64 car saw mild success during the 2005 season, even though they weren't able to notch any poles or wins. Needless to say, it just wasn't a good fit. Atwood drove the No. #47 Kroger The car didn't have much success in Winston Cup, but it was recognizable among fans. That night gave us one of the coolest throwback paint schemes of all-time, thus earning the No. Members. 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. 498 episodes. Drivers Racing. He also collected 95 top fives, 119 top tens and nine poles along the way as well. At least the paint scheme was pretty cool. During the 2011 season, the AARP came on board with the No. Gordon qualified in the fourth position, but was involved in a crash and wound up coming home in 35th. The following season, Riggs would claim two more victories and finish sixth in the final standings before his jump to the Sprint Cup level. Special paint scheme run at the 1998 Daytona 500 by Kyle Petty. A 15-year-old skateboarder from 1987 called;he wants his bedroom decor back. As most of you know, Joe Gibbs used to be the head coach of the Washington Redskins from 1981-1992. During the 1998 season, Musgrave was relieved of his duties from the No. 6 transformed into this sleek gold Ford to honor Martin's 500th consecutive start at the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire. Petty Enterprises had planned on running Adam in seven races during the 2000 season and giving him a full-time ride for the 2001 season. This is going to be long, but in those 18 races, Marcis accumulated finishes of 36th, 20th, 28th, 34th, 23rd, 27th, 37th, 36th, 31st, 15th, 25th, 29th, 24th, 27th, 35th, 28th, 40th and 37th. His paint scheme is the same one that he ran during his win in the 2016 Daytona 500. Hamilton Jr. drove this specific car at the season-opening Daytona 500of the 2005 Nextel Cup season. Gordon drove the silver car to victory at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The black and white colors on the top of the car also added a nice touch to the No. No foul play was suspected and it was announced that the cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. 94 Mac Tonight Ford is just one of many paint schemes featured on this list that were run just one time. Harrison Burton will be honoring his dad with a throwback to the 2000 Exide ride. He would come back to the Nationwide Series, last driving the No. Unfortunately, Earnhardt would not claim his fourth victory in the event this time as Jeff Gordon took home the checkered flag. One of the best cartoons of all-time. This entry from the Cartoon Network in 1998 has every element possible to qualify as one of the worst paint schemes in NASCAR . However, Trickle is intimidated by Wheeler and they eventually start a rivalry. 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. Along the way, he became addicted to oxycontin, perhaps the most addictive drug of today's era. I'm not really a big fan of Nilla Wafers or Nutter Butters, but I'm a fan of this bright yellow paint scheme. Remember when I was saying in the previous slide that I liked when other sports or teams sponsored race cars? 24 wasn't run in an official NASCAR race. However, the joyous occasion did not help Gordon's weekend. Photo courtesy of Matt Sullivan/Getty Images. #NASCARThrowback @SociosMS | @RFKracing pic.twitter.com/tSV0J9B8DJ, Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) May 6, 2022. Bill Elliott's No. The younger Earnhardt would also run this scheme in the Budweiser Shootout, as he would end the 70 laps in seventh. Mayfield arguably had one of his best all-around weekends of the 1999 season, as the Kentucky native started the day in 14th. #18 Interstate Batteries 44 car for Rick Hendrickthe only difference was that he was sponsored by GMAC instead of Piedmont Airlines. I've always been a big fan of this scheme because I used to watch Charlie Brown all the time when I was younger and it was nice to see Charlie Brown on the hood and side of a race car. Photo courtesy of NASCAR Archives & Research Center via Getty Images. 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. 99. 44 on this list. The following weekend, Labonte struggled and came home in 25th. 36 Skittles Pontiac car. Not to mention, this car was run in the midst of Jarrett's "glory years". However, he did find time to sport a chrome edition of his No.17 Parts America NASCAR. However, Irvan struggled for the majority of the season, compiling three poles, zero top fives and eleven top tens. However, the other four relatively struggled in the race, as Gibbs was thenext highest finisher with a 17th-place run. 8 and now the No. Looking at his race-by-race stats from the 2000 season, you wouldn't think Labonte would have won the championship, but he did anyway. NASCAR Cup Series Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 by Nick Waugh. Greg Sacks finished in last place after a crash on lap twenty. The purple one that I have been a long-time fan of, was raced during the 1996 season. 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. 99. Like a number of paint schemes on this list, the one pictured was a one-race deal. He also won two championships with that paint scheme as well. "I think this is the first time I led lap 200. It was a classic paint scheme and hopefully it'll return again at some point. McMurray would start the car the following week at Dover and post a third-place finish, the team's highest run of the season. Setzer did not have a finish higher than 24th in the six races he ran in the No. 8 would line up in fifth for the Daytona 500. That's why I'm so fond of this paint scheme even though it was driven by a person of Riggs' ability. However, she failed in her attempts to qualify for the Brickyard 400 and the Tropicana 400 at Chicagoland. 99 Exide Batteries Ford. 00 Domino's Pizza Toyota at the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard on July 29. For those two races, Earnhardt would be sponsored by Nabisco products. Yeah, it was like that in 2006 as well. 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. Gordon would get his car back on the track, but he would finish 60 laps down in the 37th position, tied for his worst finish of the 2009 season. #32 Keen Parts. I bet some of you are asking why the Kentucky Derby would be on a race car? 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. But it's still great and was by far one of the best paint schemes of the 2006 season. 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. Custer will honor the late Jason Leffler with his #41 Stewart Haas Racing Ford this weekend. Now your brand has replaced the word fuel in NASCAR. Labonte was making his 513th consecutive start at the First Union 400, successfully spanning over 17 seasons. The following season, Reese's would come back to sponsor the No. But Bill Elliott felt that it was a good idea to build a green car for at least one race -- this was also the same owner that fielded a No. Photo courtesy of Rusty Jarrett/NASCAR for Getty Images. 11 spot on this list. We've counted the votes and the people have spoken @KyleBusch will be taking the 1998 @mmschocolate Throwback car to @TooToughToTame! He would finish the 29-race season ranked 20th in the point standings. Now it makes me wish I would have tried the Uh-Oh Oreo's. 77 would now be decorated in our nation's colors, instead of the bright yellow scheme he was running all season long. This paint scheme may have that classic "1970's hippie look", but it was a great looking version. It came as quite a surprise when Dale Earnhardt, Jr. announced that he would be leaving the No. After a hard crash that almost killed him in 1994 at Michigan, Irvan came back in 1995 to compete in three races. Musicians and bands have them. He'd finish 35th in the final points standings. At least he was able to live to tell about it, unlike other drivers in the past. The five-time champion was at the tail end of his brilliant run when he was undoubtedly the best driver at that time. Even though this car was short-lived, it needs to be on this list. It was definitely a fantastic paint scheme that deserved a spot on the list. The beer company also teamed up with the JohnWayne Cancer Institute for the Primestar 500 at Texas,the state where most of his films were shot. But look at the car number. Bobby Allison won the 1983 championship, but Donnie only won ten races over his career. Elliott started last in the race and finished 25thGreg Biffle won the race. The more details you can give, the more likely we can fix it quickly. Known for his notoriously bad qualifying efforts during the 2000 season, Labonte started the two races in 38th and 39th, respectively. 43 featured many different sponsors over the course of the year, including Valvoline, Reynolds Wrap, the U.S. Air Force, Super 8 Motels, McDonald's, Siemens and Charter Communications among others. Earnhardt would receive damage to his car and would miss the rest of the racehe'd finish in 36th. We find out later in the movie that Burns is forced to undergo brain surgery to fix a broken blood vessel and he asks Trickle to drive his race car at the Daytona 500. Last season, Busch would run the car at the Crown Royal Presents the Matthew & Daniel Hansen 400 at Richmond, starting the night in the 20th position. "Parker can't drive a 10 penny nail into a snowman's arse if the snowman . 1998 No.9 Jerry Nadeau, Cartoon Network Birthday. MRN Staff April 20, 2019 at 8:00 AM. He didn't finish much better, posting finishes of 24th and 22nd. 1983 No.27 Tim Richmond, Old Milwaukee. Filed Under: NASCAR Cup Series Tagged With: . Since Dale Sr. ran that car, there has hardly been a week gone by that there hasn't been a special paint scheme whether it be Carl Edwards or Andy Lally. As the story goes, this ARMY paint scheme was the first truly alternate paint scheme ever used in NASCAR. Labonte's July weekend got off a rather sub-par start, as the eventual champion started the night in the 21st position. Lets start with a simple shape a rectangle. 22 wins. Gordon would switch back to his familiar rainbow scheme for the 500-mile race, thus ending that great-looking gold-and-black Premier scheme. Anyway, Gordon has had some awesome paint schemes over the yearsthis being one of them. 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. He didn't have great luck in the No. Cup90 Paint Schemes (3) (+) Cup 90 Base Schemes (4) Cup 90 Carsets (12) Cup 90 Templates PSD (21) Cup 90 Templates PSP (1) Cup 90 Render Scenes (2) Cup 90 Add-ons (1) This car was ran to honor the driver that was perhaps the best driver of all-time when he finished his career. Great paint scheme. Monster Energy will serve as the primary sponsor for most races in 2023. The younger Waltrip brother ran this specific paint scheme at the second Talladega racelast season, honoring his brother's induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. However, he did have some cool paint schemes along the way. Kyle Busch: Lucas Oil NASCAR paint scheme released. Sawyer is married to Patty Moise, who raced in the Nationwide Series in the 1990's, along with Sawyer. In the world there are instances known as "farewell tours." It was definitely a classic paint scheme. For the 1988 season, Baker, along with Danny Schiff, were owners yet again. Maybe he should have had the Derby sponsor his car more often. But the last race of his 2011 season was by far his best and it may be because his older brother was on the hood. The two-time champion started the day in the middle of the pack in 18th. Thus, the All-Star race would become the "Nextel All-Star Challenge" before being switched to the "Sprint All-Star Challenge" in the 2008 season. Secondly, I couldn't find a real picture of this car, so the die-cast version will have to do. In association with Aaron's (who also sponsors the annual race), the No. To promote the movie's release date in to theaters on July 10, Joe Gibbs Racing and the No. Regardless, it was definitely a great paint scheme that won't be forgotten any time soon. For the idea, Labonte's paint scheme would change into a Christmas-like paint scheme with the green and red colors. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade came out in 1989, one year before I was born, with the latest film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull coming out inMay 2008. I especially love the way that it has the multiple shades of blue, something you wouldn't expect out of a car that spent a few years as a solid black car sponsored by Jack Daniels whiskey. Wallace's weekend got off to a rocky start as he qualified towards the back of the pack in 38th, but by the end of the race, he had jumped 27 places higherSterling Marlin won the race, by the way. But he did give us a cool paint scheme in the process, as it was far different than the Citgo red, white and blue paint schemes he had been running the entire season. "The Dinger" had his best three-race stretch of the season during that span, earning finishes of 10th, 13th and 10th, respectively. 5, Dale Earnhardt Inc. in the No. There's a decent shot that he could end up in the NASCAR Hall of Fame in a few years. The driver started the day in the 22nd position, only to fall back in the pack as the race went on. Dean had been one of the nation's top actors in the early 1950s, but died in a car crash on Sept. 30, 1955he was just 24 years old. In other words, Steele had to be on this list even though he spent the majority of his racing career in the ARCA Series. Starting the 1998 season at the Daytona 500, Petty opened up the year with the special paint scheme featured in this slide. All rights reserved. Since his departure from Roush after the 2006 season, Martin has run for Bobby Ginn in the No. The car lasted a total of 14 races with finishes of 21st, 28th, 32nd, 31st, 37th, 27th, 37th, 26th, 40th, 38th, 35th, 21st, 43rd and 27th, respectively. 1995 No.3 Dale Earnhardt Sr., Goodwrench Silver Select. Orange isnt a good idea for a stock car, at least not in the 80s. Committed to a full-time Nationwide schedule, Bayne ran just 17 races in Sprint Cup during the 2011 season. Dale Jr. would race in the first Gatorade Duel, coming in second place and right behind his teammate, Michael Waltrip. 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. Well, this is another one. He may have come in second, but he surely had the best paint scheme on the track that day. His first 11th-place finish came at Las Vegas where Wallace sported the paint scheme featured in this slide. Tony Stewart's 2006 season was very inconsistent and up and down to say the least. 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Team Paint Schemes pages: #1 Chip Ganassi Racing #2 Team Penske . 38, as the rest of the car is entirely black and white. In 2000, his last season in the No. 47 JTG-Daugherty Toyota has had some random, yet cool paint schemes. There was also an occasional paint scheme that was sponsored by Miller High Life Lighta scheme that looks exactly like the one pictured except instead of red, it was dark blue. 39 Cookies for Kids Cancer was a great looking paint scheme that was sponsoring a great cause in the process. pic.twitter.com/bbsVxK1xdE, Stewart-Haas Racing (@StewartHaasRcng) May 4, 2022. A few weeks later, Irvan announced that he would retire from the sport and he hasn't raced since. Created Feb 23, 2020. He also started second at the Daytona 500, the "Great American Race.". However, he would be involved in an accident on the front stretch with Mark Green on the 84th lap. 9 Ford from Roush wouldappear threemore times during the season, all of which were ran by Jeff Burton. Blaney had a lackluster night, but it was still a good sight to see something from Tennessee on a race car. Even though he didn't have a Hall of Fame-caliber NASCAR career, Bobby Hamilton was still one hell of a driver. Allison was inducted into the 2011 NASCAR Hall of Fame, along with Lee Petty, David Pearson, Ned Jarrett and Bud Moore. NASCAR Hall of Famers Dale Jarrett won the pole for the event and Mark Martin won the race. But he was never able to become that driver everyone had hoped for at the top level. The latest in the sports world, emailed daily. David Reutimann drove this car atTalladega in April 2010. Well, in 1999, it was the Derby's 125th anniversary. 13 car during the 1998 season for Jerry Nadeau and as we all know, the No. PANINI AMERICA INTRODUCES NEW PAINT SCHEME FOR UPCOMING XFINITY RACES FOR . 2008. So with all this nostalgia, lets take a look at some of the best paint schemes that well see out on the track this this throwback weekend: LaJoie is honoring country singer-turned-NASCAR driver Marty Robbins with his throwback scheme that pays tribute to the bright pink and yellow paint scheme that Robbins ran in the 1970s. 3 was sponsored by Oreo cookies for the race. Gordon got a taste of both. Rusty Wallace, Dale Jarrett and Jeff Gordon rounded out the top five. The car would make its final appearance at the NAPA 500 at Atlanta, qualifying ninth and finishing 18th. The following season, his former boss, Ray Evernham, brought him back for two racesthe Pocono 500 and the Brickyard 400. Unfortunately, Hamilton perished on Jan. 7, 2007 of brain and neck cancer at the youngage of 49. However, exactly five years after his near-fatal crash, Irvan crashed during a practice session for the Busch Series race. During his last season, we saw that familiar blue and white Miller Lite scheme transform into the all black Miller Genuine Draft scheme at the USC Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland (Wallace ran that all-black, Miller Genuine Draftscheme from 1991 to 1995). He finished his ARCA career with 146 starts, 31 poles and 41 wins. Atwood only had six finishes of 20th or better during the 2002 season. To this day, they still rank among the top of my list of best paint schemes. The two-time champion started the race with his broken shoulder, but Ricky Rudd practiced and qualified the No. However, it somewhat floundered in the box office, finishing with $54,682,547. Click HERE to go back to the top of this page! Allmendinger ran a total of 44 races in 2007 and 2008 before racing full-time in 2009 for Richard Petty Motorsports. Jeff Gordon claimed the championship. Gant was one of the best racers of his era and his paint scheme will go down as one of the most well-known of all-time. 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. My Mustang for Darlington pic.twitter.com/nTHOlAv2Ao, Chris Buescher (@Chris_Buescher) May 3, 2022. David Ragan and Kurt Busch rounded out the top five, with Kyle and his America scheme coming home in sixth place. Those are the only three instances the car would appear on the pavement, but it was a cool car to look at. Over the five-year span in which this red, blue and white paint scheme appeared on the track, Jarrett won a total of 20 races. It also honors the famous Tim Flock, the owner of 39 victories, including an 18-win season in 1955Flock won the championship that season as well. When you think of Kevin Harvick, a few things come to mind such as one of the best Nationwide drivers of all-time, one of the best drivers in Sprint Cup, a hot-headed and entertaining driver and most notably, the driver that replaced Dale Earnhardt after his death. Truex would go on to win the Aaron's 312 after starting 12th. Since Sadler's position was already locked in, Marlin would start in the fourth position, while Johnson would start the race sixth and so on. ET, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). 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. This led to "Awesome Bill" driving the No. At North Wilkesboro, Wheeler gets dirty and spins Trickle out to win the race. 88 Quality Care carthat were run throughout an entire season). But oh well, they were still awesome. But Spencer would never find success with Carter, as the driver would only clinch three top fives and seventeen top tens over his three-year stint in the Camel Fordhis best finish was a fourth-place run at the 1996 Miller 400 at Michigan. 21, mainly sponsored by Motorcraft and Quick Lane Tire throughout the season. Marty Robbins is best known as a legendary country music singer. Going into the 2004 season, Grubb was supposed to run a few races with Team Rensi Motorsports, but his life changed forever that March. #20 DEWALT Everyone's favorite driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr., won the race. 00 was celebrating the Crimson Tide's National Championship over the Texas Longhorns a few months earlier. The No. 60, collecting 39 victories, 77 top fives, 94 top tens and 20 poles. I'm going to go ahead and tell you right now that I do not like Jeff Gordon, nor have I ever been a fan of his. Why is this bland car on the list? Earnhardt started the night 19th and finished the night in the very same position. They would return the following season to the race track and Mike Skinner would come home in first. NASCAR suspended indefinitely again. The 51-year-old Waltrip was fielding his own cars for the 1998 season, but closed shop once the Darlington race finished. 24 Chevrolet, also known as the "Chromalusion", changed colors as the time progressed and during the race. Let us know which year and page you were looking at and we will check on it. Yes, it's plain with that all-white paint scheme. That season, Atwood competed in 35 of the 36 races, accumulating zero wins, zero top fives, zero top tens and zero poles. First off, I've been a NASCAR fan for practically my entire lifeI started watching, "cars go around in circles" before I tuned in to football, basketball baseball and everything else. A one-time scheme, Bill Elliott drove this No. In 1998, NASCAR returned to Japan except this time, it was at the Twin Ring Motegi Superspeedway. During his first tenure with the 'Skins, Gibbs led the team to three Super Bowl victories (XVII against Miami, XXII versus Denver and XXVI against Buffalo). NASCAR has always been interesting and it is much more than cars just taking left turns. 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. First off, rest in peace Kenny Irwin. As stated above, Bonnett raced just five races during the 1990 season before suffering a near life-threatening crash. Sawyer, a long-time Nationwide Series driver, was primarily sponsored by Hot Tamales in 2001. At least it helped a good cause. Harry Gant drove around in a green stock car with the Skoal Bandit paint scheme for a very long time. This is the only Michael Waltrip paint scheme on the list and it reaches the No. 9 items . Photo courtesy of Gregory Shamus/Getty Images. Allison ran three races in 1985 and five in 1986 and then went full-time in 1987, as he won Rookie of the Year honors. Jurassic Park. Check out the fresh paint schemes drivers will display for Sunday's Daytona 500 (2:30 p.m. The Batman Forever movie that came out in the mid 1990'syou know, the one with Jim Carrey as "The Riddler" and Tommy Lee Jones as "Two-Face." From Texas to Tennessee, Appalachia to Bakersfield, Whiskey Riff is THE unapologetic voice of the country music fan. 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