However, Kahne's weekend got off to a rocky start as the driver had his second-worst qualifying effort of the season, a 34th-place outing, He would slowly climb through the pack during the race and finished the400-mile journeyin second place, something he had done three times prior in the season. 39 Cookies for Kids Cancer was a great looking paint scheme that was sponsoring a great cause in the process. So he had to race his way in to the event. 5 car in the mid- to late-1980's, sponsored Compton for three races in the 2001 season to celebrate the company's 25th anniversary. Photo courtesy of Jamie Squire/Getty Images. That's probably why I like Jeff Burton's No. The following season, Jarrett participated in 18 of 31 races, driving the same car. He was just 25 years old at the time, successfully becoming the youngest driver to win the race (it has since been broken by Trevor Bayne, last year's winner). 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Schemes Im sure their sales went through the roof. 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. Sterling Marlin, Ricky Rudd, Rusty Wallace and Geoff Bodine rounded out the top five. Atwood only had six finishes of 20th or better during the 2002 season. Anyway, this car featured an amazing paint scheme, benefiting the John Wayne Cancer Institute in the process. The other 41 positions would be fought for in the Gatorade Duel races. NASCAR Paint Scheme Design for the 36 of Matt Tifft in the Coca-Cola 600. At the end of the 2010 season, we saw Shell and Pennzoil leave Harvick for the No. 9. Matt Kenseth won the race with Jamie McMurray and Kevin Harvick finishing second and third, respectively. 1990 No.88 Buddy Baker, Red Barons Pizza, Before Papa Johns was the beast it has become, Red Barons was just as good and even better because you could make it yourself. 25 years later, Richard Petty and Kahne commemorated the paint scheme with a "retro edition". Gordon ended the race in 13th-place. A few weeks later, at the Sirius Satellite Radio at the Glen, Gordon and his No. 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. Can you guess which one that is? Reutimann started the day in the 34th position, only to blow an engine on the 92nd lap. Even though Spencer didn't have great success over those three years, it was still a very cool paint scheme. Even though he didn't have the day he wanted, it was still an awesome paint scheme. Yeah, it was like that in 2006 as well. Newman ran this specific paint scheme at the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte, a race that would change the rest of the season. Before Goodwrench, Dale Earnhardt Sr. was driving around in the Wrangler Jeans No.3. That season, Atwood competed in 35 of the 36 races, accumulating zero wins, zero top fives, zero top tens and zero poles. The driver ran all of his races for the Wood Brothers in the No. Back to Labonte, the 2000 Winston Cup Champion started that Sunday in 26th and finished the 300 circuits one lap down in 22nd. But the No.28 Hardees was perfectly painted to use the color scheme of its sponsors to perfection. At least it was a pretty cool paint scheme. As far as classic paint schemes go, the No.5 Levi Garrett one was one of the all-time best. Good-bye rainbows, hello flames: For 2001, Jeff Gordons No. But, colleges around the nation also sponsored him in a few racesa list that includes the University of Tennessee Volunteers (Bristol), Auburn Tigers (Talladega), Connecticut Huskies (Loudon), North Carolina Tar Heels (Charlotte), Wisconsin Badgers (Milwaukee), Illinois Fighting Illini (Gateway), Nebraska Cornhuskers (Pikes Peak), Purdue Boilermakers (IRP), Michigan Wolverines (Michigan and Bristol), Kansas State Wildcats (Kansas), North Carolina State Wolfpack (Charlotte) and the Miami Hurricanes (Miami). This car was ran to honor the driver that was perhaps the best driver of all-time when he finished his career. However, he would finish the race in third, as Jeff Gordon would win his third Daytona 500 and Kurt Busch would finish in second. But at the 1995 Winston, Earnhardt changed NASCAR history with his "Silverwrench" Chevrolet. Anyway, Busch ran three races in this specific scheme in 2010 and three last season. At the tender age of 50, Rudd participated in 31 of the 36 races, accumulating just one top-ten in the processhis lone top ten finish came at the Coca-Cola 600 when he started seventh and finished in the same position. Photo courtesy of Gregory Shamus/Getty Images. #32 Schluter Systems Starting last in The Winston, Burton eventually ended the night in ninth, as Jimmie Johnson took home the checkered flag. Even though he was sponsored by Viagra for the 2005 season, it didn't stop him from running paint schemes of his past. 99 took to one of the smallest tracks in NASCAR. Harvick started the race in 19th, but finished in 37th. Filed Under: NASCAR Cup Series Tagged With: . Now only if they put Madden or Battlefield 3 on the car would I be happy. This specific paint scheme was run in the final three events of the 2009 seasonat the Dickies 500 at Texas, the Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix and the season-ending Ford 400 at Homestead. In 1949, NASCAR officially began and since then it has turned stock car racing into one of the most profitable sports in the World. 9. Chromalusion is a special kind of paint that shines from every angle and Jeff Gordon used it throughout the 1998 season on more than just this car. He'd also win the Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 at Rockingham later in the season. 88 Quality Care carthat were run throughout an entire season). 37 K-Mart/Little Caesar'sFord for Michael Kranefuss for the 1995 and 1996 seasons. He earned the nickname "Buckshot" from his grandfather after he ran into a table and showed no signs of pain. The sixth-best paint scheme of the last 30 years belongs to Jeff Gordon, who has appeared on this list quite a bit. A cartoon moon was put on the hood, directly beside the McDonalds logo. 50 Wal-Mart car for Turner Motorsports in Daytona's July race. Ryan Newman, teammate of the 2011 Sprint Cup Champion Tony Stewart, had many different paint schemes throughout the 2011 campaign with sponsors such as the U.S. Army, Bass Pro Shops, Wix Filters, Tornados, Haas Automation, Quicken Loans and the Carrier Classic Basketball Game. The first NASCAR Cup Series race was held on March 1, 1998. The paint scheme that started it all. 2 and 22 for Roger Penske. David Reutimann drove this car atTalladega in April 2010. The team was formerly the No. For the first time since 1994, Gordon did not visit victory lane as he would finish seventh in the final points standings. 43 has had many different looks over the last few years? At Darlington, Trickle uses a slingshot maneuver on the final lap to overtake Burns for his first career winsomething he wouldn't have been able to do if not for Hogge's training. Getting your hands on one is very difficult. Since Stewart started the race, he would still collect the points that Rudd accumulated. 60 Winn-Dixie Ford first appeared in the 1992 Busch Series season and was run until the conclusion of the 2000 season, as Martin would take a three-year hiatus from the Busch Series and wouldn't return until he raced five races in the 2004 season. 27 poles. He'd race the car two more times before season's end, one at the Talladega 500 and at the Miller High Life 500 at Charlotte. Waltrip started the day in 23rd and it looked as if there was a possibility that he could end up in victory lane, but that wasn't the case as he crossed the finish line in ninth. Remember when I was saying in the previous slide that I liked when other sports or teams sponsored race cars? 9 Cartoon Network Ford Taurus - Lake Speed. Special paint schemes are one-time or limited time variations on a race car's typical appearance. #NASCARThrowback pic.twitter.com/xO3TorFSp3. Notorious daredevil and X-Games starTravis Pastranais known for his quirky sense of humor and style, but his 2014 paint scheme went over about as well as his short-lived NASCAR career. It was still a great piece of work. At the race's conclusion, Rudd finished in 25th and Stewart collected the 88 points. This time, it was sponsored by the "New 32 Oz. 8 and now the No. NASCAR DECAL # 3 COCA COLA JAPAN 1998 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO DALE EARNHARDT 1/24. 24, Air Force), Greg Sacks (No. Jarrett, one of the best drivers of the 1990's, had a spectacular career that spanned 24 years. Bill Elliott. Irwin ran just four races in the 1997 season before becoming a full-time driver in 1998. Last year, David Ragan took home the checkered flag with Brad Keselowski finishing in second. I've always been a fan of the different shades of green and what appears to be something like a lightning bolt on the side behind the car number. Moderators. I've always been a big fan of the paint scheme, even though it was driven by Jeff Green, who I loathed while he was in the Busch Series. 1986 No.3 Dale Earnhardt Sr., Wrangler Jeans. Click HERE for current races scheme chart! The top two drivers from the Sprint Showdown qualify for the actual All-Star Race. There are many things about the sport the fans love to see but the number one thing they love most, the paint schemes. He finished 30th or worse in 17 of the 35 races. Kurt Busch won the 2004 championship, yet Kyle hasn't won one. 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'd be forced to go behind the pit wall, but would come back out in hopes of salvaging some points. On the ninth lap of the race, Darrell Waltrip, driving the No. 9 Dodge. He didn't have the day he wanted, but he gave us an awesome retro scheme to look at. This would be the last year the All-Star race was known as "The Winston." However, he did claim a pole at the DirecTV 500 at Texas, his only top-five start of the season. Sadly, this wasn't the only truly terrible paint scheme displayed on the No. But at the 1991 Daytona 500, NASCAR started something that would revolutionize the sport. 99 crew. 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. He won two races that season and also accumulated nine top fives and fourteen top tens. Regardless, Allison's life was cut way too shorthe was just 22 years old at the time of his passing. Anyway, at the fifth-ever race at Chicagoland, Wallace started that Sunday in the 33rd position. Thanks to Ryan for scanning it in and sending it to me. Even though this car was used in just a qualifying session and probably a practice session, I still really like the paint scheme. 17. Toy Story is undoubtedly one of the best animated films of all-time. 3 items, and 350 in sub-albums. 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. 14 Burger King car, not the one that Tony Stewart has sometimes driven over the last few seasons. This is undoubtedly a great paint scheme, even though I'm not a Junior fan. But oh well, they were still awesome. These races included the Brickyard 400, the Mountain Dew Southern 500 at Darlington, the Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville and the season-ending Ford 400 at Homestead. 8)and Paul Menard (No. Along the way, he became addicted to oxycontin, perhaps the most addictive drug of today's era. It's a great looking car and we can't wait to see it in Victory Lane. This scheme would run the following two weeks as well at Rockingham and Las Vegas, respectively. 77 Jasper Engines Ford for Doug Bawel prior to the 2002 season. Restricted. And as we all know, Waltrip's career was winding down in the late 1990's. That wasn't the first Cup race held in Las Vegas, though. Regardless, the black-and-white scheme was a rare commodity back in 2004, as we rarely saw any cars feature such a paint scheme. Sunday at 3:30p ET on FS1, https://t.co/kL92FRtslr and the FOX Sports App https://t.co/U4a0xtukwL pic.twitter.com/MzSLinlJ90. 1985 No.28 Davey Allison, Texaco-Havoline. Mayfield, along with his main sponsor Mobil 1 and owner Michael Kranefuss, decided to bring in the Kentucky Derby as an associate sponsor for the 1999 California 500 by NAPA at Fontana. In 2005, Elliott drove nine races in the No. No wonder Fred Flintstone looks ticked off. 68 Country Time Lemonade car. Even Danica Patrick somewhat had one from her IndyCar departure. Even though he didn't have a great day, it was still a cool paint scheme featuring one of my three favorite video games of all-time. When prototype and sample diecast are excluded, the most valuable regular production NASCAR diecast is the Dale Earnhardt 1998 Daytona Winner Gold Elite. The 1988 champion started the race in 27th, but slowly worked his way up to a finishing position of 19th. And of course, Richard Petty claimed seven championships over his career, but his brother Maurice never won a single race. The car would make its final appearance at the NAPA 500 at Atlanta, qualifying ninth and finishing 18th. The following season, he signed on to drive the No. Known as the "Ironman of NASCAR," Rudd set a record of 788 consecutive starts. Sterling Marlin has had many ups and downs throughout his NASCAR career, but he had some great looking paint schemes when he was driving the No. The Aflac Dental scheme was one of the best of 2011 and honestly, my favorite part would have to be the very front of the car. By 1997, Darrell Waltrip was almost finished racing stock cars in the Sprint Cup. The longest-running sitcom of all-time. Nope, not the Batman: Dark Knight movie. He would then go on to race full-time in the Cup Series for Jack Roush in the 2003 season and would also run a part-time schedule in theBusch Series for that season as well. 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. @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. Anyway, on that Sunday, it was clearly obvious that Robby Gordon, Greg Biffle, Scott Pruett and Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the best cars. ben moritz. The paint scheme is actually a preview of what the 2009 Lowe's paint scheme . Hamilton drove this silver, blue and red No. At the Neighborhood Excellence 400 at Dover, Stewart brought out a familiar orange paint scheme, except it was not sponsored by Home Depot, his main sponsor since entering the Winston Cup Series as a rookie in 1999. Jerry Nadeau drove the No.9 Cartoon Network Ford that was created for NASCARs 50th birthday. During the 2011 season, the AARP came on board with the No. But that wasn't the case as he's run at least 24 races in every season since and is scheduled to nearly run a full season for Michael Waltrip Racing this year. Some of you may think this car is ugly, but I think the No. 29 on the track for at least one race per season. 5. There was no doubt that he was at the end of his career, as he had not won a race since 2002. 23 seasons. The car'sinauguralrun was at the 2010 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte, finishing in third. Sadler would go on to win the second Gatorade Duel, beating out Sterling Marlin and Jimmie Johnson. After leaving Evernham Motorsports and deciding to run part-time after the 2003 season, Elliott has run for many different owners in that span. Unfortunately, even though Labonte switched things up and featured a great paint scheme doesn't mean that he would have a great car. 93 Amoco Dodge. After leaving Roush Racing, Kurt Busch latched on with Roger Penske to replace the recently-retired Rusty Wallace in the No. It was still nice to see something different from Gordon, who had typically been running his rainbow scheme. Irwin was spectacular in his qualifying efforts, as he started second, third and 11th in his first three races of his Winston Cup career. Personally, I'm a Playstation man myself, but it was still an awesome paint scheme, regardless. Casey Atwood, driving the No. In a promotion between DC Comics and Ford, Dale Jarrett's No. Please order by image number. Jarrett drove this car at the All-Star race in 2008, the final race of his lengthy, astounding career. 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