Martin had a good weekend, as he qualified in the 10th position and finished the day in seventhTony Stewart won the race, along with the championship at the end of the season. The No. Johnny Benson Jr. won the 2008 Truck Series Championship, successfully becoming the second driver, along with Biffle, to win championships in both series. On behalf of McDonalds, Sorenson ran a special McCafe paint scheme in four races that season, first appearing in the Crown Royal 400 at Richmond. He then signed with Carroll Motorsports for a part-time ride, but got caught up in many unfortunate accidents and the team folded at the end of the season. 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. 36 cara car that is consideredto havehad manycool and different paint schemes throughout the years. 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. Photo courtesy of Geoff Burke/Getty Images for NASCAR. Bill Elliott's No. Greg Sacks finished in last place after a crash on lap twenty. In any case, Labonte's paint scheme was a great promotional idea and a great paint scheme, even though the movie was decent. At least it helped a good cause. Over those four races, his sponsors included Tonka, Action Performance, Winner's Circle and G.I. He had one of his best qualifying efforts of the season, as he started the long night in the fifth position. 58Hut Stricklin, 1999 (Loudon, Dover, Martinsville), No. 18 for the 2008 Dodge Avenger 500 at Darlington. The MLB All-Star Game sponsored a few races throughout the years (as seen by Bobby Labonte's 2000 scheme). Sports fans that dont follow NASCAR can tell you about Richard Pettys dominance in the sport, he was just that good. Or of course, some just pick a driver that the person that introduced them to NASCAR, likes. His Sprint Cup career stat-line now looks like this: 75 starts, one pole (Phoenix, 2001), one top five and four top tens. This car was run just onceby Dennis Setzer at the 1998 DieHard 500 at Talladega. A few weeks later at Charlotte, Labonte did slightly better, qualifying 13th and finishing 21st. Irwin ran just four races in the 1997 season before becoming a full-time driver in 1998. His weekend got off to a fairly decent start, as he qualified in the 14th position. If Batman is the most popular DC Comics superhero ever created than The Joker is the best villain ever created, hands down. 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. 25 years later, Richard Petty and Kahne commemorated the paint scheme with a "retro edition". Not to mention, this car was run in the midst of Jarrett's "glory years". From 1970-79, the Winston Cup Series ran a total oftwenty races at Darlington. And Brad is now a part owner of Martins former team, Roush Racing. Darrell Waltrip was an amazing driver, no doubt about it. Before Kyle Busch was the fixture of the Mars Company, Elliott Sadler was while driving the No. So far, we've seen schemes such as the "Silverwrench," the 1996 Olympics edition, the Wheaties edition and the Wrangler throwback run in the annual all-star race. In 2000, his last season in the No. He was forced to go behind the pit wall in order for it to be repaired after the accident. 5, Dale Earnhardt Inc. in the No. Ken Schrader's No. But back to the race. The following season, Irwin signed on with Robert Yates Racing to drive the No. Over the next ten weeks, Allison would post finishes of 11th or better seven times, including a second-place effort at the Winston 500 at Talladega. For the 1988 season, Baker, along with Danny Schiff, were owners yet again. Along the way, Allison collected two wins, nine top fives, ten top tens and five poles, while finishing 21st in the final point standings. Let us know which year and page you were looking at and we will check on it. Well, this paint scheme was put together to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Big Mac, perhaps one of the most well-known fast food sandwiches in the United States and maybe, the world. 13 car during the 1998 season for Jerry Nadeau and as we all know, the No. 21. David Land: "Gordon's paint schemes were indicative of the era of NASCAR and its fanbas. 10 NesQuik car. #13 Twisted Tea Anyway, this paint scheme was simply awesome. 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. During the mid- to late-1980's, Baker's career was winding down as he was quickly rising up in years. He finished ahead of future champions Dale Jarrett and Bobby Labonte, along with past champion Bill Elliott, Ricky Rudd, Michael Waltrip and others. Here's yet another Dale Earnhardt paint scheme. 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 few weeks later, Irvan announced that he would retire from the sport and he hasn't raced since. 88 would feature Batman (not pictured), along with his main sponsor Quality Care and Irwin's car would transform from that traditional black-and-red scheme to a yellow, green and purple scheme sponsored by The Joker along with his main sponsor, Texaco Havoline. 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. Now your brand has replaced the word fuel in NASCAR. #48 Ally They would not retain him after season's end and he would become a "free agent.". Although he started last in the race and finished 36th, it was still a nice farewell to a great driverI might add that Labonte has run 29 races since Texas, but it was still a nice gesture to the two-time champion. Mark Martin won the race after Jeff Gordon ran out of gas on the last lap. 00 Cheez-It Pontiac. 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. 1998 No.24 Jeff Gordon, DuPont Chromalusion Special Edition. Online. 00 from Michael Waltrip Racing has had some of the coolest paint schemes (even though a lot of them aren't on this list). Earnhardt's weekend got off to a great start, notching a second-place qualifying effort. However, Elliott was in the midst of a long winless drought and it didn't get any better with the Toy Story II paint scheme. Labonte's weekend got off to a phenomenal start, as he qualified on the inside of the front row, also known as first place. When Martin took the green flag that Sunday, it was the third-longest consecutive starts streak among active drivers behind only Ricky Rudd and Rusty Wallaceit was also the seventh-longest streak in NASCAR history. If you want to look good at @TooToughToTame then youve gotta look tough. But that green, red, blue and yellow paint scheme was quite spectacular. Views. He would then move on to Jim Smith to drive the No. This is perhaps one of the most revolutionary paint schemes of all-time. Irwin, who drove the No. I really wouldn't call it a celebration, as it was more like a memorial paint scheme. There had rarely been any purple cars in NASCAR before Andretti hopped in the No. Photo courtesy of Ronald C. Modra/Getty Images. But the No.28 Hardees was perfectly painted to use the color scheme of its sponsors to perfection. Since Burton wasn't locked in to the All-Star race, he had to win the Winston Open to get in. 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 . His Sharpie $1,000,000 Contest was definitely a great paint scheme and helped him win the first race of his career. 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. A lifestyle so perfectly captured by the country greats of yesterday, but still alive and well today in artists who truly get it. 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. Thought to be one of the most anticipated films of 1998, Small Soldiers had a budget of $40 million. Riggs got his first shot at stardom prior to the 2002 season when he was hired to drive the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, as driver Jeff Gordon became one of the main spokespeople for the AARPs Drive to End Hunger program. By 1997, Darrell Waltrip was almost finished racing stock cars in the Sprint Cup. 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. I wanted to put it on here anyway. Allison's No. 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. Before he was a star on the Sprint Cup circuit, Dale Jarrett was dicing it up in the Busch Series. Over the course of the 2002 campaign, Riggsmostly featured the NesQuik paint scheme for the season. With his new flamed paint job, Gordon won his fourth and final premier series title in 01. 17. Jeff Gordon donned this special paint scheme to run in The Winston, NASCARs annual all-star race. This time, it has been brought to you by Aflac Dental on Carl Edwards' No. 44 car sponsored by Piedmont Airlines. 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. 60 Winn-Dixie car for Jack Roush. Country music is the lifeblood of Whiskey Riff, and we pride ourselves on standing firmly in the corner of the independent artists, and those few in the mainstream still doing it the right way. The track handed out cards prior to the race with Benson's paint scheme, in all angles, on it. Jeff Gordon has raced a special paint scheme in at least one event in every season since 1997. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet for the No. That was definitely an awesome paint scheme, as we rarely see an all-gold car out on the track. However, it somewhat floundered in the box office, finishing with $54,682,547. Labonte would continue his streak until the 2000 season. 44 Chevrolet sponsored by Kellogg's, the sponsor he had when he won the championship in 1996. During a 2012 test at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the familiar No. It's nice to tune in every week and see a cool paint scheme that has never been used before. But it didn't happen in this case. So needless to say, no one really paid attention to Petty's driving during those years. This is one of a few cars on this list that wasn't actually run in an official NASCAR race. This entry from the Cartoon Network in 1998 has every element possible to qualify as one of the worst paint schemes in NASCAR history. The following season, he signed on to drive the No. In 1949, NASCAR officially began and since then it has turned stock car racing into one of the most profitable sports in the World. Photo courtesy of Gregory Shamus/Getty Images. 14 Burger King car, not the one that Tony Stewart has sometimes driven over the last few seasons. He also registered 474 starts, 17 poles, 123 top fives and 208 top tens over that span as well. To race a paint or for more options, sign in to Trading Paints. He seemed like he was going to become a big star in NASCAR before suffering a serious brain injury in Nov. 1997. Hours before the race, Daland gives anew engineto Hogge and Co. after it is discovered that their car is leaking oil. Kevin Grubb had one of the most heartbreaking stories in NASCAR history. Before Goodwrench, Dale Earnhardt Sr. was driving around in the Wrangler Jeans No.3. The fictional character, The Grinch, even appeared on his Chevrolet for a couple of races. In any case, Labonte's paint scheme was a great promotional idea and a great paint scheme, even though the movie was decent. Terry Labonte, a Texas native, won the race with Dale Jarrett, Bobby Labonte, Rusty Wallace and Jeremy Mayfield rounding out the top five. Their use has historically been largely confined to NASCAR stock car racing, partially due to the much larger surface area of a stock car, and longer season, but have entered the IndyCar in a limited fashion. 36 Skittles Pontiac car. I always thought it was a great paint scheme that celebrated a great driver's career. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for XRARE 1:24 Terry Labonte #5 KELLOGG'S IRON MAN 1998 NASCAR - BEST PAINT SCHEME! With his second-place effort in the event, the No. However, he would finish the race in third, as Jeff Gordon would win his third Daytona 500 and Kurt Busch would finish in second. Mayfield arguably had one of his best all-around weekends of the 1999 season, as the Kentucky native started the day in 14th. His No. 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. It's definitely an awesome paint scheme. I couldn't find a real photo of this car, so the die-cast version will have to do. Irvan would go on to supplant Cope in the No. The car would appear yet again in the "Great American Race" and he would prove to have a solid car all day and was in contention for the most part. Every driver seemed to believe in it at some point except for Harry Gant, who drove 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. NASCAR DECAL # 3 COCA COLA JAPAN 1998 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO DALE EARNHARDT 1/24. In any case, it was still a great tribute to one of the men that helped turned NASCAR into what it is today. Early in the movie, Trickle developed a fierce rivalry with Rowdy Burns, a Winston Cup Champion. 05 for Wayne Day in 2009he'd compete in twenty races that season and we have not seen him since. I bet some of you are asking why the Kentucky Derby would be on a race car? It was the last of Elliott's six races that season, as he ran for Evernham at Michigan, Charlotte and Memphis. Petty had practically just started his Winston Cup career at this point, as he was driving for the legendary Wood Brothers. As far as I know, these cars have been sponsored by them: No. The 2011 champion runner-up qualified 22nd for the Lenox Industrial Tools 300 and finished Sunday in the 13th positionDenny Hamlin won the race if you wanted to know. The weekend in Pennsylvania wasn't good from the get go, as Elliott started the day in the 37th position. He finished 30th or worse in 17 of the 35 races. Over that season, Labonte's sponsors featured that of the one pictured, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Goody's Headache Powder, Spiderman 3, Cheerios, Totino's Pizza Rolls, Chocolate Chexand others. 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. 4 HS Die Chevrolet he drove for James Finch in the 1997 Busch Series season. It's a shame because Tim Steele was one of the best overall drivers of the 1990's and it looked like he would become a great NASCAR driver. . He drove this car multiple times throughout the 2005 season with races at Indianapolis, Bristol and Atlanta. Sunday at 3:30p ET on FS1, https://t.co/kL92FRtslr and the FOX Sports App https://t.co/U4a0xtukwL pic.twitter.com/MzSLinlJ90. So for the 1999 Winston, Earnhardt brought back his old sponsor, along with those yellow and blue colors. This car was run at the 2002 Food City 500 at Bristol, the sixth race of the season. He'd come back yet again the next season, competing in 17 of the 31 races. This specific paint scheme was run in 2001 by Robinson. Elliott had a decent weekend in the City of Blues, as he started that Saturday in the sixth positionhe would finish the day 10 positions lower, in 16thClint Bowyer won the race. 1 Guest Online Now #1 - Guest on 02/25/2023 @ 6:10 am Armory Digital Racing Designs - NR2003 mods, tracks, paint schemes, UI, and more [] []. The paint scheme, which was run at the 2010 Crown Royal 400 at Richmond, was ran to honor Budweiser's paint scheme 25 years ago. Stewart won early races at Daytona and Martinsville and looked like a championship contender, but had some bad luck in the next few races. All rights reserved. Regardless, it was still a great looking paint scheme and it was too bad that he couldn't fare better. His G.I. However, he didn't do that much better, as he accumulated one pole (Michigan), one top five and three top tens. It has become a consistent sight to see an orange 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. There was no doubt that Wallace was at the tail end of his career, but he was still competitive in those years. He was discharged from the HealthSouth Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama four days prior to the 500-mile race. Gordon, a four-time all-star winner, was leading the 98 race when he ran out of fuel on the last lap. Ragan, who won a his first career Sprint Cup race afew weeks prior at the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona, got off to a fantastic start during the weekend. Marty Robbins is best known as a legendary country music singer. Before he was in the booth, he was a one man wrecking crew that helped turn NASCAR into the sport it is today. I just never really understood that, but anyway, on to the actual subject. He'd participate in 14 races that year, 13 of which were for Ed Evans in the No. Like a few paint schemes on this list, Jeff Gordon's gold and black No. I don't know why, but they've always had a softspot in my heart. However, Hershey's sponsored the car for just one racethe Pepsi 400 at Daytona. What more could you ask for? I'm saying it because it is a truly classic paint scheme. McMurray is going back to the 90s with this Mac Tonight paint scheme we last saw on . In 1998, Dale drove a Bass Pro sponsored gold paint scheme commemorating NASCAR's 50th anniversary. Brad will be running a throwback to Mark Martins Viagra car from the early 2000s. He wouldn't finish the race either and came home in 36th. He would finish the 2006 season 11th in points, the only year he has finished outside of the top 10 at the end of aseason. This is one of them. This was undoubtedly the best one of the bunch. Custer will honor the late Jason Leffler with his #41 Stewart Haas Racing Ford this weekend. I love the paint scheme and wanted to put it higher, but it's got to stay down in the lower 70's. As we all know, Bill Elliott was sponsored by McDonald'sfor a number of seasons, with a decent variety of paint schemes. Pepsi-Cola and Jeff Gordon had a long association, with the No. During the last race of 2012, Jeff Gordons No. It'd appear again the next two races as well, finishing second and 20th. I don't know why I've fancied this paint scheme since I saw it in the 2002 season, but I just have. Im so grateful to get to honor Lee Pettys Hall of Fame career! The former Sprint Cup Champion has seemingly bounced around since obtaining the championship, driving the No. Musgrave also was a runner-up in 2001 and finished third in the points standings from 2002-04. The following season, Jones ran the entire season in the No. In the early 2010s, well everyone's getting their AARP card." Even though it's not really a "fact" and more like a myth, the No. Unfortunately, it would also be the last All-Star race Earnhardt would ever compete in. But before that, he was racing the Miller Lite Dodge that really never had different paint schemes. Spencer was also one of those drivers that had copious amounts of potential, but he just couldn't close the deal. 13 has always been considered bad luck (Nadeau's car was also previously mentioned in this slideshow). Maybe it's because there's money scattered everywhere on the car and like most people, I love money. Baker's career started in 1959 and raced full-time for a good-sized portion of his career. In order to be in the All-Star Race, Green had to win the Winston Open and it got off to a good start, as he was on the pole for the event. In 1994, Allison's replacement Ernie Irvan, was in the midst of a title run, but suffered critical brain and lung injuries after a crash at Michiganafter the crash, many feared that he had perished, but was air-lifted to the hospital and survived even though he was given a 10 percent chance of living. 32 that Ricky Craven had recently departed from. Over the 2000 season, Labonte started 30th or worse in 19 of the 34 races. Hamilton Jr. drove this specific car at the season-opening Daytona 500of the 2005 Nextel Cup season. This paint scheme is as funny as it is beautiful. 26 Ford, primarily sponsored by Cheerios, saw a couple of different paint schemes over the season, but the one pictured was great. Likes. And by the way, Val Kilmer played Batman (I think the last time I saw Kilmer was on the movie, MacGruber). 2019 Cup Series Paint Schemes. "Million Dollar Bill" ran this car at the UAW-GM Teamwork 500at Pocono in 1995, the 17th race of the season. 1 Pennzoil for Dale Earnhardt Inc., blew an engine in the first turn, causing a wreck involving John Andretti and Earnhardt. So, I wish it was 1998 rules." . Every time I see this car, I wonder how Dale Earnhardt REALLY felt about having to drive a car designed by a pre-school class. As Trickle is recovering, Daland hires another hotshot rookie to take his placeRuss Wheeler. This paint scheme has always confused me because the car was officially run in 1998, but the movie sponsor is that off the Blues Brothers 2000. Yeah, it was like that in 2006 as well. Mark Martin, perhaps the greatest driver to never win a Sprint Cup championship, had a small "farewell tour" during the 2005 season, as it was thought his career would be winding down pretty soon. After his dismissal, Nadeau signed on with Harry Melling to drive the No. Here's a die-cast photo of the seven cars from 1997. Mayfield, along with his main sponsor Mobil 1 and owner Michael Kranefuss, decided to bring in the Kentucky Derby as an associate sponsor for the 1999 California 500 by NAPA at Fontana. 1999 No.42 Joe Nemechek, Bellsouth. Jones would not run a full-time schedule in the Nationwide Series nor Sprint Cup Series for the rest of his NASCAR career. The 1984 race is perhaps best known as Petty's 200th and final trip to victory lane. He also won two championships with that paint scheme as well. Bill Elliott. Buddy Baker, also affectiously known as "Leadfoot," had one of the longest careers in NASCAR history. Busch, who was perhaps the most dominant driver of 2008, accumulated a series-high eight wins, 17 top fives, 21 top tens and two poles over the course of the season. His No. Even though he finished in the middle of the field, he gave us a great paint scheme to look at. However, he struggled in The Chase and finished 10th in the final points standings. Brothers Bobby and Terry Labonte finished second and third respectively with Earnhardt finishing in fourth. Share this article 9.9k shares . Following the season, Grubb latched on with Team Bristol Motorsports, but struggled and was eventually released by the team before season's end. Gordon's No. So with an honorable mention is Cole Trickle's No. 7, Petty registered 12 top fives, 34 top tens and a win at the 1986 Miller High Life 400 at Richmond. And of course, Richard Petty claimed seven championships over his career, but his brother Maurice never won a single race. I had always admired his Spree Chevrolet and that's why it's No. 47 car in 2009 and at the season finale at Homestead, Ambrose's car featured a sleek blue scheme sponsored by Little Debbie's Chocolate Cupcakes. 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