The first NASCAR race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was an ARCA Menards Series West race won by Ken Schrader on November 2, 1996. He'd participate in 14 races that year, 13 of which were for Ed Evans in the No. It didn't get much better as he blew an engine on the 287th lap and finished the day in 39th. And of course, the actual cereal on the hood and sides was also a nice addition. The 1995 season was a huge one for Jeff Gordon, as he won his first of three premier series titles in four years. Labonte's July weekend got off a rather sub-par start, as the eventual champion started the night in the 21st position. Musgrave finished out the season driving for teams such as Bud Moore (two races), Travis Carter (one race), Buz McCall (one race), Doug Bawel (one race) and Bill Elliott (six races). 1 Pennzoil Chevrolet for Dale Earnhardt Inc. prior to the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte, but struggled in the twelve races he ran for them, finishing no higher than 16th. There was also his regular paint scheme that he drove in for the majority of the season. Who knows what Davey Allison could have become? I've probably liked this paint scheme so much since it was ran because it features different cerealsthat I used to eat all the time. 2023 will be his debut full-time season. #8 Alsco 77 Kodak/Jasper Engines Dodge in 2006, but didn't fare that well. He also attempted to make the second Charlotte race in the No. Through the 1998 season, Labonte had been a very talented driverbut was unable to turnwins into championships, as Jeff Gordon was in the midst of a great run and Dale Jarrett, Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace, his brotherTerry and other driverswere constantly running up front. Additionally, Gordon has not been to victory lane since his win at Watkins Glen. Country is more than just a steel guitar. Early in the movie, Trickle developed a fierce rivalry with Rowdy Burns, a Winston Cup Champion. It's possible that some images did not transfer over correctly when we moved to the new site. 2002 was the start of a down period for Wallace, as the 1989 Winston Cup Champion would not win a race for the first time since the 1986 season. The No. pic.twitter.com/pVl51qDfg2. But anyway, this was the first time that Dale Earnhardt and his son, Dale Jr., would compete in a Winston Cup event together, even though it was a non-points, exhibition race. . I'm just going to go ahead and say it: This is the first of quite a few Dale Earnhardt paint schemes on this list. 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. In the early 2010s, well everyone's getting their AARP card." 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. 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). Trickle pits for new tires and then wrecks Wheeler on his victory lap. #18 M&M's It's more evident by Musgrave's zero career wins in Sprint Cup compared to his 17 victories, 12 poles, 80 top fives,119 top tens and of course, the 2005 championship in the Truck Series. His best season perhaps came in 1993, as Martin accumulated seven wins, seven top fives and seven top tens. So most drivers stayed away from that color, but not Gant. This time, it has been brought to you by Aflac Dental on Carl Edwards' No. This paint scheme is as funny as it is beautiful. During 2002, his best finish was an 11th place effort at the Pocono 500. 27 McDonald's car after the 1994 season and ran the No. Kyle Busch: Lucas Oil NASCAR paint scheme released. Even though he didn't make it, Green still gave us one of the coolest pain schemes of the 2002 season. The Hueytown, Alabama native ran this car during the 1987 season, successfully making 22 of the 29 races. In 2000, his last season in the No. The 2003 season was a whirlwind for Green, as he started it with Richard Childress in the No. For the event, Gordon qualified in the 18th position, while finishing the race in 13th. 55 for D.K. And I'm not just saying that because he's my favorite driver of all-time. He didn't have great luck in the No. Dan Marino got into NASCAR and was part owner of this No.13 First Plus Loans car. ALL 2023 NASCAR PAINT SCHEMES!! The 1988 champion started the race in 27th, but slowly worked his way up to a finishing position of 19th. 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. At least he had a couple of cool paint schemes in his rookie 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. Views. Levi-Garrett, once a sponsor for Geoff Bodine's No. 15. 10. When Bill Elliot was an Owner-Driver his McDonald's paint schemes were some of the most recognizable on the track, however this paint scheme he ran to promote the Big Mac in 1998 looks like it was designed by an 4 th grader in some NASCAR art completion. It was this classic paint scheme that represented his successful partnership throughout the course of his career. 43 has had the fortune of having many different sponsors over the last five or so years. #40 AdventHealth The 12 years between his championships is the longest span in NASCAR history. It definitely hits on all the necessary criteria to qualify as one of the worst paint schemes ever. 00 has consistently put out some of the best paint schemes over the years. 18 for the 2008 Dodge Avenger 500 at Darlington. Moderators. Earnhardt had some of the coolest paint schemes I've ever seenand you will see some of those in the upcoming slides. In a promotion between DC Comics and Ford, Dale Jarrett's No. At Michigan, Labonte qualified in the back at 39th and finished the race in 26th. Anyway, I'm sure most of you know what the movie Upis. I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when this brilliant paint scheme was pitched to the marketing executives. 51 Mello Yello car from the movie. Throughout his career, Spencer was known to be one of the most hot-headed drivers of his era. However, those two races really did not bring Riggs fortune, as he posted finishes of 30th (started second) and 11th (started fifth), respectively. 9 green and orange scheme first appeared in the 2001 season and needless to say, he had great success in that car. 2. 11 Budweiser Chevrolet for Junior Johnson. honoring Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Dale Earnhardt Jr. from a 1998 race. 9 Cartoon Network Ford Taurus Lake Speed. Since his departure to the Cup level, Earnhardt has run a very limited schedule in NASCAR's second tier. Ulrich in 1991 and then Ray DeWitt from 1992-93. He did have some cool paint schemes, though. The No.1 UNO caris as real as it gets. Ted Musgrave was one of those drivers that was never really competitive at the series' top level, but he was a force on the other circuits. In 2006, Hendrick Motorsports brought back Labonte for a few races in what was considered to be his minor farewell tour. It didn't seem like a good at the time because up to that point, recent owner-drivers such as Bill Elliott, Geoff Bodine, Ricky Rudd and others had somewhat faltered and never won a championship. It was truly a great paint scheme; it's just a shame that Irvan wasn't able to drive it more. Maybe it's because there's money scattered everywhere on the car and like most people, I love money. His car would just get better as the laps winded down and he'd end up taking home the checkered flag after leading a race-high 167 laps. But he would come in seventh place, thus not advancing to the All-Star Race, which was eventually won by Ryan Newman. This is also one of a couple of paint schemes that ran one race and won it as well. Riggs would go on to finish the season 10th in the standings, as Greg Biffle took home the championship. Ken Schrader's No. Thus, it deserves a spot on this list. But oh well, they were still awesome. We first saw Kasey Kahne during the 2004 season, his rookie year in NASCAR with Ray Evernham, driving the No. 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. Although he wasn't in contention during the race, it was still cool to see that No. 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. It switched to the No. The paint scheme may have been very, very short lived, but it is by far one of most classic paint schemes of all-time. 12 and the colors would be gold and white. A 15-year-old skateboarder from 1987 called;he wants his bedroom decor back. The 20-year-old will drive the No. 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. 18 driven by Kyle Busch. When you start 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup races, you're good. Anyway, Busch ran three races in this specific scheme in 2010 and three last season. The owner of zero Sprint Cup Series wins, LePage was really given his first shot by Jack Roush during the 1998 season with thirteen races to go. However at the Firecracker 400 at Daytona, Trickle and Burnswould both be seriously injured in the "Big One." He also started second at the Daytona 500, the "Great American Race.". He'd finish a career-best 25th in points that season. 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. The paint scheme Ward Burton drove at Dover in September, this is scanned in from the Dover 1998 fall ticket. @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. 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. Anyway, Gordon has had some awesome paint schemes over the yearsthis being one of them. 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. #24 Jeff Gordon - Dupont / NASCAR 50th 'Chromalusion' Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1998 v1.0. One of the things that made NASCAR so appealing to me when I was younger was the different paint schemes. He won several races in this vehicle making the paint scheme even better than it looks. Glen Wood's first career win came at a 1960 race at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. NASCAR had their own edition of the "Ironman" as Labonte drove his silver No. "Parker can't drive a 10 penny nail into a snowman's arse if the snowman . Robby Gordon, known morefor his attitude and rough driving, rather than his actual driving skills, had his best season ever in 2003 for Richard Childress. The following season, Irwin signed on with Robert Yates Racing to drive the No. "The Dinger" had his best three-race stretch of the season during that span, earning finishes of 10th, 13th and 10th, respectively. Ready to throwback to the great @JeffGordonWeb this weekend! Gordon scored victories in the Chroma Premier, Jurassic Park, DuPont 200th Anniversary, and Pepsi cars. Photo courtesy of Ronald C. Modra/Getty Images. All rights reserved. His first 11th-place finish came at Las Vegas where Wallace sported the paint scheme featured in this slide. Well, in 1999, it was the Derby's 125th anniversary. With Frankenstein on the hood and Toucan Sam on the side, Labonte had one of the best paint schemes of the 1997 season. During that season, Baker would compete in 17 of the 29 races, the last time he'd race in at least half the races. 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. During that span, the twenty possible wins were shared among just six drivers: David Pearson (eight times), Bobby Allison (four times), Cale Yarborough (three times), Buddy Baker (two times), Darrell Waltrip (two times) and Benny Parsons (one time). It may not be as flashy as most others on this list, but it's still pretty coolespecially with the oranges all over the car. A post shared by Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass). During the 2006 season, Reese's sponsored Harvick for ten races. The car would make its final appearance at the NAPA 500 at Atlanta, qualifying ninth and finishing 18th. Rudd has always been considered one of the best drivers of the recent era and he had some pretty spectacular paint schemes along the way. 88 Rick Hendrick-owned ride prior to the 2008 season. Kulwicki was the highest-finishing Armed Forces car, as he finished in eighth after starting 27th. He started fielding cars in NASCAR in 1992 and has won three Sprint Cup championships, along with a Nationwide Championship with Kyle Busch in 2009. #18 Interstate Batteries Before Richard Childress was running racing teams, he was racing the CRC No.3. The youngest Petty started racing full-time in the Busch Series in 1999 season, driving cars fielded by none other than his father, Kyle. He'd last in the No. 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. The team began with driver Jeff Gordon, who spent his entire full-time career behind the wheel of the No. Green also filled in for Elliott the following week at Darlington, qualifying 40th and finishing 25th. Lets start with a simple shape a rectangle. Here's yet another Dale Earnhardt paint scheme. Once thought to be a contender at the Sprint Cup level, Scott Riggs has seemingly fallen off the face of the earth. 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. Labonte started the day all the way in last place, but managed to work his way up through the field and finished the day in 11th, as Dale Jarrett collected the checkered flag. 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