I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when this brilliant paint scheme was pitched to the marketing executives. Burton has not won since 2008 and I for one, would like to see him in Victory Lane one more time. Now only if they put Madden or Battlefield 3 on the car would I be happy. The black and white colors on the top of the car also added a nice touch to the No. 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. He would finish the race in 32nd, 53 laps down. #40 AdventHealth Almost anything he drove was an instant fan favorite. This car was run just onceby Dennis Setzer at the 1998 DieHard 500 at Talladega. 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. Even though he ran a very slick paint scheme, Kahne managed to struggle all weekend. 60, Martin had an amazing 13 races, compiling five wins, 12 top fives, 13 top tens and four poleshis average starting position was 3.1, while his average finish was 2.2, an amazing statistic. It's truly an awesome paint scheme that was involved in one of the greatest stretches in recent memory. The 2007 season would also be the last time he would get in a racecar. After Senior passed away, Harvick took the same sponsor and started using the No. Laugh with us. He finished his ARCA career with 146 starts, 31 poles and 41 wins. The car never seemed to run up front, but it was an awesome looking paint scheme. It turned out to be one of the greatest NASCAR moments in recent memory, as he collected the checkered flag after starting in the 13th position. Needless to say, Busch got off to a hot start for his full-time sophomore season. Ever since I was a young boy, I have always enjoyed the taste of jelly beans, most notably of the Jelly Belly brand. When the first caution was brought out by Tony Raines, Stewart came on to pit road and was replaced by Rudd. In a promotion between DC Comics and Ford, Dale Jarrett's No. 1985 No.28 Davey Allison, Texaco-Havoline. It's possible that some images did not transfer over correctly when we moved to the new site. I happen to side with the latter on this one. The team was formerly the No. Whether the cars struggled or not, it was truly a great moment in NASCAR history and will probably forever be known as the race that revolutionized paint schemes forever. Well, this car shouldn't be on this list because it was never actually rannot in an exhibition race nor an official NASCAR race. The 51-year-old Waltrip was fielding his own cars for the 1998 season, but closed shop once the Darlington race finished. The following season, Reese's would come back to sponsor the No. 00 from Michael Waltrip Racing has had some of the coolest paint schemes (even though a lot of them aren't on this list). Im sure their sales went through the roof. 40 Coors Light for the 2006 Cup season, but had a lackluster season, finishing 33rd in the final standings. It was truly a great looking race car. Dale Jr. hopped out of his car and stood at the driver's net with his hands up in the air. It was one of just three races the 2001 Daytona 500 champion ran last seasonWaltrip also ran the Daytona 500, finishing in 40th and the Aaron's 499 at Talladega, coming in at 28th. Filed Under: NASCAR Cup Series Tagged With: . 6. Like a number of paint schemes on this list, the one pictured was a one-race deal. 71, Coast Guard). Great race. He'd come back as the race went on, but it wasn't the same car. NASCAR Cup Series Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 by Nick Waugh. He started all but one race that season and managed to accumulate two top fives and three top tens. The retro paint scheme honored the oldedition that Darrell Waltrip, affectionatelyknown as "Jaws," drove during the 1981 and 1982 seasons. Cup90 Mod. 20. 9 Uh-Oh Oreo's Ford for Roush Racing. 9 car that season. Setzer had a decent weekend for his first ever Sprint Cup (then Winston Cup) event. 19. During NASCAR's first visit to Talladega in 2006, Dale Earnhardt Inc. decided to honor the late Dale Earnhardt in the Cup and Nationwide Series with special black paint schemes. 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. Gordon got a taste of both. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet for the No. It is actually frightening that more than one person agreed that it was a great idea to combine bug spray withmustard. 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. 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. However, at Sonoma, Gordon would finish the race in 37th. Winston Cup 98 Mod - CUP - Paint Schemes. 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. Days of Thunder was the first movie ever produced about the sport that we know as NASCAR. In honor of the Summer Olympics being held in Atlanta during the 1996 season, Dale Earnhardt Sr. had the special paint scheme for just the one race, in Atlanta. 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). Although the colors were just switched out, they were still awesome. 24 Pepsi Challenger Chevrolet was in tribute to Darrell Waltrip's No. Yes, it's plain with that all-white paint scheme. Stremme was given a chance to run full-time for Chip Ganassi in the No. Other prizes included NBA tickets, Chevrolet Tahoe's, Chevy Z-28 Camaro's, Home Entertainment Systems and other prizes. For M&Ms last season in NASCAR, Kyle Busch will drive a throwback scheme that pays tribute to Ernie Irvans 1998 M&Ms car. However, it was still an awesome paint scheme from the seven-time Winston Cup Champion. 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. So for the 1999 Winston, Earnhardt brought back his old sponsor, along with those yellow and blue colors. 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. In honor of the Summer Olympics being held in Atlanta during the 1996 season, Dale Earnhardt Sr. had the special paint scheme for just the one race, in Atlanta. 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. Wood helped put his Wood Brothers team together in 1953 and he won four races throughout his career. 25. Stewart would fall back to fifth in the points standings after the race. And that's what Harvick did. He registered zero top tens in his 34 starts. 20. 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. Absolutely nothing, but they do combine to make for one fugly race car. He was also a pretty good race car driver. The car pictured was run at the Budweiser Shootout on Feb. 12, thus giving the car its "birth date.". The war was came into fruition when 34 countries, led by the United States, fought against Iraq because of their invasion and annexation of Kuwait. 29 at the Samsung/Radio Shack 500 at Texas. The movie I'm talking about? At this point in time, Waltrip was definitely at the tail end of his lengthy, 84-win Sprint Cup career. Gordons No. It's a shame that the former Busch Series champion and two-time runner-up couldn't have a better Cup career. I wish it would have been run more often since it was such a cool paint scheme. The following season, Elliott sold his team to Ray Evernham, and Elliott started driving the No. Bobby Labonte ran this specific scheme at the 2007 Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire. 43 Dodge, starting with the Dover 400. Secondly, I couldn't find a real picture of this car, so the die-cast version will have to do. Part of his reinstatement was that NASCAR could administer drug tests at any point. Good-bye rainbows, hello flames: For 2001, Jeff Gordons No. 1995 No.3 Dale Earnhardt Sr., Goodwrench Silver Select. He also ran the car in 1988 as well, accumulating two wins, 12 top fives, 16 top tens and three poles. NASCAR DECAL # 3 COCA COLA JAPAN 1998 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO DALE EARNHARDT 1/24. Trickle eventually returns to the team and Daland fields two cars. But that wasn't the case, as Green floundered and only lasted in Sprint Cup for a few seasons. During the 1989 season for the Wood Brothers, Bonnett posted zero top-five finishes, but eleven top-ten finishes. He bounced around in the 1994 season to drive the No. Irwin ran just four races in the 1997 season before becoming a full-time driver in 1998. 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. 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. Every once in a while, however, there is that one car that sticks out . That's why I'm so fond of this paint scheme even though it was driven by a person of Riggs' ability. 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). 1996 No.3 Dale Earnhardt Sr., '96 Olympics. Steele, a Michigan native, won the ARCA Championship in 1996 and 1997 as well, winning 23 races along the way. 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. Ran at the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol, Edwards' car transformed into the light blue scheme with the Aflac duck on the side, perhaps one of the most well-known commercial entities. We had never seen anything like it at that point in time and it was simply wowing (even though I loathe Gordon more than anybody). This paint scheme was set to honor STP's 25th anniversary in NASCAR and for Richard Petty. It didn't get much better as he blew an engine on the 287th lap and finished the day in 39th. 20 Joe Gibbs Chevrolet. Custer will honor the late Jason Leffler with his #41 Stewart Haas Racing Ford this weekend. He made a comeback in 2000, winning three races in the ARCA series and finishing third in the final points standings. 40 Dodge. Mark Martin won the race with his teammate Jeff Burton in second. 1998 - Mark Martin. Rant with us. 75 Remington Arms Ford for the 1999 season, but struggled the entire season and was let go at the conclusion of the year. Irwin may have become a great driver if he didn't pass too early, but it looks like we'll never know. Baker's career started in 1959 and raced full-time for a good-sized portion of his career. 64 car saw mild success during the 2005 season, even though they weren't able to notch any poles or wins. 00 has consistently put out some of the best paint schemes over the years. A cold beer, hot grill and the great outdoors. 1998 No.94 Bill Elliott, McDonalds Big Mac Tonight. He'd latch on to the No. Those are the only three instances the car would appear on the pavement, but it was a cool car to look at. 51 Country Time Lemonade car or the car that's pictured in this slide. At North Wilkesboro, Wheeler gets dirty and spins Trickle out to win the race. Casey Atwood, driving the No. To this day, they still rank among the top of my list of best paint schemes. Even though we only got to see this special paint scheme for 40 laps, it still earned a spot on this list. However, exactly five years after his near-fatal crash, Irvan crashed during a practice session for the Busch Series race. I have never liked this paint scheme at all. I might also add that there is a decent chance that he will run some races during the 2012 season and we'll see how he does. His car would go from all red to the traditional Mountain Dew color. 77 would now be decorated in our nation's colors, instead of the bright yellow scheme he was running all season long. 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. It was truly a great race for Benson, who had never won a Winston Cup race. Regardless, it was still a great looking paint scheme and it was too bad that he couldn't fare better. He would race the scheme four more times over the rest of the season, compiling finishes of 28th, 29th, 35th and 24th, respectively. This car was designed by his daughter, Ella Sofiaand painter Sam Bass for the 2010 Emory Healthcare 500 at Atlanta. Elliott started last in the race and finished 25thGreg Biffle won the race. The reigning Cup champion will drive a No. 99. 1999 - Jeff Burton . Elliott ran this specific paint scheme for the 1999 Pennzoil 400 at Homestead and a similar version of the car at the season finale NAPA 500 at Atlanta. It apparently helped him during the race, as Kvapil posted his second (eighth place) of four top tens of the season. However, it was still an awesome throwback scheme. Trickle pits for new tires and then wrecks Wheeler on his victory lap. 99 Exide Batteries Ford. And it couldn't have gotten any better for him either. The No. He ran five races for Michael Waltrip Racing in the No. 91 Dodge for Ray Evernham. Bobby Allison turned the Miller High Life No.12 into a vintage NASCAR. Each year it seems that drivers have a new paint scheme for each race. During that season, Baker would compete in 17 of the 29 races, the last time he'd race in at least half the races. Since his departure to the Cup level, Earnhardt has run a very limited schedule in NASCAR's second tier. Back to the subject, Stewart's first season as an owner-driver in 2009 was successful as he finished sixth in the final point standings. I've always been a big fan of this car even though Elliott didn't officially drive it in any race. 1 Pennzoil for Dale Earnhardt Inc., blew an engine in the first turn, causing a wreck involving John Andretti and Earnhardt. Anyway, after the 1984 season, Bouchard would race another fifty races and he was done after five races in the 1987 season. 11 classic Buick that Waltrip piloted for two championship campaigns. Needless to say, they were great paint schemes and it is unfortunate that they were never run. 361 top tens. Axalta sponsorship gave Jeff Gordons Chevrolet a new look in 2013, when he had one victory, eight top fives and finished sixth in the premier series points standings. 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