1998 nascar paint schemes
Earnhardt and his No. Photo courtesy of Geoff Burke/Getty Images for NASCAR. It was truly a class act of a paint scheme, even though some argue that Busch is not a class act (but that's a different topic for a different day). pic.twitter.com/o6F9VxyZmQ. 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. 17 orange, yellow and white Tide Chevrolet was always my favorite of the seven different schemes. Starting last in The Winston, Burton eventually ended the night in ninth, as Jimmie Johnson took home the checkered flag. David Ragan and Kurt Busch rounded out the top five, with Kyle and his America scheme coming home in sixth place. He started all but one race that season and managed to accumulate two top fives and three top tens. #20 Craftsman In 1997, Earnhardt brought in an all-orange Wheaties Chevrolet. Early in the movie, Trickle developed a fierce rivalry with Rowdy Burns, a Winston Cup Champion. A one-time scheme, Bill Elliott drove this No. However, Hershey's sponsored the car for just one racethe Pepsi 400 at Daytona. The No. Photo courtesy of Streeter Lecka/Getty Images. This paint scheme is as funny as it is beautiful. 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. In 1949, NASCAR officially began and since then it has turned stock car racing into one of the most profitable sports in the World. But at the 1995 Winston, Earnhardt changed NASCAR history with his "Silverwrench" Chevrolet. At Michigan, Labonte qualified in the back at 39th and finished the race in 26th. After the 2004 season, NASCAR announced that they would remove one of the Darlington races from the schedule and instead, the Sprint Cup Series would race there just one time per season. For the idea, Labonte's paint scheme would change into a Christmas-like paint scheme with the green and red colors. Throughout his long career, Gordons colors constantly evolved and were always interesting. His luck did not get much better as he did not even finish the race and came home in 36thRusty Wallace won the race. Junior, as he's so aptly named, started the weekend with a qualifying effort of sixth. Gordon got a taste of both. His car would go from all red to the traditional Mountain Dew color. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet during the penultimate race of the 2012 season at Phoenix Raceway. Back to Labonte, the 2000 Winston Cup Champion started that Sunday in 26th and finished the 300 circuits one lap down in 22nd. 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. However, it was still an awesome throwback scheme. At North Wilkesboro, Wheeler gets dirty and spins Trickle out to win the race. The car'sinauguralrun was at the 2010 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte, finishing in third. 00 Cheez-It Pontiac. It was a legend around NASCAR that green was bad luck for whatever reason. Favorites. His lengthy time at the highest professional level lasted a total of 33 years, including 19 wins, 202 top fives, 311 top tens and 38 poles. 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. Were having flashbacks to 2002. The 1988 champion started the race in 27th, but slowly worked his way up to a finishing position of 19th. On Sunday, NASCAR opened the 2023 season in Daytona Beach, Florida. A picture of Wood was plastered on the hood of Bayne's No. 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. 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. #NASCARThrowback pic.twitter.com/xO3TorFSp3. Gordon ran this scheme at the ninth race of the season, the Aaron's 499 at Talladega. At least his Hawaiian Punch scheme was great. "The Dinger" had his best three-race stretch of the season during that span, earning finishes of 10th, 13th and 10th, respectively. Even though he didn't have a Hall of Fame-caliber NASCAR career, Bobby Hamilton was still one hell of a driver. It didn't get much better as he blew an engine on the 287th lap and finished the day in 39th. An avid hunter and fisherman, it is no surprise that Dale's cars carried the Realtree decal. Im so grateful to get to honor Lee Pettys Hall of Fame career! 43 had gone to victory lane since Richard Petty won in 1984. Slipster17; 94 Mac Tonight Ford is just one of many paint schemes featured on this list that were run just one time. 00 Domino's Pizza Toyota at the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard on July 29. He was discharged from the HealthSouth Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama four days prior to the 500-mile race. Some of these sponsors included the one pictured in this slide, Service Merchandise, McDonalds' Happy Meal, Mac Tonight, NASCAR's 50th Anniversary and of course, his typical paint scheme he ran throughout the 1998 season. The biggest sponsor missing from the paint schemes of today is Coca-Cola. He'd be forced to go behind the pit wall, but would come back out in hopes of salvaging some points. You passed way too early. The following season, he won another four races, attempting 17 of the 25 raceshe finished the season ninth in points, however. 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. Needless to say, he was a pretty good football coach. 12 Budweiser car or the No. Lets go!!! At least, that's what I think. However, as amazing as the Mountain Dew sponsored paint scheme was, it was not nearly as great as the other one. Apparently some genius at AT&T thought otherwise. 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. Over the years, the No. Part of his reinstatement was that NASCAR could administer drug tests at any point. He would eventually be replaced by John Andretti. Yes, this is Bill Elliott's car, but he did not drive this car in the 2000 goracing.com 500 at Bristol. Since 2000, there have been 17 races run at Darlington and 13 different drivers have won. Earnhardt, decked out in his car that resembles people just throwing buckets of paint on it, started the night in 12th. 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. It's a shame that the former Busch Series champion and two-time runner-up couldn't have a better Cup career. The following season, Park would run a full-time schedule with DEI, running the No. But anyway, that's another debate for a different day. Benny Parsons won the 1973 championship, but his brother Phil only won one race. 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. A post shared by Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass). Jeff Gordon's No. The 20-year-old will drive the No. Based on this choice of paint scheme (promoting himself, of course), Robbins' talents ended there. Jimmie Johnson took home the checkered flag. Even though he didn't have the day he wanted, it was still an awesome paint scheme. Yaba-Daba-Ugly! For the rest of the campaign, the No. 24. #47 Kroger All rights reserved. 44. Labonte started the day in 24th, but moved his way up the pack and finished the 129 laps in eighthJeff Gordon won the race with Dale Jarrett, Mark Martin, Ernie Irvan and Jimmy Spencer rounding out the top five. Labonte ran a total of five races with his legendary Kellogg's scheme plus the Kellogg's/Thanks for the Memories! One design will be chosen on Sept. 8, and the winner will get to head to Charlotte with parents for an official unveiling of the paint scheme on Oct. 13 at the Wood Brothers Racing shop. The Wood Brothers' 1980's scheme was definitely one of the best, though. In a promotion between DC Comics and Ford, Dale Jarrett's No. Petty had practically just started his Winston Cup career at this point, as he was driving for the legendary Wood Brothers. NASCAR Xfinity @NASCAR_Xfinity Here is the photo NASCAR competition officials used to determine the winner. 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. But it didn't happen in this case. And of course, Richard Petty claimed seven championships over his career, but his brother Maurice never won a single race. 1983 No.3 Ricky Rudd, Piedmont Airlines. 9 Chevrolet identical to the Hooters paint scheme Kulwicki drove in the only title race of his career. His win at the Food City 500 was also the first win of his young career and the current James Finch driver has won 23 races since that day. Toy Story is undoubtedly one of the best animated films of all-time. One of the things that made NASCAR so appealing to me when I was younger was the different paint schemes. This also happens to be Labontes paint scheme the year Ty Gibbs was born, and damn now I feel old. 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. The paint scheme was also honoring the Olympics' 100th anniversary. I'm going to start this off with a bold prediction.. Kahne will finish in the top five in points this upcoming season. 00 from Michael Waltrip Racing has had some of the coolest paint schemes (even though a lot of them aren't on this list). 8 would line up in fifth for the Daytona 500. ET, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). 1995 No.94 Bill Elliott, Batman Thunderbat Forever. And I'm not just saying that because he's my favorite driver of all-time. #37 Kroger The new flavors are on sale and fans vote for their favorite once a day until May 25 Joe Gibbs Racing Kyle Busch drives during qualifying for a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Friday, April 13, 2018 . 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. Even though this car was short-lived, it needs to be on this list. Personally, I believe this is the best of the bunch. 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. 11 classic Buick that Waltrip piloted for two championship campaigns. 88 Quality Care FordJarrett also won the race in 1993 for Joe Gibbs. Kahne was terrific during his rookie campaign, as the Washington native collected three poles in the first 14 events. 15. 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. That was definitely an awesome paint scheme, as we rarely see an all-gold car out on the track. For the 2008 Southern 500, the No. 1988 No.12 Bobby Allison, Miller High Life. 00 was celebrating the Crimson Tide's National Championship over the Texas Longhorns a few months earlier. Kasey Kahne won the race with Carl Edwards finishing ahead of Dale Jr. As I'm sure y'all have noticed going through this slideshow, I'm a big, big fan of retro paint schemes or tributes to other drivers from the "old days." LISTENWeb: https://t.co/Bifc95ifTgApple: https://t.co/yWSE7hCgoiGoogle: https://t.co/AOrz0CP3Ta pic.twitter.com/9avrsjckoe, Dirty Mo Media (@DirtyMoMedia) May 4, 2022. The paint scheme may have been very, very short lived, but it is by far one of most classic paint schemes of all-time. Even though he was a mediocre Cup driver, he gave us an awesome paint scheme. It's a very simple paint scheme, but it is a great one as well. 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. 36 Skittles Pontiac car. Dale Jr. started the day in 27th, but blew an engine 151 laps into the race and finished 31st. Harrison Burton will be honoring his dad with a throwback to the 2000 Exide ride. Irwin, who drove the No. Rudd would go on to better the record and finish with 788 straight starts until his retirement. Watch more top videos, highlights, and B/R original content, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. During those seven seasons, Earnhardt registered 25 wins, 84 top fives, 128 top tens and four poles. But regardless, Jarrett went out with a bang that season, as he collected his third Daytona 500 trophy in the process. In 1997, Steele attempted seven races in the Busch Series (now Nationwide Series), while registering finishes of fifth, 37th (overheating), 25th (overheating), 21st, 19th, 26th (crash) and sixth. The following season, he'd have an even better season even though he wouldn't win a single racehe finished the season eighth in the final points standings. 37 K-Mart/Little Caesar'sFord for Michael Kranefuss for the 1995 and 1996 seasons. Brad will be running a throwback to Mark Martins Viagra car from the early 2000s. NASCAR traveled to Las Vegas the next weekend and Harvick's No. Unfortunately, the car just wasn't driving right and the former champion wound up finishing one lap down in 23rd, as Dale Jarrett took home the checkered flag and eventually the championship. 1997 No.17 Darrell Waltrip, Parts America Chrome. I deemed it necessary to put this car on the list just because of the sponsor. 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. Great race. Terry Labonte, a Texas native, won the race with Dale Jarrett, Bobby Labonte, Rusty Wallace and Jeremy Mayfield rounding out the top five. In 1996, Gibbs put together a sponsor that would honor the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of that year, as he was an inductee. Elliott may have not had a solid season, but he had some lustrous paint schemes throughout the year. As the story goes, this ARMY paint scheme was the first truly alternate paint scheme ever used in NASCAR. Bobby Allison won the 1983 championship, but Donnie only won ten races over his career. Days of Thunder was the first movie ever produced about the sport that we know as NASCAR. 40 Coors Light Chevrolet. To put the Batman logo on the hood of your stock car means one thing, themed paint schemes. 51 for the 2012 season. It was undoubtedly an awesome edition and the night was perhaps even better as Michael Waltrip, in his No. This is a paint scheme no doubt. During that month, he failed an administered drug test and was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR until he was reinstated in June 2006. He competed in 13 events in 2002 and was able to start on the pole and win his first two races of the seasonthe Sam's Town 300 at Las Vegas and the darlingtonraceway.com 200 at Darlington. Gordon and his primary sponsor DuPont, in association with Pepsi, ran this car at the Pepsi 400 at Daytona in 2002. 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. Joe scheme at the 1997 NAPA 500 at Atlanta, his last race of the year in which he'd better his qualifying efforts, as he started that Sunday in the eighth position. Even though we only got to see this special paint scheme for 40 laps, it still earned a spot on this list. 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. The Top-Flite Golf Dodge featured an all-black look, but the Miller High Life was like the one pictured driven by Mike Wallace. #20 DEWALT 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. Even though 1999 was statistically one of Elliott's worst seasons, he had solid qualifying efforts throughout the year. He faltered and was released by the team at the end of the season. Regardless, it was still a cool paint scheme and good enough to rank in the top 50. Regardless, it was still an awesome paint scheme, honoring perhaps the best video game of all-time. Views. It didn't take away from the fact that is was a truly classic paint scheme. 21 Citgo car or the one pictured in this slide. Remember in the previous slide when I said that I loved it when other sports would sponsor NASCAR cars? In 1998, NASCAR returned to Japan except this time, it was at the Twin Ring Motegi Superspeedway. Ah, Buckshot Jones. 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. Cant wait for doubly duty this weekend! He also started second at the Daytona 500, the "Great American Race.". 9. Thanks to Ryan for scanning it in and sending it to me. 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. Even though I'm not a fan of rainbow-looking schemes, this car was pretty spectacular. The series traveled to Rockingham for the second race of the season, giving Harvick his first shot in the Winston Cup (now Sprint Cup). Edwards did not have a stellar day at all that Sunday, but he gave us a great looking paint scheme. And in 1998, NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin won the first NASCAR Cup Series event held at the track located roughly 15 miles north of the Las Vegas Strip. Busch would also win three more races during the rest of the season, all of which came in the last five weeks with victories at Martinsville, Atlanta and at the season finale at Homestead. 1985 No.28 Davey Allison, Texaco-Havoline. Regardless, Allmendinger's paint scheme in the final three races of the 2009 season is definitely one of the best editions of the last 30 years. And then he goes to drive for Tony and Beth Ann Morgenthau. I wanted to put it on here anyway. Doctors told him he could not suffer another trauma, so he spent 1998 going from doctor to doctorto see if he could make a comeback. For the 1988 season, Baker, along with Danny Schiff, were owners yet again. Kyle Petty was never as good as his brother Richard Petty but he did manage to have some of the best paint schemes in NASCAR's early years. Drink with us. The following season, Kvapil latched on to Cal Wells' No. By 1997, Darrell Waltrip was almost finished racing stock cars in the Sprint Cup. Before Kyle Busch was the fixture of the Mars Company, Elliott Sadler was while driving the No. And the best paint scheme of all-time is? Although Reutimann did not have the outing he was expecting, it was still an awesome paint scheme, in tribute to the longest-running, American prime time, scripted television series. Edwards' weekend got off to a great start, as he would start the race in ninth. Regardless, it was still a sleek paint scheme and even though I'm not a fan of Gordon, it's an awesome car. In 1996, Irvan would return to the No. And of course, NASCAR drivers have them, too. In those two races, "Awesome Bill from Dawsonville" qualified 32nd and 27th, respectively. Buckshot is not his real first name. Busch, who is the owner of 104 races in the top three series, has had some amazing paint schemes since signing with Joe Gibbs Racing. There's a decent shot that he could end up in the NASCAR Hall of Fame in a few years. Photo courtesy of Christian Petersen/Getty Images. In the early 2010s, well everyone's getting their AARP card." He'd end up finishing the race in 11th, as Dale Earnhardt took home his first Daytona 500 checkered flag. #40 McDonalds For M&Ms last season in NASCAR, Kyle Busch will drive a throwback scheme that pays tribute to Ernie Irvans 1998 M&Ms car. That's why it earns a spot on this list. 27years later at theDodge Avenger500 at Darlington, Earnhardt ran this retro paint scheme, in tribute to the old No. And by 1998, there were rarely any green cars that appeared on the track. 11) ran their all-black schemes in the Nationwide Series. He would come back to the Nationwide Series, last driving the No. 18, along with his main sponsor Interstate Batteries, brought the movie on board for the Pepsi 400 at Daytona. Even though Gordon came in 12th in the Winston, he won the third-most money in the race. Blaney had a lackluster night, but it was still a good sight to see something from Tennessee on a race car. The 15th race of the season, at the DHL 400 at Michigan, Kahne switched things up and ran his first different paint scheme in NASCAR. 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. Absolutely amazing. He narrowly missed out on a championship that season, but was thought to claim a few over his career. 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. 2 Bots Online Now #1 - Google on 02/25/2023 @ 6:11 am Armory Digital Racing Designs / [] In honor of the movie, DuPont would transform Jeff Gordon's rainbow scheme to a red and black Jurassic Park scheme. Irwin participated in four races in 1997 for David Blair in the No. 60, collecting 39 victories, 77 top fives, 94 top tens and 20 poles. Regardless, it was a truly cool paint scheme and that's why it earns the No. This is one of the most recent paint schemes on this list as Ragan ran the blue car, sponsored by UPS and Ned Jarrett's Hall of Fame induction, at the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis last season. But that wasn't the case, as Green floundered and only lasted in Sprint Cup for a few seasons. This is one of them. The one-time Sprint Cup winner was let go after the 17th race of the season, the Jiffy Lube 300 at New Hampshire. 24 Pepsi Challenger Chevrolet was in tribute to Darrell Waltrip's No. Additionally, Gordon has not been to victory lane since his win at Watkins Glen. Japanese drivers Hideo Fukuyama, Keiicha Tsuchiya, Kazuteru Wakida and Motohiro Nakaji competed in the event, along with Canadian Gary Smith. Ah, the last Terry Labonte paint scheme in this slideshow. But then I remembered his Ned Jarrett Tribute car and it had to be on the slideshow. The idea came from prohibition in the 1930s when drivers of illegal moonshine had to modify cars to be faster, sharper, and better overall just to be able to avoid law enforcement when necessary. Click HERE to go back to the top of this page! "Parker can't drive a 10 penny nail into a snowman's arse if the snowman . See NASCAR's throwback paint schemes for the 2022 Goodyear 400 at Darlington. No wonder Fred Flintstone looks ticked off. And if youre new to NASCAR, throwback weekend is a great way to learn some more about the history of the sport. 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. 16 prior to the 1994 season. The latest in the sports world, emailed daily. Even though he ran a very slick paint scheme, Kahne managed to struggle all weekend. 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