut at the series' top level, Harvick would win the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500 at Atlanta, barely passing the finish line ahead of Jeff Gordonit is still one of the closest finishes in NASCAR history. By that I mean, this is one of my favorite cars that was run the entire season, not just one or two races. It's a shame that Reed Sorenson never developed into the driver that everyone was thinking he'd become. Bill Elliott, who was sponsored by McDonald's for most of the 1990's, saw many different paint schemes in 1998, NASCAR's 50th anniversary. When I created this list, this car was one of the first few I put on there, meaning that it was a definite choiceI just needed to figure out where to put it amongst the other great schemes of the last thirty years. Ross Chastain will drive the No. Following the season, Grubb latched on with Team Bristol Motorsports, but struggled and was eventually released by the team before season's end. #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/O7mkf2guoy, NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) April 20, 2022. 15 5-Hour Energy car for Michael Waltrip, who he once proclaimed to be the, "worst driver in NASCAR period!". Heres Matt DiBenedetto's 2022 Sterling Marlin Throwback Scheme #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/6g88oYkGuZ, Daniel Kriete (@DanielKriete4) May 6, 2022. Labonte's Spooky Froot Loops Chevrolet was run at the UAW-GM Quality 500 at Charlotte and it got off to a horrendous start. Yes, it's plain with that all-white paint scheme. 11 Budweiser Chevrolet for Junior Johnson. His Sprint Cup career stat-line now looks like this: 75 starts, one pole (Phoenix, 2001), one top five and four top tens. NOTE: I am including a few Nationwide Series (formerly Busch Series) cars in this list as well, but none from the Truck Series. His car would just get better as the laps winded down and he'd end up taking home the checkered flag after leading a race-high 167 laps. What more can you ask for? Atwood finished the day in the 40th position. It is actually frightening that more than one person agreed that it was a great idea to combine bug spray withmustard. Ah, Buckshot Jones. Setzer qualified in the middle of the pack at 26th and on Sunday, he came home 19th. Kulwicki was the beloved antithesis of NASCAR's . Rest in peace, Kenny Irwin. Maybe it's because there's money scattered everywhere on the car and like most people, I love money. Gordon drove the silver car to victory at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Following his arrival at Roush Racing at Michigan, LePage would post seven top-20 finishes, including a season best sixth-place finish at Charlotte. 00 Domino's Pizza Toyota at the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard on July 29. I'm not really a big fan of Nilla Wafers or Nutter Butters, but I'm a fan of this bright yellow paint scheme. 29 would now be colored with a red-orange color rather than black, like the one he ran at Rockingham. Before there was Danica Patrick, there was Shawna Robinson. If you read the entire caption of the Elliott Sadler M&M's black and white car, then you know how the Gatorade Duel 125s work. The Boston Red Sox, along with Lumber Liquidators,decided to sponsor Edwards at the annual New Hampshire race that's about midway through the season. 8 would line up in fifth for the Daytona 500. Every driver seemed to believe in it at some point except for Harry Gant, who drove the No. This is the frame at the time of the final caution of the race Jeffrey Earnhardt's spotter weighs in. Along the way, he became addicted to oxycontin, perhaps the most addictive drug of today's era. He wouldn't post a win or a top five, but he would finish his season with seven top tenshis best finish was a sixth-place finish at the Pepsi Firecracker 400 at Daytona. Two championships. For the 1988 season, Baker, along with Danny Schiff, were owners yet again. The 2002 and 2011 champion suffered a shoulder injury in both the Busch and Cup races on Memorial Day Weekend races. 88, Marines) and Dave Marcis (No. However, it was still an awesome paint scheme from the seven-time Winston Cup Champion. This is just one of a number of Bobby Labonte paint schemes on this list. But over those six seasons, Reese's and Harvick put together one of the most familiar paint schemes and one of the perennial favorites over that span, as well. Giving small updates here and there and quipping on different stories from his life. 10. Although SPAM is one of the most disgusting things ever created, the paint scheme was epic. Over the 2005 season, Rusty Wallace started fielding cars in the Nationwide Series. Every once in a while, however, there is that one car that sticks out . The Levi-Garrett Dodge first appeared at the UAW-GM Quality 500 at Charlotte, as Compton qualified 16th and crossed the finish line in 32nd. Terry Labonte won the 70-lap, star-studded race with Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon following suit. It was a sleek looking paint scheme with the teeth on the front as the best part. Whether the cars struggled or not, it was truly a great moment in NASCAR history and will probably forever be known as the race that revolutionized paint schemes forever. Even though he didn't have a great finish, it was still a nice looking car. He would race the scheme four more times over the rest of the season, compiling finishes of 28th, 29th, 35th and 24th, respectively. Photo courtesy of Chris Graythern/NASCAR via Getty Images. The car was done after the 1991 season, but it will go down as one of the coolest paint schemes over the last couple of decades. Along the way, Stremme had many different sponsors including Target, Coors Light, Tums, Energizer and Wrigley's JuicyFruit gum for the 2007 season. They have had several different paint schemes but none of them came close to the 1991 design which featured the classic Kodak Gold plus rainbow lines too. 1976 No.11 Cale Yarborough, Holly Farms. As you know, Jarrett stopped running this car at the conclusion of the 2000 season to switch to the brown UPS car that we all know. Now it makes me wish I would have tried the Uh-Oh Oreo's. Petty's near top ten would eventually become his third-best finish of the entire season, as he finished eighth at Loudon and sixth at Watkins Glen. It could, however, be a good thing as Atwood had an absolute horrendous sophomore season. During the 2008 season, Stewart announced that he would be leaving Joe Gibbs Racing to form his own race team, in association with Gene Haas. 24 Chevrolet, also known as the "Chromalusion", changed colors as the time progressed and during the race. Throwing it back like its 2004. The following weekend, Labonte struggled and came home in 25th. However, on June 19, 1988, Allison would be in a horrendous crash at Pocono that almost killed him, as he suffered massive head injuries. Over the last few years, the No. At least his Hawaiian Punch scheme was great. It is still, to this day, one of my favorite paint schemes of all-time. @chaseelliott is throwing it back to 93 with a look inspired by Jimmy Means old NAPA car.#darlingtonthrowback #NASCARthrowback pic.twitter.com/Qw8GibFqys, NAPA Racing (@NAPARacing) April 21, 2022. 88 Quality Care carthat were run throughout an entire season). This special paint scheme was oriented towards the fishing side of his life. Gordon secured his second-ever win at the Dodge/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway in June 2003 after starting the day in second place. Prior to his death in 2000, Petty ran eleven races and struggled mightilyhis best finish being a 12th-place running at the Touchstone Energy 300 at Talladega. Needless to say, he was a pretty good football coach. Custer will honor the late Jason Leffler with his #41 Stewart Haas Racing Ford this weekend. "I think this is the first time I led lap 200. It was definitely a fantastic paint scheme that deserved a spot on the list. The image of Tyler Reddick, awkwardly leaning back and chugging a "Beast" energy drink with one hand in his blue-jeans pocket while super models rub all over his car is a sight to behold. Its a lifestyle. In actuality, his real first name is Roy. And as we all know, it was a heartbreaking night as he ran out of gas on the last turn of the final lap while leading the race. However, the other four relatively struggled in the race, as Gibbs was thenext highest finisher with a 17th-place run. Even at the height of his career, Im not sure Carrot Top made for the ideal candidate to pitch phone service to the NASCAR demographic. Most users ever online were 55, on 01/07/2023 @ 3:20 am. 27. It was a great paint scheme without a doubt. Dale Jarrett collected the pole for the series' biggest race and Jimmie Johnson lined up beside him, meaning those were the only two positions locked in. Nadeau posted two top 20 finishes with Melling over the final sixteen races. Jeff Gordon claimed the championship. This paint scheme was arguably one of the best of the 2009 season, with the best part probably being the crayons plastered on the hood and sides of the car. Gordon and his primary sponsor DuPont, in association with Pepsi, ran this car at the Pepsi 400 at Daytona in 2002. Here are 20 fabulous paint schemes from Gordons Hall of Fame career. Mark Martin, perhaps the greatest driver to never win a Sprint Cup championship, had a small "farewell tour" during the 2005 season, as it was thought his career would be winding down pretty soon. I'll let you be the judge. He also had a good run in the standings in that span as well, as Petty finished 13th, 16th, ninth and 10th in the final standings from 1983-86. 3 was sponsored by Oreo cookies for the race. For some reason, Carrot Top was considerably popular inthe early2000'sand apparently, someone felt that it was necessary to put him on a race car. . #18 Interstate Batteries This car first appeared at the 1996 Daytona 500 with Robert Yates Racing. He also collected 95 top fives, 119 top tens and nine poles along the way as well. And if youre new to NASCAR, throwback weekend is a great way to learn some more about the history of the sport. Also during that span,Waltrip won the CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 atthe track known as "The Lady in Black"and would go on to finish second in the Southern 500 later in the year. Jeff Burton has widely been considered to be one of the best Nationwide drivers of all-time, successfully notching 27 wins during his career, which is good for sixth all-time behind Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Kevin Harvick, Carl Edwards and Jack Ingram. At the season finale at Homestead, Elliott appeared in the Burger King car yet again, but with XBox as an associatesponsor. Anyway, Hamilton started racing full-time in 1991, posting four top-ten finishes and winning Rookie of the Year in the process in the No. So technically, this car was never actually run in an actual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, but oh well. It isnt around anymore but the company was purchased back in 2000 by PabstBrewing Company. After he took the checkered flag, his teammate Michael Waltrip, who won his first career race at the Daytona 500 that season, joined him in the infield as both of them celebrated. When the first caution was brought out by Tony Raines, Stewart came on to pit road and was replaced by Rudd. Sawyer is married to Patty Moise, who raced in the Nationwide Series in the 1990's, along with Sawyer. 1997 No.17 Darrell Waltrip, Parts America Chrome. But he was never able to get that chance. As far as I know, these cars have been sponsored by them: No. Bobby Allison won the 1983 championship, but Donnie only won ten races over his career. 99 crew. Well, without any dictionary definition, I consider them to be a period of time when someone or some people say their goodbyes from whatever they're doing. Well I'll tell you. 14 Office Depot Chevrolet. But oh well. After his dismissal, Nadeau signed on with Harry Melling to drive the No. #47 Kroger Tune in to @FS1 tomorrow at 3:30pm ET to catch all the action! It's definitely one of the cooler paint schemes of the last decade. Out of NASCAR and potentially heartbroken, Grubb was found dead in his room at the Alpine Motel on May 6, 2009. The one race he didn't race for Evans was the Carquest Auto Parts 300 at Charlotte in the No. Irwin may have become a great driver if he didn't pass too early, but it looks like we'll never know. Nothing! However, it wouldn't get better from there as he would finish in 12thMark Martin won the race and claimed the big money prize. Labonte's younger brother, Bobby, clinched the championship at Homestead and would eventually finish the season 265 points ahead of runner-up and fan favorite, Dale Earnhardt. Unfortunately, Earnhardt would not claim his fourth victory in the event this time as Jeff Gordon took home the checkered flag. 51 Country Time Lemonade car or the car that's pictured in this slide. Dale Earnhardt Jr. raced in the Sprint Showdown because he had not won a race during the 2010 or current season. In the 1999 season, we saw Marlin and his primary sponsor, Coors Light, join hands with the country music bandBrooks& Dunn to runa few races. I have been a really big fan of this paint scheme since I saw it that night. pic.twitter.com/a3md6qjl7R. 36 and No. Country is more than just a steel guitar. Trickle would get spun out by Wheeler during the race, causing a gear shifter to mess up. Gordon got a taste of both. The movie, Up, had a budget of $175 millionit would go on to earn $731,342,744 in the box office, making it Pixar's third-most successful film behind Toy Story 3 and Finding Nemo. Like the Looney Tunes' Tazmanian Devil, Earnhardt was crazy and was never afraid. Known as the "Ironman of NASCAR," Rudd set a record of 788 consecutive starts. Junior, as he's so aptly named, started the weekend with a qualifying effort of sixth. Ah, the Peanuts and Charlie Brown. !Watch live on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/dlbxtvJoin the Discord Discord: https://discord.com/invite/yBcCr8VPEeFollow @dlb. He's had so many different great schemes over the years, it's just downright ridiculous (and by the way, this isn't the last one on the list either). In 1998, NASCAR returned to Japan except this time, it was at the Twin Ring Motegi Superspeedway. ET, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) to kick off the 2023 season. Busch started the night in the 17th position, but struggled all night long and came home in 34th. In 1997, Wheaties depicted a race car driver, Earnhardt,for the very first time on one of their boxes. Once a promising, up-and-coming driver in the Busch Series, Casey Atwood was given his first chance to drive at the top level full-time in 2001, driving the No. The following race at Martinsville, the 1988 champion started in 20th but steadily worked his way through the pack and finished in seventh, his fifth and lasttop 10 of the season. 21 Citgo Chevrolet, pulled off a massive upset and won the Winstonhis first victory of any sort at the Sprint Cup/Winston Cup level (he'd go on to win his first ever points race less than five years later at the Daytona 500). Darrell Waltrip won three championships, but Michael never won one. Edwards, perhaps the most consistent driver last season, was one-half of one of the most exciting NASCAR championship runs in 2011. It was also a nice switch from the regular green car that we were used to seeing and instead, turned into a red, white and blue paint scheme, somewhat like the American flag. 22 Miller High Life car for the 1983 season and would maintain those red and white colors and the No. However, handling became a serious issue throughout the race and he'd be out of the race by lap 135. His Sharpie $1,000,000 Contest was definitely a great paint scheme and helped him win the first race of his career. This car would first appear at the Checker Auto Parts Dura Lube 500K at Phoenix and the following week at the Pennzoil 400 at Homestead. Click HERE to go back to the top of this page! The first NASCAR Cup Series race was held on March 1, 1998. Since Stewart started the race, he would still collect the points that Rudd accumulated. Greg Biffle, who became the first driver to win the Busch/Nationwide Series and Truck Series Championship, claimed his first and only Busch Series title in the 2002 season. It's delicious. He's a great driver and I respect him for that, but there is something about him that I have never liked. Earnhardt, decked out in his car that resembles people just throwing buckets of paint on it, started the night in 12th. There was also his regular paint scheme that he drove in for the majority of the season. Burton's No. Other non-Winston Cup regulars Brendan Gaughan, Austin Cameron, Kelly Tanner, Ron Burns, Lance Norick, Rich Woodland Jr., Butch Gilliland, Jeff Davis and Scott Gaylord also participated in the event as well. 36 for MB2 in 1999, but with a different sponsor: M&M Mars (parent . One design will be chosen on Sept. 8, and the winner will get to head to Charlotte with parents for an official unveiling of the paint scheme on Oct. 13 at the Wood Brothers Racing shop. Known for his philanthropic work with pediatric cancer, Jeff Gordon competed in the 2010 Atlanta race with the Jeff Gordon Childrens Foundation on the quarter panels of his Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. The light brown sides of the car were a good mix with the blue and the blue inside the tires was a good idea as well. 1983 No.27 Tim Richmond, Old Milwaukee. What do NASCAR, psychedelic tie-dye and the McDonalds Big Mac all have in common? In 1998, he was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers. He'd be strong throughout the entire day, leading three laps and coming home third. The DuPont No.24 Jurassic Park T-Rex special edition stock car is one of the all-time most requested paint schemes to own, that is if you collect die-cast models. 43 STP Pontiac for the season-opening Daytona 500. In this slideshow, I will show what I think the best 130 paint schemes of the last thirty years are. Dale Earnhardt always seemed to make a splash at the annual Winston All-Star Race. 2010 was arguably one of the worst seasons of Gordon's hall-of-fame career, as he registered zero wins for just the second time since 1993. So that leads to the question, "What are farewell tours?". Along the way, Allison collected two wins, nine top fives, ten top tens and five poles, while finishing 21st in the final point standings. At least he got to run the69th best paint scheme of the last thirty years before he ran the rest of the season in the No. Not even close. The following season, Riggs would claim two more victories and finish sixth in the final standings before his jump to the Sprint Cup level. 00 Burger King Chevroletduring the 2006 season with races andfinishesat Chicagoland (35th), Loudon (32nd), Indianapolis (22nd) and Fontana (42nd). A few weeks later, at the Sirius Satellite Radio at the Glen, Gordon and his No. Dave Blaney first started driving full time at the top level in 2000 for Bill Davis in the No. Mark Martin won the race with his teammate Jeff Burton in second. Dennys throwing it back tohimself. However, Stremme had one of the worst weekends of his season as he started Sunday in the 40th position. At Richmond on Sept. 11, Grubb was involved in crash on the second lap and refused to take a drug test. Absolutely amazing. Days of Thunder was the first movie ever produced about the sport that we know as NASCAR. Davey Allison, once a stud in Winston Cup, claimed the Daytona 500 in 1992 and was poised to become one of the greatest drivers of all-time. 9 Cartoon Network Ford Taurus Lake Speed. Benson, who not known for his qualifying efforts, started the day in the 26th position. Stacy Compton was another one of those drivers with lots of potential, but just turned out to be mediocre at best. His paint scheme is the same one that he ran during his win in the 2016 Daytona 500. That's why I'm so fond of this paint scheme even though it was driven by a person of Riggs' ability. It was one of the greatest moments in recent memory. There was no doubt that he was at the end of his career, as he had not won a race since 2002. With his new flamed paint job, Gordon won his fourth and final premier series title in 01. Over the years, the No. 8 and now the No. The mixtures of red, blue, white and yellow has always seemed like a nice look, especially with the white and blue on the rear sides. 54 Toys "R" Us car in 2002 for Rick Goodwin. 1998 No.24 Jeff Gordon, DuPont Chromalusion Special Edition. 29 on the track for at least one race per season. Hamilton would have a stellar first year with the team, finishing 14th in the final points standings. It featured a distinguished Gold Rush Green color shifting paint scheme, a subtle checkered flag graphic along its side, track specific safety equipment and strobe lights, and of course the Indianapolis 500 graphics centered on each door. BroBible is the #1 place on the internet for the very best content from the worlds of sports, culture, gear, high tech, and more. 9 that we were all familiar with. 10 Valvoline Chevrolet, which would eventually be turned into a car fielded by Evernham Motorsports. Click HERE to go back to the top of this page! 29 would be sponsored by Budweiser, formerly Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s and Kasey Kahne's sponsor. During that season, Baker would compete in 17 of the 29 races, the last time he'd race in at least half the races. pic.twitter.com/o6F9VxyZmQ. LePage would post finishes of 25th and 35th in those two races. It was undoubtedly a great idea for a paint scheme. Thanks to Ryan for scanning it in and sending it to me. pic.twitter.com/bbsVxK1xdE, Stewart-Haas Racing (@StewartHaasRcng) May 4, 2022. I'm an Alabama fan so I felt entitled to put this car on the list. Honestly, even though I hate yogurt, this is one of my favorite paint schemes of all-time. It is a good thing Jeff Burton signed on with Raybestos for his first few years in NASCAR. Everyone's favorite driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr., won the race. Over a six-race span, Burton finished no worse than third and also won three races in that time as wellat the Gatorade 200 at Darlington, the Mr. Goodcents 300 at Kansas and the Little Trees 300 at Charlotte. Unfortunately, he would pass away after a helicopter crash on July 12, 1993. NASCAR DECAL # 3 COCA COLA JAPAN 1998 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO DALE EARNHARDT 1/24. Doctors told him he could not suffer another trauma, so he spent 1998 going from doctor to doctorto see if he could make a comeback. Regardless, Allmendinger's paint scheme in the final three races of the 2009 season is definitely one of the best editions of the last 30 years. Like a few paint schemes on this list, Jeff Gordon's gold and black No. Menard started the race in 25th and came home in ninth. He drove just about everything you could think of but stayed true to the STP sponsorship making his paint scheme easily the best NASCAR has seen in its first 40 years. You dont have to know Jimmy Means or anything about his career to know that when he had the Alka-Seltzer paint scheme back in 1990, he was being noticed but for the wrong reasons. Delicious! After Jerry Nadeau's dismissal from the No. Reutimann started the day in the 34th position, only to blow an engine on the 92nd lap. Although he started last in the race and finished 36th, it was still a nice farewell to a great driverI might add that Labonte has run 29 races since Texas, but it was still a nice gesture to the two-time champion. 3 Chevrolet into the hauler, all to help promote Kids Drive NASCAR. During the 2006 season, Reese's sponsored Harvick for ten races. Starting in 2012, he will drive the No. The South Boston, Virginia native got his first big break prior to the 1994 season, when he was offered a full-time ride by the Stavola Brothers to drive the No. Busch, who is the owner of 104 races in the top three series, has had some amazing paint schemes since signing with Joe Gibbs Racing. Needless to say, they were great paint schemes and it is unfortunate that they were never run. Father and son. With his victory at the 1988 Daytona 500, Allison became the oldest driver (50) to win the race. 28 Texaco Havoline Ford, winning two races and finishing tenth in the final points standings. Even Danica Patrick somewhat had one from her IndyCar departure. 28 Texaco Havoline Ford for the duration of his rookie season (by the way, Irwin did win the series' Rookie of the Year that season). In 1949, NASCAR officially began and since then it has turned stock car racing into one of the most profitable sports in the World. This car first appeared in the 1994 Pepsi 400 at Daytona, as Marcis started 32nd and finished 27th. 44. Joe paint scheme was definitely the best one of his young career. Every time I see this car, I wonder how Dale Earnhardt REALLY felt about having to drive a car designed by a pre-school class. Anyway, Gordon has had some awesome paint schemes over the yearsthis being one of them. A database of NASCAR paint schemes for current and former drivers. However, at Sonoma, Gordon would finish the race in 37th. The booth for Darlington is STACKED with Hall of Famers to join @ClintBowyer and @mikejoy500. 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