But I just wanted to put one of them on this list and it had to be the classic game, Super Mario Bros. Hamlin participated in just seven races in the 2009 Nationwide Series season, with the GameStop scheme grazing it one timeat the Able Body Labor 200 at Phoenix. 21, honoring his last win as a driver, along with the traditional red and white colors we're so used to seeing on a Wood Brothers Ford. The current analyst on the Speed Channel left the No. After the race was over, Earnhardt joined his son in victory lane for an emotional moment. 1997 No.5 Terry Labonte, Spooky Fruit Loops. Nothing! He would fare a tad better in those two races, posting finishes of 16th and 11th, respectively. He faltered and was released by the team at the end of the season. As the story goes, this ARMY paint scheme was the first truly alternate paint scheme ever used in NASCAR. Free shipping for many products! Kyle Petty worked out a great sponsorship with 7-11 that turned into one of the best ideas for a paint scheme ever when he used his own car number as part of the sponsors design. 97 for Roush Racing and then participating in the No. He did, however, win two races over his NASCAR career with both coming in 1994 at Daytona and Talladega (the second runnings of each race). Photo courtesy of Rusty Jarrett/NASCAR for Getty Images. They definitely had a winner with paint scheme even though he finished near the end of the field. During the season in which NASCAR honored their 50th anniversary, Elliott ran this car at the Goody's Headache Powder 500 at Bristol on Aug. 22. 43 STP Pontiac for none other than Richard Petty. Like I said, it's more of a myth than anything, but it makes you wonder, I suppose. Unfortunately, Earnhardt would not claim his fourth victory in the event this time as Jeff Gordon took home the checkered flag. Thus, both would move on to the next race and Junior would be forced to watch after finishing the Sprint Showdown in sixth. That's why it earns a spot on this list. 1983 No.27 Tim Richmond, Old Milwaukee. 24 Pepsi Challenger Chevrolet was in tribute to Darrell Waltrip's No. 36 Skittles Pontiac for the 1998 season. 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. 28 Ford for Yates Racing. He'd finish a career-best 25th in points that season. At one point in time, Reese's was a primary sponsor for his Nationwide car and the company would also be an associate sponsor for him at the Sprint Cup level. My Mustang for Darlington pic.twitter.com/nTHOlAv2Ao, Chris Buescher (@Chris_Buescher) May 3, 2022. It was a nice change from the typical red, white and yellow paint scheme that Labonte had driven for years, including the season prior when he claimed his second Winston Cup Championship. Unfortunately, Hamilton perished on Jan. 7, 2007 of brain and neck cancer at the youngage of 49. 51 for the 2012 season. Dave Blaney first started driving full time at the top level in 2000 for Bill Davis in the No. 2023 Trucks. Dale Earnhardt Sr. went with the Silver Select Goodwrench in 1995 starting the trend of special alternative paint schemes in NASCAR. 13 of NASCAR. The following season, his former boss, Ray Evernham, brought him back for two racesthe Pocono 500 and the Brickyard 400. 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. During the 2006 season, Reese's sponsored Harvick for ten races. Drink with us. 77 Kodak/Jasper Engines Dodge in 2006, but didn't fare that well. The black and white colors on the top of the car also added a nice touch to the No. Rusty Wallace, Dale Jarrett and Jeff Gordon rounded out the top five. Since his departure from Roush after the 2006 season, Martin has run for Bobby Ginn in the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet during the penultimate race of the 2012 season at Phoenix Raceway. 38 for Robert Yates Racing. 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. Regardless, the black-and-white scheme was a rare commodity back in 2004, as we rarely saw any cars feature such a paint scheme. Tony Stewart won the race, with Carl Edwards and Gordon's teammate, Jimmie Johnson, coming in third. 27. Steele, a Michigan native, won the ARCA Championship in 1996 and 1997 as well, winning 23 races along the way. 11 spot on this list. Pepsi-Cola and Jeff Gordon had a long association, with the No. He could have been a Hall-of-Fame caliber driver or a mediocre driver that consistently ran in the middle of the pack in the middle part of his career. 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. He'd work his way up through the pack and would finish the 400 laps with the checkered flag and a trip to victory lane. Kyle Petty, once a premier racer in NASCAR's top level, was putting out mediocre after mediocre effort in the late 1990's and early- to mid-2000's. Levi-Garrett, once a sponsor for Geoff Bodine's No. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Action 1:24 Diecast NASCAR Sterling Marlin Coors KISS Paint 01 Dodge Racecar Car at the best online prices at eBay! 91 Dodge for Ray Evernham. Not only is he one of the best drivers of all-time, the car has become a legend in its own right. I wouldn't say I'm a fan of Kyle Busch, but I like him and respect him as a driver. However, he struggled in The Chase and finished 10th in the final points standings. Cars: Racing, NASCAR; Sport & Touring Cars . 94 Mac Tonight Fordis definitely one of the most brilliant and glistening paint schemes of all-time. Baker's career started in 1959 and raced full-time for a good-sized portion of his career. Martin ran his old "Valvoline colors" scheme at the Nextel Challenge, his Strohs blue paint scheme at Texas in April and an orange and white scheme (his first ever paint scheme) at Phoenix in November. They were decent races, but it gave us the 36th coolest paint scheme of the last 30 years. 1989 No.30 Michael Waltrip, Country Time Lemonade, What is it about the color yellow that makes a bland NASCAR paint scheme jump out? 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. Petty's No. THROWBACK @ToyotaRacing is set to celebrate its 1,500th race in #NASCAR with special throwback schemes at @TooToughToTame to commemorate the milestone. Unfortunately, it would also be the last All-Star race Earnhardt would ever compete in. The car would make its final appearance at the NAPA 500 at Atlanta, qualifying ninth and finishing 18th. 16 until the 1998 season, accumulating zero wins, 17 top-fives, 41 top-tens and five poles. Leffler, who was tragically killed in a sprint car race in 2013, earned Haas CNC Racing (which later became Stewart Haas Racing) its first win during a Busch Series race at Nashville. Hamilton Jr. wouldnot be retained at the end of the season and hasn't run a single race in the series' top level since. Bobby Labonte ran this specific scheme at the 2007 Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire. Dave Marcis may not be known to the average NASCAR fan, but he had one of the lengthiest NASCAR careers of all-time. 142. Bobby Labonte. Dale Earnhardt always seemed to have great paint schemes over the years, ranging anywhere from his traditional all-black Goodwrench car to his blue-and-yellow Wrangler Jeans scheme to the one pictured in this slide. And if youre new to NASCAR, throwback weekend is a great way to learn some more about the history of the sport. 2023 will be his debut full-time season. 10 Worst NASCAR Paint Schemes of All-Time. Regardless, I was very fond of the paint scheme and wish they would have run a couple of more races with it. However, he would finish the race in third, as Jeff Gordon would win his third Daytona 500 and Kurt Busch would finish in second. Once billed to become one of the best drivers in Sprint Cup, Scott Riggs had a rather dismal career at the highest racing level. 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. What do NASCAR, psychedelic tie-dye and the McDonalds Big Mac all have in common? The John Deere paint scheme has seen its fair share of designs but when Chad Little sported this in 1996, it was the best of the rest. Personally, I believe this is the best of the bunch. But anyway, this was the first time that Dale Earnhardt and his son, Dale Jr., would compete in a Winston Cup event together, even though it was a non-points, exhibition race. Jeff Gordon filled in for an injured Dale Earnhardt Jr. for eight races in the 2016. He'd participate in 14 races that year, 13 of which were for Ed Evans in the No. Two years later, Earnhardt came back with another cool paint schemea throwback edition of his old Wrangler Jeans car that he raced from 1981-87. Anyway, Green would start the day in the ninth position, but would fade all the way back and finish in 27thRyan Newman won the race with Evernham teammates Bill Elliott and Jeremy Mayfield rounding out the top three. Labonte was making his 513th consecutive start at the First Union 400, successfully spanning over 17 seasons. The 21-time winner is currently driving the No. Jimmie Johnson took home the checkered flag. First off, Pretzel M&Ms were first launched around April 2010 and Busch has run a total of six races since its release. He'd remain there for two more seasons before signing with Petty Enterprises prior to the 2009 season. In 2007, the former Busch Series Champion was sponsored by the company yet again for two racesthe Crown Royal 400 at Richmond and at the Brickyard. A few weeks later, Labonte posted back-to-back finishes of 35th (Pocono) and 40th (Indy), thus practically putting an end to his championship hopes. As many of you know, the No. The following season, Irwin signed on with Robert Yates Racing to drive the No. He also earned 102 top fives and 129 top tens over his NASCAR career. He did have some cool paint schemes, though. This scheme was never run in an actual race, as it was run in the 2002 Winston Open (now called the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race). Over the two years that this car was on the track, Gain, along with Febreeze and Swiffer, sponsored the car in select eventsbut Gain was always on the hood. 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). So most drivers stayed away from that color, but not Gant. For the rest of the campaign, the No. Even though this car was not run that much, it was still an awesome paint scheme and one of my favorites of all-time. This scheme would run the following two weeks as well at Rockingham and Las Vegas, respectively. #19 Bass Pro 1995 No.3 Dale Earnhardt Sr., Goodwrench Silver Select. He drove the Skoal Bandit paint scheme for many years during his career. He'd latch on to the No. Regardless, Baker's No. He would eventually be replaced by John Andretti. pic.twitter.com/bbsVxK1xdE, Stewart-Haas Racing (@StewartHaasRcng) May 4, 2022. 7, Petty registered 12 top fives, 34 top tens and a win at the 1986 Miller High Life 400 at Richmond. In 1998, Dale drove a Bass Pro sponsored gold paint scheme commemorating NASCAR's 50th anniversary. 14 spot on this list. 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. Allison finished the season eighth in points, as Bill Elliott collected the championship hardware. I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when this brilliant paint scheme was pitched to the marketing executives. Personally, I'm a Playstation man myself, but it was still an awesome paint scheme, regardless. Check out the fresh paint schemes drivers will display at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday (3:30 p.m. When prototype and sample diecast are excluded, the most valuable regular production NASCAR diecast is the Dale Earnhardt 1998 Daytona Winner Gold Elite. Davey Allison was lucky enough to call this his own vehicle during the 1985 season. JEFF GORDON #24 Dupont Paint Scheme nascar diecast 1 64 With Hooh - $72.31. Jones will drive the iconic #43 car with a throwback look honoring Richard Petty, complete with the iconic Petty blue paint scheme. In the early 2000s NASCAR started lighting the old traditions on fire and it was a new era. Cant wait for doubly duty this weekend! The driver ran all of his races for the Wood Brothers in the No. 2 of 79. That wasn't the first Cup race held in Las Vegas, though. He started all but one race that season and managed to accumulate two top fives and three top tens. 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. But the No.28 Hardees was perfectly painted to use the color scheme of its sponsors to perfection. Tom is the Curatorial Affairs Manager of the NASCAR Hall of Fame and a veteran of more than 20 years in the NASCAR media industry. Over the years, the No. 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). I don't know about you, but I love Velveeta shells and cheese. First off, rest in peace Kenny Irwin. FOR SALE! 9 Chevrolet identical to the Hooters paint scheme Kulwicki drove in the only title race of his career. Some of you may think this car is ugly, but I think the No. The 2002 and 2011 champion suffered a shoulder injury in both the Busch and Cup races on Memorial Day Weekend races. They would return the following season to the race track and Mike Skinner would come home in first. One of the funniest and coolest names in NASCAR history. Even Danica Patrick somewhat had one from her IndyCar departure. I've always thought this was one of the coolest paint schemes in NASCAR history. The former Cup Champion first competed in a race in 1976 and could very well make his last start ever in the No. I would go ahead and say that Steele was the best ARCA driver of all-time even though he wasn't able to race long-term. However, she failed in her attempts to qualify for the Brickyard 400 and the Tropicana 400 at Chicagoland. It was a great paint scheme without a doubt. Benson, who not known for his qualifying efforts, started the day in the 26th position. 35 Tabasco car. Can you guess which one that is? This gem is actually from the ARCA series, but it is just too good (or in this case, too bad) to leave off the list. After qualifying in the 32nd position, Robinson was able to manage a 34th place finish in the No. From left to right: Mickey Gibbs (No. #8 Alsco It was this classic paint scheme that represented his successful partnership throughout the course of his career. This simply wouldn't be a list without Tim Steele. Thanks For Watching! I always thought this paint scheme was awesome even though it was simple and not extravagant like most others on this list. The movie was produced in 1990 and the plot began with Cole Trickle, played by Tom Cruise. After Senior passed away, Harvick took the same sponsor and started using the No. He had one of his best qualifying efforts of the season, as he started the long night in the fifth position. 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. Johnny Benson Jr. won the 2008 Truck Series Championship, successfully becoming the second driver, along with Biffle, to win championships in both series. 0. Some of these cars were just raced one time, while some were used throughout an entire season. It's not the best picture in the world, but it'll have to do. 27Brad Coleman, 2008 (Nashville, Nationwide), No. 7 Sirius Satellite Radio Dodge for Jim Smith in 2002, had two other lustrous paint schemes that never ran, theRock Music EditionandPop Music Edition. Hours before the race, Daland gives anew engineto Hogge and Co. after it is discovered that their car is leaking oil. Elliott's scheme, a car fielded by Ray Evernham, was celebrating the 40th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas, along with their main sponsor, Hellman's Mayonnaise. It was a nice change of pace as we were used to seeing that familiar red, yellow and white paint scheme and then all of a sudden, it's green and purple. 07Ken Schrader, 2002 Texas (Nationwide), No. Anyway, I do love some Rally's/Checker's hamburgers and fries. Greg Sacks finished in last place after a crash on lap twenty. Mark Martin won the race with his teammate Jeff Burton in second. 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. Schrader was once sponsored by M&M's while driving the No. Members. 9 that we were all familiar with. Wayne, one of the biggest movie stars in our nation's history,died of cancer almost twenty years prior on June 11, 1979. 1 Guest Online Now #1 - Guest on 02/25/2023 @ 6:10 am Armory Digital Racing Designs - NR2003 mods, tracks, paint schemes, UI, and more [] []. Even though 1999 was statistically one of Elliott's worst seasons, he had solid qualifying efforts throughout the year. What show am I talking about? Earnhardt, the Busch Series Champion in 1998 and 1999, started racing full-time at the series' highest level starting in 2000. He would race the entire 1999 season for Roush, but didn't live up to the billing after posting stats of one pole, one top five and two top tens. It was a sleek looking paint scheme with the teeth on the front as the best part. 54 car out of the Joe Gibbs Racing stable. I just wish Elliott was able to drive it. At least the paint scheme was pretty cool. Thanks to everyone who voted! If your sponsor is a bear, why not feature it on the hood of your race car? The team was formerly the No. In that same race, Allison's son, Davey, finished right behind his father, the first time a father-son combination finished the Daytona 500 first and second. Like the Looney Tunes' Tazmanian Devil, Earnhardt was crazy and was never afraid. Edwards, perhaps the most consistent driver last season, was one-half of one of the most exciting NASCAR championship runs in 2011. And that was Gordon, as he swept the road courses in 2003, beating out Pruett, Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick. Back in 2003, Schrader ran for BAM Racing and had multiple paint schemes along the way: Dakota Imaging, 1-800-CALL-ATT, Freightliner, Blair.com, Derailers, SEM/Horiziona and maybe a few more. As most of you know, Joe Gibbs used to be the head coach of the Washington Redskins from 1981-1992. During that span, the twenty possible wins were shared among just six drivers: David Pearson (eight times), Bobby Allison (four times), Cale Yarborough (three times), Buddy Baker (two times), Darrell Waltrip (two times) and Benny Parsons (one time). However, Nadeau was not able to qualify for two of the first seven races and it was just horrible from the get-go for Nadeau. However, at Sonoma, Gordon would finish the race in 37th. Remember when I said in the previous Bobby Labonte paint scheme that the No. This one is for you, LEFturn. I wish I could find a better picture of this car, but this will have to do. 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. However, the two-time champion didn't have the outings he was hoping for. There was no doubt that Wallace was at the tail end of his career, but he was still competitive in those years. 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. 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. During the 2011 season, the AARP came on board with the No. During that season, Jones had a paltry campaign, registering just two top tens and leading four laps. Burton's No. Photo courtesy of NASCAR Archives & Research Center via Getty Images. He also attempted to make the second Charlotte race in the No. #NASCARThrowback @SociosMS | @RFKracing pic.twitter.com/tSV0J9B8DJ, Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) May 6, 2022. And the best paint scheme of all-time is? Atwood finished the day in the 40th position. 27. 44 on this list. In four of those eight races, Axalta was the primary sponsor of the No. Even though he didn't make it, Green still gave us one of the coolest pain schemes of the 2002 season. For the 2001 Brickyard 400 at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Benson honored former movie star James Dean with this silver and red paint scheme, in correspondence with his main sponsor, Valvoline. Richard, is that you? 9. Martin had a good weekend, as he qualified in the 10th position and finished the day in seventhTony Stewart won the race, along with the championship at the end of the season. 36 cara car that is consideredto havehad manycool and different paint schemes throughout the years. A few weeks later, Irvan announced that he would retire from the sport and he hasn't raced since. 22 wins. Some of these owners include Michael Waltrip, the Wood Brothers, Ray Evernham, John Carter, Turner Motorsports (for this year's July Daytona race), among others. Monster Energy will serve as the primary sponsor for most races in 2023. For the previous 43 years, drivers consistently drove the same paint scheme week after week. Listen to this article. 88 would feature Batman (not pictured), along with his main sponsor Quality Care and Irwin's car would transform from that traditional black-and-red scheme to a yellow, green and purple scheme sponsored by The Joker along with his main sponsor, Texaco Havoline. 2001 got off to a bad start when seven-time champion Dale Earnhardt passed away after colliding with the wall on the last lap of the Daytona 500. Over those four races, his sponsors included Tonka, Action Performance, Winner's Circle and G.I. From Texas to Tennessee, Appalachia to Bakersfield, Whiskey Riff is THE unapologetic voice of the country music fan. It was truly a great race for Benson, who had never won a Winston Cup race. Even though he was undoubtedly on the downside of his career, Schrader wasn't as bad as the paint scheme. Benson, who had never won a Winston Cup race in 1995 starting the trend of special paint... 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