Compton would come home eleventh at the EA Sports 500. Like the Looney Tunes' Tazmanian Devil, Earnhardt was crazy and was never afraid. The Folgers scheme narrowly beat out the Strohs scheme, as you can see. 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. 00 has consistently put out some of the best paint schemes over the years. This led to the dismissal of Trickle, Hogge and the rest of the team. Harvick would finish the day in 14th while Earnhardt's son finished last after an early crash that involved five cars. Marcis started 883 Sprint Cup Series races, spanning an astounding 35 years, starting in 1968 and ending in 2002. He drove the Skoal Bandit paint scheme for many years during his career. 24 car is a NASCAR Cup Series team that has been active since 1992. But it was still an awesome paint scheme. Monster Energy will serve as the primary sponsor for most races in 2023. After looking through years of Labonte's paint schemes, I swear I could make a list of the 25 best Bobby Labonte paint schemes of all-time. Benson would finish the race 33rd, as his teammate Mark Martin won the race with his other teammate, Jeff Burton, finishing right behind him. 1989 No.42 Kyle Petty, Peak Antifreeze. The 21-time winner is currently driving the No. 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. After qualifying in the 32nd position, Robinson was able to manage a 34th place finish in the No. 38, as the rest of the car is entirely black and white. He won several races in this vehicle making the paint scheme even better than it looks. This car was run a third time during the season, just not by Elliott. Photo courtesy of NASCAR Archives & Research Center via Getty Images In his first full season in the premier series, Mark Martin drove Bud Reeder-owned cars, finishing 14 th in the 1982 points standings with a pair of top . Sawyer, a long-time Nationwide Series driver, was primarily sponsored by Hot Tamales in 2001. Have you ever had a Strohs Light? That was truly a freak-of-nature occurrence. This car also featured a mainly white scheme, which was primarily used during the 1995 season. One of the best cartoons of all-time. There's no doubting that. Throughout his career, Spencer was known to be one of the most hot-headed drivers of his era. The latest in the sports world, emailed daily. Prior to Earnhardt's edition, we had seen people and teamssuch as Walter Payton, Michael Jordan, Lou Gehrig, Mary Lou Retton, the 1987 World Series Champion Minnesota Twins, the 1991 Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins, among others grace the cover of the famed cereal box. 44 on this list. All rights reserved. His G.I. Labonte was making his 513th consecutive start at the First Union 400, successfully spanning over 17 seasons. Gordon ran this scheme at the ninth race of the season, the Aaron's 499 at Talladega. Please order by image number. 40 Coors Light for the 2006 Cup season, but had a lackluster season, finishing 33rd in the final standings. At the end of the 500 laps, Edwards took the checkered flag in the ninth position, as Brad Keselowski continued his magnificent run into the Chase with the victory at Bristol. Trickle pits for new tires and then wrecks Wheeler on his victory lap. At the season-opener, the No. Earnhardt's scheme may not have been the most flashy or spectacular scheme, but it started a revolution and that's why it is ranked so highly. Inglebright started just two races over his career in the Sprint Cup Series, but he made an everlasting impression with that paint scheme. But anyway, that's another debate for a different day. Kyle Petty, probably best known for being Richard's son than for his racing career, raced at the Sprint Cup level for 30 years after retiring at the end of the 2008 season. Labonte's teammate, Jeff Gordon, claimed his second of four championships. 19, No. 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. His son also ran a Coca-Cola scheme, too. He would fare a tad better in those two races, posting finishes of 16th and 11th, respectively. 00 Burger King Chevroletduring the 2006 season with races andfinishesat Chicagoland (35th), Loudon (32nd), Indianapolis (22nd) and Fontana (42nd). Regardless, I was very fond of the paint scheme and wish they would have run a couple of more races with it. The special graphics on the car also honored baseball player Rafael Palmeiro's 500th home run. At Michigan, Labonte qualified in the back at 39th and finished the race in 26th. 9 Cartoon Network Ford Taurus - Lake Speed. Irwin's other three finishes included a eighth-place effort at Richmond, a 37th-place finish at Martinsville due to fuel pump issues and a 20th-place run at Phoenix. The Wood Brothers' 1980's scheme was definitely one of the best, though. A database of NASCAR paint schemes for current and former drivers. 01, Rick Hendrick in the No. 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. The best feature on the car would probably have to be the red No. Buddy Baker, also affectiously known as "Leadfoot," had one of the longest careers in NASCAR history. Greg Sacks finished in last place after a crash on lap twenty. Now it makes me wish I would have tried the Uh-Oh Oreo's. The following season, Jarrett participated in 18 of 31 races, driving the same car. 5. 3 was sponsored by Oreo cookies for the race. Busch would also win the championship two years later, directly after his teammate Matt Kenseth gave Jack Roush his first Cup championship in 2003. Earnhardt, the Busch Series Champion in 1998 and 1999, started racing full-time at the series' highest level starting in 2000. Now your brand has replaced the word fuel in NASCAR. Nelson Bowers, who started his MB2 Motorsportsteam in 1997, let go of Derrike Cope at the conclusion of the season as well. 24 Hendrick Motorsports team was known initially as the Rainbow Warriors in honor of the multi-colored paint scheme festooned on his Dupont-sponsored Chevrolets during his rookie season of 1993. As an owner, Pollex's drivers finished in the top 10 in the final standings 11 timesChad Little (third in 1994, second in 1995, fifth in 1996), Jeff Green (second in 1999, first in 2000, second in 2001), Scott Riggs (10th in 2002, sixth in 2003), Jason Keller (fifth in 2003, sixth in 2004) and Kenny Wallace (seventh in 2005). On July 27, 2007, The Simpsons Movie came out in theaters and was celebrated by David Reutimann's No. Since Stewart started the race, he would still collect the points that Rudd accumulated. 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. 5 items . If your sponsor is a bear, why not feature it on the hood of your race car? 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. Truex was involved in crashes on laps 92 and 153 after starting the race in 20th. Harvick started the race in 19th, but finished in 37th. Before Richard Childress was running racing teams, he was racing the CRC No.3. Jeff Gordon donned this special paint scheme to run in The Winston, NASCAR's annual all-star race. 36 Skittles Pontiac car. 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. Citgo has a logo made for NASCAR and it comes as no surprise to see the paint scheme make this list. Sponsored by the cereals Trix, Lucky Charms and Cocoa Puffs, Benson ran this car at the Goody's Headache Powder 500 at Bristol in 1998. But he would come in seventh place, thus not advancing to the All-Star Race, which was eventually won by Ryan Newman. 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. After a few good years in the Nationwide Series, Riggs got his first shot driving the No. 10. In an exciting race, Kevin Harvick fended off Carl Edwards and Jeff Gordon to take the victory. #40 McDonalds The retro paint scheme honored the oldedition that Darrell Waltrip, affectionatelyknown as "Jaws," drove during the 1981 and 1982 seasons. After that season, though, he managed to only compete in 16 races over the next five seasons. Japanese drivers Hideo Fukuyama, Keiicha Tsuchiya, Kazuteru Wakida and Motohiro Nakaji competed in the event, along with Canadian Gary Smith. There was no doubt that Wallace was at the tail end of his career, but he was still competitive in those years. There was also his regular paint scheme that he drove in for the majority of the season. 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. Over the course of the next three seasons, Harvick would bring out the familiar orange scheme in a total of five races, twice in 2008 and 2009 and just once in 2010. 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. He'd latch on to the No. It's just a shame that his life ended too soon, as he ran just a total of 87 Winston Cup races. Heres Matt DiBenedetto's 2022 Sterling Marlin Throwback Scheme #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/6g88oYkGuZ, Daniel Kriete (@DanielKriete4) May 6, 2022. The paint scheme would come back a few weeks later at Phoenix, and Gordon finished the race in 13th. The car would then appear at the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at Loudon, the Lifelock.com 400 at Chicagoland and at the Sylvania 300 at Loudon again. He finished his short-lived Winston Cup career with 160 starts, one win, 19 top fives, 60 top tens and three poles. He qualified third for the event, but had a lackluster Sunday as he finished in 35th. Maybe he should have driven cars like that more often and maybe he'd have more than two career wins on the Nationwide circuit. But before he called it a career, he gave us this awesome looking No. Ah, the last Terry Labonte paint scheme in this slideshow. Earnhardt and his No. The Valvoline paint scheme has seen many different shades and colors but none of them match the level of the 1997 scheme Mark Martin used that season. Glen Wood's first career win came at a 1960 race at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Harrison Burton will be honoring his dad with a throwback to the 2000 Exide ride. 43 STP Pontiac for none other than Richard Petty. Even though he was racing full-time in the Winston Cup Series, Jarrett ran a limited schedule in the Busch Series from the late 1980's to the mid-1990's. And it couldn't have gotten any better for him either. This specific scheme, in the Redskins' colors, was ran at the DieHard 500 at Talladega in 1996. 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. 37 K-Mart/Little Caesar'sFord for Michael Kranefuss for the 1995 and 1996 seasons. 1988 No.12 Bobby Allison, Miller High Life. He had a marginally better season, eventually placing 24th in the standings. He earned the nickname "Buckshot" from his grandfather after he ran into a table and showed no signs of pain. at the best online prices at eBay! 1998 No. 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. Instead, it was run at the 1997 Busch Clash, an exhibition race that is run prior to the Daytona 500. 7. In any case, Labonte's paint scheme was a great promotional idea and a great paint scheme, even though the movie was decent. We've counted the . There was a lot of hype going around in the early 2000's that Jeff Green, brother of Mark and David, would become a solid force in NASCAR's top tier after dominating the Nationwide Series in his No. That season, at the 2008 Dodge Avenger 500, Kvapil's No. Photo courtesy of Chris Graythern/NASCAR via Getty Images. Casey Atwood, driving the No. Gordon won 93 points-paying races, the most of any driver in NASCAR's modern era, and four series championships before retiring from full-time racing in 2015. Ever since I was a young boy, I have always enjoyed the taste of jelly beans, most notably of the Jelly Belly brand. The driver ran all of his races for the Wood Brothers in the No. A few weeks later, at the Sirius Satellite Radio at the Glen, Gordon and his No. This is undoubtedly a great paint scheme, even though I'm not a Junior fan. However, during those two years, Andretti didn't have much luck. There is not much to say about RC-Cola except for how popular it was in the early 70s. 33 Skoal Bandit car for many years. The 20-year-old will drive the No. When I started putting together this list, I didn't think there was a chance that David Ragan would earn a spot on it. Matt Kenseth won the race with Jamie McMurray and Kevin Harvick finishing second and third, respectively. He'd finish 35th in the final points standings. Blaney would start the night in 15th, but would be involved in a crash on lap 176Jeff Burton, Ted Musgrave and Ryan Newman were also involved in the wreck on the front stretch. This one is for you, LEFturn. By that I mean, this is one of my favorite cars that was run the entire season, not just one or two races. He'd also win the Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 at Rockingham later in the season. Nothing screams Intimidator quite like this pastel clad, Punky Brewster inspired, paint scheme from 2000. He was never able to capture that elusive win, top-fives wins were especially hard to come by as wellRiggs has managed just four of those since his arrival in 2004. The No. He may have come in second, but he surely had the best paint scheme on the track that day. 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. 60 Winn-Dixie Ford is probably the most well-known Busch/Nationwide Series car in the series' history, which is definitely deserving of the 29th spot on this list. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet that Gordon drove in Earnhardts place. Well I'll tell you. For the idea, Labonte's paint scheme would change into a Christmas-like paint scheme with the green and red colors. 24 Chevrolet, also known as the "Chromalusion", changed colors as the time progressed and during the race. His Sprint Cup career stat-line now looks like this: 75 starts, one pole (Phoenix, 2001), one top five and four top tens. Ah, Days of Thunder. 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. Terry Labonte won the 70-lap, star-studded race with Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon following suit. Green finished second in the 2001 standings as well. If only Hawaiian Punch could have been the main sponsor and we could have seen a crazy dude with a drink playing in the waves on the hood. Reddick is pulling double duty this weekend, and in the Xfinity Series race hes driving this throwback to the legendary Bobby Allisons paint scheme from the 1972 Southern 500 at Darlington. If you do not know what the Sprint Showdown and All-Star Race are, it's a prelude to NASCAR's first trip to Charlotte every season. Dennys throwing it back tohimself. During qualifying, Sadler ran the scheme pictured and ended up in second place. Musgrave would then get his first shot in a competitive car when he signed on with Roush Racing to drive the No. 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. It's No. Harvick's No. Busch started the night in the 17th position, but struggled all night long and came home in 34th. His career was celebrated in 2008, when Jarrett raced the first five races of the season, posting finishes of 16th, 33rd, 39th, 26th and 37th, respectively. 54 Toys "R" Us car in 2002 for Rick Goodwin. Nowadays, Dale Earnhardt Jr. spends more time surrounded by trees and critters than he does on asphalt. 2023 Nascar Hall Of Fame. Special paint schemes are one-time or limited time variations on a race car's typical appearance. This paint scheme was set to honor STP's 25th anniversary in NASCAR and for Richard Petty. 40 Kendall Pontiac for Felix Sabates. 75 Remington Arms Ford for the 1999 season, but struggled the entire season and was let go at the conclusion of the year. NASCAR Hall of Famers Dale Jarrett won the pole for the event and Mark Martin won the race. 27Brad Coleman, 2008 (Nashville, Nationwide), No. Joe. 3 machine, but it was still a great looking paint scheme. That was just the start of adismal season for him and the Tide crew, as he would not muster a top-ten finish during the entire season. 1998 - Mark Martin. When you have Reese's, you got to have Hershey's, too. 18, Navy), Kulwicki, Buddy Baker (No. In case you don't know who Elton Sawyer is, he's the Brad Pitt of the NASCAR world. As Trickle is recovering, Daland hires another hotshot rookie to take his placeRuss Wheeler. During the last race of 2012, Jeff Gordons No. Over the course of the night, Busch's car got better and better, as he led 169 of the 367 total laps and claimed the victory. 1996 No.3 Dale Earnhardt Sr., '96 Olympics. Reutimann started the day in the 34th position, only to blow an engine on the 92nd lap. 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. The actual All-Star Race celebrates the drivers who had won the previous year or during the current campaign. Gordon finished third in points his last full-time season of racing. 30 America Online Chevrolet, but was fired by the owner after the 11th race at Richmond. Jarrett would go on to win races at Rockingham, Darlington and Bristol and would register eight top fives and nine top tens along the way. This specific scheme was run in 1998, just like the "Get Back with Big Mac" scheme that was featured a few slides ago. He would move up as the day progressed and would finish seventh, his fourth top ten of the season at that point. 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. I didn't care that the driver was Jim Inglebright, who was someone I had never heard of. Ken Schrader's No. At least he was able to live to tell about it, unlike other drivers in the past. 37. 13 after the New Hampshire race, four different drivers shared the ride: Wally Dallenbach Jr., (two races), Tom Hubert (one race), Dennis Setzer (six races) and Ted Musgrave (seven races). At one point, he was third in the points standings but faded down the stretch and finished the year seventh. 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. 498 episodes. 300, which is something that can't happen in today's NASCAR. That season had one of the most exciting All-Star races as Jeff Gordon took home the victory and the $300,000 prize (the winner's prize was over $1.3 million last year). The only drivers to win more than once since 2000 are Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Greg Biffle and Ward Burton. Major League Baseball has a Hall of Fame, like any other sport. There had rarely been any purple cars in NASCAR before Andretti hopped in the No. I deemed it necessary to put this car on the list just because of the sponsor. Gordon would go on to win the 1997 Daytona 500, his first of three victories at the "Great American Race." When scanning the starting grid of a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, one can not help but notice the beauty and splendor of the 43 cars lined up. Although he wasn't in contention during the race, it was still cool to see that No. Before Dale Sr. ran this car at the 1995 Winston, there were really no cars that had different paint schemes. Yeah, it was like that in 2006 as well. 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). Rudd ended his Sprint Cup career with a 21st-place finish at Homestead. This paint scheme could be considered a throwback, as it has striking similarities to Richard Petty's old paint scheme, most notably the car he ran at the 1984 Firecracker 400. This car would last be featured in the Dickies 500 at Texas and it was Gordon's best weekend of the season. And not to mention, Sawyer had decent success while driving those cars as wellplacing 17th, sixth, ninth, 19th, sixth, eighth, 30th, fourth, seventh, fifth, 16th, ninth, and second, respectively. That's why it earns a spot on this list. Petty ran the No. Earnhardt, along with a few other drivers, were part of the Coca-Cola family at this point and Earnhardt honored that with an all-red Coca-Cola paint scheme. During that year, Dreamworks and Universal Studios came out with the action and science fiction film, Small Soldiers. 07Ken Schrader, 2002 Texas (Nationwide), No. Even though he was undoubtedly on the downside of his career, Schrader wasn't as bad as the paint scheme. A few weeks later, Irvan announced that he would retire from the sport and he hasn't raced since. The cars appear in chronological order, with the fundraising Jeff Gordon Children's Foundation cars at the bottom of the page. Gordon, the eventual 1998 Winston Cup Champion, started the night in the fourth position. Like a number of paint schemes on this list, the one pictured was a one-race deal. 10 Worst NASCAR Paint Schemes of All-Time. During the 2006 season, Labonte's No. His paint scheme is what made me start watching football, so I'm grateful for that. Bobby Allison won the 1983 championship, but Donnie only won ten races over his career. 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. He was out of Sprint Cup in 2007, but returned in 2008 to drive the No. 43 STP Pontiac for the season-opening Daytona 500. 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. Drivers Racing. Rudd would go on to better the record and finish with 788 straight starts until his retirement. It is still, to this day, one of my favorite paint schemes of all-time. 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. Ah, Buckshot Jones. 2 Bots Online Now #1 - Google on 02/25/2023 @ 6:11 am Armory Digital Racing Designs / [] He was sponsored by Golden Nugget and General Creations Toys for his first two races and Toys "R" Us then came on board prior to the series' race at Bristol. But that green, red, blue and yellow paint scheme was quite spectacular. Tasting the rainbow has never had such an important meaning than when Ernie Irvan rocked this paint scheme in 1999. 35 Tabasco car. I wish there were more paint schemes like it. Every year when NASCAR rolls into Darlington for their spring race, the sport uses it as an opportunity to pay tribute to the sports history and the teams get to break out some badass throwback paint schemes. Perhaps the coolest thing about this paint scheme was the dates on the hood. Jones would not run a full-time schedule in the Nationwide Series nor Sprint Cup Series for the rest of his NASCAR career. Regardless, it was still an awesome paint scheme, honoring perhaps the best video game of all-time. During that season, Baker would compete in 17 of the 29 races, the last time he'd race in at least half the races. The two-time champion struggled during qualifying, as he finished the day in 32nd. Throwing it back like its 2004. 77 would now be decorated in our nation's colors, instead of the bright yellow scheme he was running all season long. He would go on to finish 70 laps in third, a traditional spot for "The Intimidator" to finish. This car was designed by his daughter, Ella Sofiaand painter Sam Bass for the 2010 Emory Healthcare 500 at Atlanta. In the early 2010s, well everyone's getting their AARP card." Copyright 2008-2023 BroBible. Following his arrival at Roush Racing at Michigan, LePage would post seven top-20 finishes, including a season best sixth-place finish at Charlotte. 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. You can't deny that this is an awesome paint scheme. 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. No foul play was suspected and it was announced that the cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Yes, this paint scheme is not flashy, nor is it something we'd think "The Intimidator" would drive, but he did drive it in the 1997 Winston, NASCAR's annual all-star race. 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