The No. The Hendrick Motorsports No. For this specific scheme, Senior ran it at the 2000 Daytona 500, the last time he would actually finish the, "Great American Race.". Buckshot is not his real first name. This car was actually run at the 1997 Winston, a race that has been primarily known for the big cash money prize and the amazing paint schemes. The Gatorade Duels were run on Feb. 17 and those same numbers would appear on the hood. 1989 No.42 Kyle Petty, Peak Antifreeze. 20 Toyota, driven by Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Brad Coleman and Matt DiBenedettothroughout the season, featured many different sponsors such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Super Mario Bros., Tekken 6, Brutal Legend, The Beatles Rockband, [Protoype], Halo Wars, Guitar Hero, the WWEand the Nintendo Wii. Richard Petty. And the best paint scheme of all-time is? However, Hershey's sponsored the car for just one racethe Pepsi 400 at Daytona. Red or blue, it was still a cool, retro paint scheme. Bill Elliott was the most popular driver in NASCAR history before Dale Earnhardt Jr. came around. 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. He started fielding cars in NASCAR in 1992 and has won three Sprint Cup championships, along with a Nationwide Championship with Kyle Busch in 2009. But it was still a nice tribute to his dad, who was a seven-time champion and is widely considered to be one of the best drivers of all-time. Over the years, the No. Following his arrival at Roush Racing at Michigan, LePage would post seven top-20 finishes, including a season best sixth-place finish at Charlotte. For the 1988 season, Baker, along with Danny Schiff, were owners yet again. Benny Parsons won the 1973 championship, but his brother Phil only won one race. The cars were not very combative, as Musgrave would be able to muster finishes of 21st, 27th, 29th and 16th, respectively. It could, however, be a good thing as Atwood had an absolute horrendous sophomore season. After Senior passed away, Harvick took the same sponsor and started using the No. NASCAR took the idea of turning cars into modified cars into a sport that has lasted ever since. 54 Toys "R" Us car in 2002 for Rick Goodwin. He was on the pole for the 1995 Mountain Dew Southern 500 at Darlington, but also managed to clinch just three top fives and eight top tens in that two-year spanAndretti's best finish was a fourth-place run at the 1995 Miller Genuine Draft 400 at Michigan. Gordon would go on to win the 1997 Daytona 500, his first of three victories at the "Great American Race." The Illinois native got his first shot while driving the No. 1 Pennzoil for Dale Earnhardt Inc., blew an engine in the first turn, causing a wreck involving John Andretti and Earnhardt. The three-time Winston Cup Champion faded back and wound up coming home in the 32nd position, as Dale Jarrett took home the checkered flag. Dale Earnhardt Jr. raced in the Sprint Showdown because he had not won a race during the 2010 or current season. Allgaiers #7 Xfinity Series car will pay tribute to Dale Earnhardts 1984 Wrangler paint scheme and its only fitting that Allgaier now drives for JR Motorsports, the team owned by Earnhardts son Dale Jr. 1984: Jeans Machine2022: @Hellmanns Mayo Machine@J_Allgaiers No. 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. There was no doubt that Wallace was at the tail end of his career, but he was still competitive in those years. The No. Rant with us. It was one of just three races the 2001 Daytona 500 champion ran last seasonWaltrip also ran the Daytona 500, finishing in 40th and the Aaron's 499 at Talladega, coming in at 28th. Truex was involved in crashes on laps 92 and 153 after starting the race in 20th. 2019 Cup Series Paint Schemes. Irwin ran just four races in the 1997 season before becoming a full-time driver in 1998. By the way, Larry Pearson seemingly "filled in" for the other 13 races. 1985 No.28 Davey Allison, Texaco-Havoline. Not only was it a classic stock car, it was the blue and yellow paint scheme that earned it a spot on this list. Perhaps the coolest thing about this paint scheme was the dates on the hood. 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. He wound up jumping up 21 positions by the end of the race and finishing 12th. However, at Sonoma, Gordon would finish the race in 37th. Before there was Danica Patrick, there was Shawna Robinson. Bayne would start the race in 10th, his third-best qualifying effort of the season. 7,070 laps led. There were so many different schemes that were just downright spectacular and of course, there were others that left you thinking, "What is that?". Benson previously won the Busch Series Championship in 1995. Sunday at 3:30p ET on FS1, https://t.co/kL92FRtslr and the FOX Sports App https://t.co/U4a0xtukwL pic.twitter.com/MzSLinlJ90. 28Kenny Wallace, 2010 (Homestead, Nationwide), No. 16. 40 for the 1998 season and beyond. The car pictured was run at the Budweiser Shootout on Feb. 12, thus giving the car its "birth date.". The following season, Irwin signed on with Robert Yates Racing to drive the No. Secondly, I couldn't find a real picture of this car, so the die-cast version will have to do. He finished the day in the 38th position (Tony Stewart won the race in case you're wondering). Starting in 1996, NASCAR began to run exhibition races in Japan, starting with Suzuka Circuitland on Nov. 22, as Rusty Wallace won the race. #20 DEWALT On May 16th, NASCAR held its thunderous All-Star Open race. I just never really understood that, but anyway, on to the actual subject. In August, the series would come to Bristol for the second time and Blaney's 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. Over the lastcouple of decades or so, we've seen drivers such as Richard Petty, Harry Gant, Darrell Waltrip, Terry Labonte and others have them. Check out the fresh paint schemes drivers will display at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday (3:30 p.m. 13 spot, so it's got to be pretty good. 1989 No.42 Kyle Petty, Peak Antifreeze. But unlike the prior the season, Baker's sponsor would transform from Crisco to Red Baron Frozen Pizzahis number would stay the same, however. That was truly a freak-of-nature occurrence. 9 Chevrolet identical to the Hooters paint scheme Kulwicki drove in the only title race of his career. #20 Craftsman 9 Dodge. He would finish the race in 32nd, 53 laps down. Here's yet another Dale Earnhardt paint scheme that he ran exclusively at The Winston. Based on this choice of paint scheme (promoting himself, of course), Robbins' talents ended there. Musgrave also was a runner-up in 2001 and finished third in the points standings from 2002-04. 3 Peter Max paint scheme. Since Marcis was at the tail-end of his lengthy career, he was not able to post the finishes he was once used to back in the 1970s. Great paint scheme. Well, this is another one. The paint scheme Ward Burton drove at Dover in September, this is scanned in from the Dover 1998 fall ticket. . 8. 07 was an extravagant and voluminous paint scheme that seemed to sparkle on the race track. A picture of Wood was plastered on the hood of Bayne's No. Now your brand has replaced the word fuel in NASCAR. The rest of the car was red, white and blue as you can see. Rudd has always been considered one of the best drivers of the recent era and he had some pretty spectacular paint schemes along the way. His weekend got off to a mediocre start, as he began the day in the 34th position. Its a lifestyle. Even though he was sponsored by Viagra for the 2005 season, it didn't stop him from running paint schemes of his past. 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. Even though he was undoubtedly on the downside of his career, Schrader wasn't as bad as the paint scheme. I've always been a big, big fan of this car, probably because of my love for Slurpee's. However, he would be involved in the "Big One," which occurred on the eighth lap of the race, involving 14 cars including Kevin Harvick, Jamie McMurray, Kasey Kahne, Clint Bowyer and others. It was the first time that McDonald's used their most popular dessert item, the McFlurry, as a main sponsor on a race car. And of course, Richard Petty claimed seven championships over his career, but his brother Maurice never won a single race. Slipster17; However, his day would end prematurely as he would be involved in a crash on lap 158 and would come home in 39th. The familiar red and yellow Thunderbird transformed into this blue, night-looking paint scheme for the annual race. It turned out to be one of the greatest NASCAR moments in recent memory, as he collected the checkered flag after starting in the 13th position. It's truly a classic. The 1984 race is perhaps best known as Petty's 200th and final trip to victory lane. He ran in the Gatorade Duels also, even though his starting position was already locked in. The finishing order for the first race determines the lineup for the odd positions on the starting grid (third, fifth, seventh, etc.) Dale Jr.'s VH1's Save the Music Chevrolet was driven at the Sprint Showdown last season, but was not run at the Coca-Cola 600. 29 Reese's Chevrolet has become a consistent staple and one of the most recognizable paint schemesin the Sprint Cup Series over the last few years. Known for his notoriously bad qualifying efforts during the 2000 season, Labonte started the two races in 38th and 39th, respectively. He was out of Sprint Cup in 2007, but returned in 2008 to drive the No. 1 Pennzoil and the No. Throughout his long career, Gordons colors constantly evolved and were always interesting. Bonnett drove this car during the 1989 season and for the first five races of the 1990 season before he was seriously injured during the TranSouth 500 at Darlington. The alternate paint scheme began in 1991 during the Daytona 500 when NASCAR wanted to pay tribute to our armed forces serving inOperation Desert Storm by having an Army (#7 Alan Kulwicki), Navy (#18 Greg Sacks), Air Force (#24 Mickey Gibbs), Marines (#88 Buddy Baker), and Coast Guard (#71 Dave Marcis) designs. Only 100 examples of this rare Dale Earnhardt diecast exist. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet displaying various Pepsi brands, including Pepsi Max at the fall race at Martinsville Speedway in 2012, where Gordon ended the afternoon in seventh place. Plan your visit to the NASCAR Hall of Fame and purchase tickets by visiting nascarhall.com/tickets. This is perhaps one of the most revolutionary paint schemes of all-time. Monster branding guidelines absolutely fucking blow. 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. Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Babe Ruth, Joe Montana, and Richard Petty are all synonymous with winning and are the faces of their respective sports. Photo courtesy of John Harrelson/Getty Images for NASCAR. Nothing! 32 Tide Dodge and didn't do that well there either. Well, in 1999, it was the Derby's 125th anniversary. Axalta sponsorship gave Jeff Gordons Chevrolet a new look in 2013, when he had one victory, eight top fives and finished sixth in the premier series points standings. Over those four races, his sponsors included Tonka, Action Performance, Winner's Circle and G.I. Busch, who was perhaps the most dominant driver of 2008, accumulated a series-high eight wins, 17 top fives, 21 top tens and two poles over the course of the season. Dale Earnhardt sported this special Bass Pro Shops paint scheme in the 1998 All-Star Event, The Winston. The Cookies for Kids Cancer Chevrolet was definitely one of the best paint schemes of 2011 and it celebrated a great cause, which made the car look even better. #42 Credit One We've seen companies such as Domino's Pizza, Tums, Aaron's, Best Western Hotel, Burger King and others as main sponsors. He also won two championships with that paint scheme as well. Go to Appearance > Customize > Subscribe Pop-up to set this up. Irwin may have become a great driver if he didn't pass too early, but it looks like we'll never know. Edwards did not have a stellar day at all that Sunday, but he gave us a great looking paint scheme. I had always admired his Spree Chevrolet and that's why it's No. 68 Country Time Lemonade car. It not only got him his shot at becoming a professional race car driver, it also got him some free publicity as everyone was talking about his 1994 Raybestos paint scheme, even today. However, the other four relatively struggled in the race, as Gibbs was thenext highest finisher with a 17th-place run. He would wind up gaining nine spots as the night went on, as he would come home in 12th and Jeff Burton would visit victory lane. During the 2006 season, Labonte's No. Clint Bowyer, since arriving in the Sprint Cup Series full-time in 2006, has had a pretty decent career, accumulating five wins in the process. Photo courtesy of Streeter Lecka/Getty Images. It's a shame that Reed Sorenson never developed into the driver that everyone was thinking he'd become. Tony Stewart's 2006 season was very inconsistent and up and down to say the least. However, those two races really did not bring Riggs fortune, as he posted finishes of 30th (started second) and 11th (started fifth), respectively. 77 Kodak/Jasper Engines Dodge in 2006, but didn't fare that well. As the story goes, this ARMY paint scheme was the first truly alternate paint scheme ever used in NASCAR. This wreck forced the 2011 Hall-of-Famer to retire shortly thereafter from NASCAR. As stated above, this specific paint scheme was run in the 1997 exhibition race, NASCAR's 49th year of existence. In the early 2000s NASCAR started lighting the old traditions on fire and it was a new era. This paint scheme is the last Earnhardt car on this list that was ran at the annual All-Star race. Ryan Newman's #12 Alltel car: . For the 2000 season, Gordon had his third-worst qualifying effort of the season with a 29th-place runthe onlytwo that were worse was his 36th-place effort at Talladega and his 34th-place run at the Pepsi 400 at Daytona. The Chevy Rock & Roll 400 at Richmond would be the next race and Gordon started the night in the 10th position, while finishing the 400 laps in the eighth position. The 21-time winner is currently driving the No. Over the years, we've seen Federated Auto Parts sponsor cars in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide and the Camping WorldTruck Series. Bonnett was one of the best racers of the 1980's, but his time would come to an end as he passed away on Feb. 11, 1994 (Rest in peace). 24 Chevrolet Lumina to seven top-five finishes, including a second-place run in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. 9 Uh-Oh Oreo's Ford for Roush Racing. #NASCARThrowback weekend is here. 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. He immediately struggled once arriving with Richard Childress and it didn't get much better from there. He was sponsored by AMP Energy Drink for two of those races, the Daytona 500 and the Golden Corral 500 at Atlanta. The Wood Brothers' 1980's scheme was definitely one of the best, though. A mindset. 44. Ran at the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol, Edwards' car transformed into the light blue scheme with the Aflac duck on the side, perhaps one of the most well-known commercial entities. This led to the dismissal of Trickle, Hogge and the rest of the team. #47 Kroger When I started putting together this list, I didn't think there was a chance that David Ragan would earn a spot on it. Although the colors were just switched out, they were still awesome. It's truly an awesome paint scheme that was involved in one of the greatest stretches in recent memory. 2 of 79. Online. This one is titled The Lost World: Jurassic Park. He then signed with Carroll Motorsports for a part-time ride, but got caught up in many unfortunate accidents and the team folded at the end of the season. 60, collecting 39 victories, 77 top fives, 94 top tens and 20 poles. Winston Cup 98 Mod - CUP - Paint Schemes. 18 driven by Kyle Busch. 10 Worst NASCAR Paint Schemes of All-Time. 23. It's No. 17 during the 1997 season, along with throwback paint schemes of his Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Budweiser, Gatorade and Tide rides. The retro paint scheme honored the oldedition that Darrell Waltrip, affectionatelyknown as "Jaws," drove during the 1981 and 1982 seasons. Once billed to become one of the best drivers in Sprint Cup, Scott Riggs had a rather dismal career at the highest racing level. Green was given his first shot at Sprint Cup prior to the 2002 season by Richard Childress, a man who is notoriously known for spotting good talent. Terry Labonte turned Corn Flakes into something cool in the late 90s. 2 Miller Lite car. But before he called it a career, he gave us this awesome looking No. Gordon got a taste of both. The 51-year-old Waltrip was fielding his own cars for the 1998 season, but closed shop once the Darlington race finished. 9 Dodge. As stated above, this bright orange paint scheme was run at the 1997 Winston, an event that he had won three times prior in 1987, 1990 and 1993. 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. He started racing the No. The following season, Park would run a full-time schedule with DEI, running the No. Prior to the 2005 Daytona 500, "Junior" ran this scheme in qualifying, the Gatorade Duel 125s and the Budweiser Shootout. However, Gordon did have a couple of different paint schemes throughout the 2008 campaign, including sponsoring by Pepsi, DuPont Cromax Pro,Nicorette White Ice Mint, his main sponsor DuPontand of course, Nicorette Gum. 3 would go from that same black paint scheme to this gold paint scheme with a little black on the hood and top of the car. 8 and now the No. Back when The Olive Garden sponsored Marcis, it was not the popular chain-restaurant that we all know today. Rusty Wallace's Dodge saw four top tens in the first seven races, but over the next few weeks, there would be finishes of 28th, 36th, 42nd, 40th, 33rd and 38th. During 2002, his best finish was an 11th place effort at the Pocono 500. Photo courtesy of Christian Petersen/Getty Images. Honestly, even though I hate yogurt, this is one of my favorite paint schemes of all-time. It switched to the No. Football and baseball players have them. The younger Earnhardt would also run this scheme in the Budweiser Shootout, as he would end the 70 laps in seventh. He'd last in the No. Thanks For Watching! Back when I was younger, this was one of my favorite paint schemes of all-time. Gordon ended the race in 13th-place. 83 for Team Red Bull, but failed to make the cut. Even though it wasn't a brand-name driver, it was still a great paint scheme. It has become a consistent sight to see an orange No. Trickle would be forced to go to the hospital, where he eventually develops a romantic relationship with Dr. Claire Lewicki (Nicole Kidman). 12 and the colors would be gold and white. There were also lower-tier drivers such as Johnny Benson Jr., Ted Musgrave, Ricky Craven and Jeremy Mayfield who hadn't made names for themselves just yet. As far as sponsorships go, Kodak has quietly been around since the dawn of man. However at the Firecracker 400 at Daytona, Trickle and Burnswould both be seriously injured in the "Big One." It was truly a great moment and hisfirst of twowins of the 2001 season. At least it helped a good cause. Once a highly-touted prospect in the Nationwide Series (formerly the Busch Series), Grubb was offered a full-time ride in 1999 by Brewco Motorsports. LePage would post finishes of 25th and 35th in those two races. The Folgers scheme narrowly beat out the Strohs scheme, as you can see. @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. After missing three events, he'd sign on with Petty Enterprises to drive the No. At North Wilkesboro, Wheeler gets dirty and spins Trickle out to win the race. The two-time champion won the race at Daytona, but he would not have the same amount of luck a few weeks later at Charlotte. In honor of the movie, DuPont would transform Jeff Gordon's rainbow scheme to a red and black Jurassic Park scheme. There was also his regular paint scheme that he drove in for the majority of the season. while the second race determines the lineup for the even positions (fourth, sixth, eighth, etc). NASCAR Hall of Famers Dale Jarrett won the pole for the event and Mark Martin won the race. Wallace, Earnhardt, Ward Burton and Ernie Irvan rounded out the top five. It was still a great looking paint scheme, though. 94 McDonald's Ford, Elliott had some of the coolest paint schemes of all-time, as evident by some of the cars on this list. He spent three seasons with the team, amassing six top fives and eighteen top tens. A young hotshot by the name of Matt Kenseth filled in for Elliott at the MBNA Gold 400 at Dover. It was truly a classic paint scheme. 47 car in 2009 and at the season finale at Homestead, Ambrose's car featured a sleek blue scheme sponsored by Little Debbie's Chocolate Cupcakes. But as we all know, Stewart forever changed NASCAR history last year when he won the Sprint Cup Championship, as result of a tie-breaker with Carl Edwards. One of the things that made NASCAR so appealing to me when I was younger was the different paint schemes. There is no doubt that the Indiana Jones movies are some of the best over the last thirty years, but it surprised many people when it was announced that they would be coming out with the series' fourth movieover 20 years after the latest one. But people liked his paint schemes. @alex_bowman and the #Ally48 team carrying the @markmartin throwback colors will start 15th tomorrow at @TooToughToTame. He also had one of the finest seasons in NASCAR history in 1999, as he registered four wins, 24 top fives, 29 top tens as he went on to win the championshipJarrett also managed just one DNF the entire season, which came at the season-opening Daytona 500. 7 7-Eleven Ford from 1983-86 with a few variations of it along the way. Nothing is exciting about the Olive Garden but then again, we arent here to discuss menus, just the paint schemes. He'd compete three more times in that car for the rest of the season. 24 Chevrolet, also known as the "Chromalusion", changed colors as the time progressed and during the race. David Ragan and Kurt Busch rounded out the top five, with Kyle and his America scheme coming home in sixth place. Hamilton drove this silver, blue and red No. The biggest sponsor missing from the paint schemes of today is Coca-Cola. The black and white colors on the top of the car also added a nice touch to the No. We first saw Kasey Kahne during the 2004 season, his rookie year in NASCAR with Ray Evernham, driving the No. 1996 No.3 Dale Earnhardt Sr., '96 Olympics. In 2001, Burton competed in a third of the events (11 out of 33), compiling great stats along the way. Jeff Gordon won the race, with Sterling Marlin coming in ahead of Benson. Absolutely nothing, but they do combine to make for one fugly race car. However, exactly five years after his near-fatal crash, Irvan crashed during a practice session for the Busch Series race. 29 featured a special paint scheme in which it was a reversal of Dale Earnhardt's classic all-black GM Goodwrench Chevrolet that we were so used to over the years. 16 PrimeStar Ford at Michigan, posting a 17th place finish in his first start with his new team. 19, No. During his rookie season in 1999, Petty posted three top fives and four top-ten finishes, including a sixth-place finish at the season-opening race at Daytona, a fourth-place finish at the Auto Club 300 at Fontana and fifth-place finishes at the First Union 200 at Nazareth and at the Sam's Town 250 at Memphis. The series traveled to Rockingham for the second race of the season, giving Harvick his first shot in the Winston Cup (now Sprint Cup). Uh-Oh Oreo's sponsored just one race that season and it turned out to be a great idea. The Hueytown, Alabama native started driving the No. Now only if they put Madden or Battlefield 3 on the car would I be happy. Aug 29, 2016, 12:03 PM. 44 car sponsored by Piedmont Airlines. I bet some of you are asking why the Kentucky Derby would be on a race car? His next four races were average, but he would go on a stupendous run after the race at Charlotte. HamiltonJr.'s best finish was an 11th-place run at the UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400 at Las Vegas three weeks into the season. Former Roush Racing driver Mark Martin would claim his second victory of the season, with eventual champion Jimmie Johnson finishing in second and 2011 Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart in third. I believe this is a pretty good stat line: 668 starts, 16 poles, 32 wins, 163 top fives, 260 top tens, 7,054 laps led, career earnings of $59,866,794 and of course, one championship. Needless to say, it was a race to forget for the two teammates. 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