He'd be strong throughout the entire day, leading three laps and coming home third. That was definitely an awesome paint scheme, as we rarely see an all-gold car out on the track. When did Bellsouth have such a colorful design? Gordon, the eventual 1998 Winston Cup Champion, started the night in the fourth position. Thus, it deserves a spot on this list. Sept. 11, 2001 wasundoubtedly one of the worst days in our country's history. Unfortunately, it would also be the last All-Star race Earnhardt would ever compete in. After a hard crash that almost killed him in 1994 at Michigan, Irvan came back in 1995 to compete in three races. Thanks to everyone who voted! 7 7-Eleven Ford from 1983-86 with a few variations of it along the way. 29 paint scheme for Richard Childress. Here's a die-cast photo of the seven cars from 1997. 43 Dodge, starting with the Dover 400. Part 1 of a 4-part series is going to cover the beginning of the sport up until 1989. Whether its Waylon, Willie and legends of the past, or superstars in the making like Zach Bryan, our finger is always on the pulse of true country music. The DuPont No.24 Jurassic Park T-Rex special edition stock car is one of the all-time most requested paint schemes to own, that is if you collect die-cast models. That's why I'm so fond of this paint scheme even though it was driven by a person of Riggs' ability. There was nothing different. It shows a soft side, rather than the rugged side that we're used to seeing on television. 1. while the second race determines the lineup for the even positions (fourth, sixth, eighth, etc). Biffle started the weekend with a qualifying effort of 12th and would finish the 200 laps in the same positionhis Cup teammate Matt Kenseth would go on to win the race. With Axalta sponsorship and plenty of bright flames along the sides of his Chevrolet, Jeff Gordon won his record fifth Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2014. Views. The paint scheme Ward Burton drove at Dover in September, this is scanned in from the Dover 1998 fall ticket. The following season, Jones ran the entire season in the No. However, his day would end prematurely as he would be involved in a crash on lap 158 and would come home in 39th. Labonte would continue his streak until the 2000 season. scheme he ran in his native Texas. For the event, Gordon qualified in the 18th position, while finishing the race in 13th. 23 seasons. Affectionatelyknown as "Mr. September" for winning all four September races in 1991, Gant won a total 18 races, spanning 22 years on the circuit. Still driving for Jack Beebe in 1984, the red and blue Hawaiian Punch scheme first appeared at the Pepsi 400 at Daytona. But as we all know, Stewart forever changed NASCAR history last year when he won the Sprint Cup Championship, as result of a tie-breaker with Carl Edwards. The bronze colored body, was a nice change of pace for Earnhardt from the typical black . And that's what Harvick did. The best playlists in country musicperiod. He did have some cool paint schemes, though. It was this classic paint scheme that represented his successful partnership throughout the course of his career. 5. 94 Mac Tonight Fordis definitely one of the most brilliant and glistening paint schemes of all-time. @HBurtonRacing is throwing it back to @JeffBurton's old Exide scheme from 2000 for @TooToughToTame. So for the 1999 Winston, Earnhardt brought back his old sponsor, along with those yellow and blue colors. 92 for the 2001 season with the same sponsor. 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. 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 1991 Daytona 500 was a weird race, as only five cars finished the race on the lead lapErnie Irvan claimed his first win at Daytona while Sterling Marlin, Joe Ruttman, Rick Mast and Dale Earnhardt rounded out the top five. When professional wrestling and NASCAR racing crossover, that is it. THROWBACK @ToyotaRacing is set to celebrate its 1,500th race in #NASCAR with special throwback schemes at @TooToughToTame to commemorate the milestone. Anyway, Busch, the owner of 23 Sprint Cup Series wins overall, started the night in the sixth position. The biggest sponsor missing from the paint schemes of today is Coca-Cola. At the Dodge Dealers 400 at Dover, Target along with the video game Halo 3, sponsored Stremme. If you open up a history book, you're likely going to read about the Gulf War and Operation Desert Storm. Nothing is exciting about the Olive Garden but then again, we arent here to discuss menus, just the paint schemes. Busch would also win the championship two years later, directly after his teammate Matt Kenseth gave Jack Roush his first Cup championship in 2003. His luck did not get much better as he did not even finish the race and came home in 36thRusty Wallace won the race. The following season, his former boss, Ray Evernham, brought him back for two racesthe Pocono 500 and the Brickyard 400. Irwin participated in four races in 1997 for David Blair in the No. Bill Elliott. Earnhardt's paint scheme would not appear in the Coca-Cola 600 the following weekend. As Trickle is recovering, Daland hires another hotshot rookie to take his placeRuss Wheeler. Since Burton wasn't locked in to the All-Star race, he had to win the Winston Open to get in. Regardless, the black-and-white scheme was a rare commodity back in 2004, as we rarely saw any cars feature such a paint scheme. 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. Anyway, Irwin would slip back a little bit during the race, eventually finishing the race eight laps down in 20th. Absolutely nothing, but they do combine to make for one fugly race car. Jurassic Park. I didn't care that the driver was Jim Inglebright, who was someone I had never heard of. Earnhardt started the night in the fifth position and finished the event in fourth. Three years later, Wood claimed the checkered flag yet again at Bowman Gray Stadium for his fourth and final victory. Even though he ran a very slick paint scheme, Kahne managed to struggle all weekend. 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. The Batman Forever movie that came out in the mid 1990'syou know, the one with Jim Carrey as "The Riddler" and Tommy Lee Jones as "Two-Face." Lets start with a simple shape a rectangle. Over the course of a few seasons, including his 1996 Championship upset, we were used to seeing Labonte run the Kellogg's car with a few of their products thrown in. The two-time champion started the day in the middle of the pack in 18th. Labonte's teammate, Jeff Gordon, claimed his second of four championships. However, at Sonoma, Gordon would finish the race in 37th. Watch more top videos, highlights, and B/R original content, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. He also ran the car in 1988 as well, accumulating two wins, 12 top fives, 16 top tens and three poles. 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. Matty D drove a throwback scheme in last nights Truck Series race honoring Sterling Marlins Silver Bullet paint scheme from his early-2000s Cup Series ride. #4 Mobil 1 !Watch live on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/dlbxtvJoin the Discord Discord: https://discord.com/invite/yBcCr8VPEeFollow @dlb. 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. While I'm on the subject of the best paint schemes in NASCAR over the last thirty years, I pondered something else:What is the worst paint scheme in NASCAR history? LISTENWeb: https://t.co/Bifc95ifTgApple: https://t.co/yWSE7hCgoiGoogle: https://t.co/AOrz0CP3Ta pic.twitter.com/9avrsjckoe, Dirty Mo Media (@DirtyMoMedia) May 4, 2022. It was also the year that @Bobby_Labonte ran the @interstatebatts Shark car. Click HERE to go back to the top of this page! It featured a distinguished Gold Rush Green color shifting paint scheme, a subtle checkered flag graphic along its side, track specific safety equipment and strobe lights, and of course the Indianapolis 500 graphics centered on each door. Starting in 11th, Earnhardt ran up front for the first part of the race. The silver design was such a hit, it turned the paint schemes into a big part of what the fans loved about it. Its a lifestyle. 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. As stated above, First Tennessee Bank would be the sponsor for Blaney in the Sharpie 500. 64 car saw mild success during the 2005 season, even though they weren't able to notch any poles or wins. At North Wilkesboro, Wheeler gets dirty and spins Trickle out to win the race. Gordon scored victories in the Chroma Premier, Jurassic Park, DuPont 200th Anniversary, and Pepsi cars. He did, however, win two races over his NASCAR career with both coming in 1994 at Daytona and Talladega (the second runnings of each race). The MLB All-Star Game sponsored a few races throughout the years (as seen by Bobby Labonte's 2000 scheme). 12 Budweiser car or the No. Anyway, after the 1984 season, Bouchard would race another fifty races and he was done after five races in the 1987 season. 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. Bobby Labonte, along with his primary sponsor Interstate Batteries, conjoined with the Hall of Fame for the 2000 Pepsi 400 at Daytonathe MLB' Hall of Fame would go on to sponsor Dale Earnhardt Jr. in a couple of races over the next few seasons as well. 129. After qualifying in the 32nd position, Robinson was able to manage a 34th place finish in the No. Photo courtesy of Jamie Squire/Getty Images. Petty Enterprises had planned on running Adam in seven races during the 2000 season and giving him a full-time ride for the 2001 season. This car first appeared at the 1996 Daytona 500 with Robert Yates Racing. He also had a good run in the standings in that span as well, as Petty finished 13th, 16th, ninth and 10th in the final standings from 1983-86. After qualifying 22nd, Kahne finished the race one lap down in 21stKyle Busch won the race with Jeff Gordon and Kevin Harvick right behind him. Ah, Buckshot Jones. And Brad is now a part owner of Martins former team, Roush Racing. 21. Once you get your cartruck painted then you need someone that has a rendering program like 3DSMax to get the car rendered and that thing - 3DS Max is a high-dollar program like 3000 from what I read. 3. At least he had a couple of cool paint schemes in his rookie season. 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. Kahne was terrific during his rookie campaign, as the Washington native collected three poles in the first 14 events. Absolutely amazing. In 1998, NASCAR legend Ernie Irvan joined MB2 Motorsports to drive the No. Joe. Anyway, over the years, Bowyer has had some stellar paint schemes, especially the one he drove in the 2007 Crown Royal 400 at Richmond. And by 1998, there were rarely any green cars that appeared on the track. Now only if they put Madden or Battlefield 3 on the car would I be happy. If you watch NASCAR on FOX, you have heard about DW. A RIFF on what makes the great outdoorsgreat. Rusty Wallace's 2002 Elvis scheme was in remembrance of The King's death 25 years prior. 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. Funny Junior Magic Set Magic Performing Props Magic Set Toy for Kids Child Gift, NASCAR DECAL # 3 COCA COLA JAPAN 1998 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO DALE EARNHARDT 1/24, HO Scale Athearn Warner Quinland Triple Dome Tank Car MEAL WHEELS detailed NEW!, Academy Plastics M1151 Enhanced Armament Carrier, Tail Mount Fixed Bracket Parts For Wltoys 124017 . Ross Chastain will drive the No. Awesome patriotism. When you have Reese's, you got to have Hershey's, too. Benson would finish the race 33rd, as his teammate Mark Martin won the race with his other teammate, Jeff Burton, finishing right behind him. #20 Craftsman 43 featured sponsors that of the one pictured, Betty Crocker, STP, Cheerios, Chex Party Mix, Bugles, Cascadian Farm, Hamburger Helper, Totino's Mega Pizza Rolls and others. He qualified third for the event, but had a lackluster Sunday as he finished in 35th. 16 until the 1998 season, accumulating zero wins, 17 top-fives, 41 top-tens and five poles. Created Feb 23, 2020. The cars appear in chronological order, with the fundraising Jeff Gordon Children's Foundation cars at the bottom of the page. Sports fans that dont follow NASCAR can tell you about Richard Pettys dominance in the sport, he was just that good. Photo courtesy of Chris Graythern/Getty Images. Labonte had a great weekend in which we saw him qualify first among the 37 cars. Marcis started 883 Sprint Cup Series races, spanning an astounding 35 years, starting in 1968 and ending in 2002. He would finish the 29-race season ranked 20th in the point standings. This time, it was sponsored by the "New 32 Oz. Great movie. Since Stewart started the race, he would still collect the points that Rudd accumulated. Petty had practically just started his Winston Cup career at this point, as he was driving for the legendary Wood Brothers. I would go ahead and say that Steele was the best ARCA driver of all-time even though he wasn't able to race long-term. The 2.5-mile of Daytona International Speedway hosted the famed Daytona 500. . You can't deny that this is an awesome paint scheme. 20. McMurray would start the car the following week at Dover and post a third-place finish, the team's highest run of the season. Due to his 39th-place effort, Labonte dropped to third in the points standings. Thanks to Ryan for scanning it in and sending it to me. Earnhardt and his No. Delicious! However, the joyous occasion did not help Gordon's weekend. His G.I. Musgrave would then get his first shot in a competitive car when he signed on with Roush Racing to drive the No. The 20-year-old will drive the No. Two races later, at the Banquet 400 at Kansas, Green would run a special paint scheme, sponsoring Berry Burst Cheerios. That is second-best all-time behind John Rostek (1960, Arizona State Fairgrounds), Jamie McMurray (2002, Charlotte) and most recently Trevor Bayne in last year's Daytona 500. It's one of my favorite movies of all-time. Getting your hands on one is very difficult. What was so cool about it was that the car was also owned by one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history, Dan Marino (notice the colors and number of the car). 2 Miller Lite car. At the tender age of 50, Rudd participated in 31 of the 36 races, accumulating just one top-ten in the processhis lone top ten finish came at the Coca-Cola 600 when he started seventh and finished in the same position. At Phoenix, the former two-time champion worked his way through the field and finished the 312 laps in 17th. The former Winston Cup Champion ran this specific paint scheme attwo races during the 1998 season -- at the Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 at Richmond andtwo weeks laterat the NAPA Autocare 500 at Martinsville. Sterling Marlin, Ricky Rudd, Rusty Wallace and Geoff Bodine rounded out the top five. Good-bye rainbows, hello flames: For 2001, Jeff Gordons No. He earned the nickname "Buckshot" from his grandfather after he ran into a table and showed no signs of pain. Over the years, the No. He'd work his way up through the pack and would finish the 400 laps with the checkered flag and a trip to victory lane. In those later years, Baker would race a little over half of the races that were announced. Edwards, along with his primary sponsor Aflac, teamed up with the new Pixar movie for the 2009 Southern 500 at Darlington in May. So needless to say, no one really paid attention to Petty's driving during those years. 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. Members. (On a side note, I'd say Busch is one of the best Bristol drivers in NASCAR history). It is still, to this day, one of my favorite paint schemes of all-time. He'd work his way through the pack for the entire race, and would finish the day in third place, tied for his season best. Sawyer, a long-time Nationwide Series driver, was primarily sponsored by Hot Tamales in 2001. Tide returned as the main sponsor on the car yet again, as Hamilton Jr. was hoping to have a decent season. The former Truck Series Champion got his first chance driving the No. 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. Over those four races, his sponsors included Tonka, Action Performance, Winner's Circle and G.I. Two weeks after his debut at the series' top level, Harvick would win the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500 at Atlanta, barely passing the finish line ahead of Jeff Gordonit is still one of the closest finishes in NASCAR history. A post shared by Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass). The reigning Cup champion will drive a No. Busch started theweekend with a mediocreeffort, qualifying in the 27thposition and as I stated before, Busch drove his way through the pack and finished the 500 laps in first place. A few weeks later, Labonte posted back-to-back finishes of 35th (Pocono) and 40th (Indy), thus practically putting an end to his championship hopes. 29 at the Samsung/Radio Shack 500 at Texas. And some just pick their No. Earnhardt started the night 19th and finished the night in the very same position. Additionally, Gordon has not been to victory lane since his win at Watkins Glen. There were so many different schemes that were just downright spectacular and of course, there were others that left you thinking, "What is that?". 1998 No.94 Bill Elliott, McDonalds Big Mac Tonight. At the end of the 2010 season, we saw Shell and Pennzoil leave Harvick for the No. I have heard some people say it is undoubtedly the ugliest paint scheme of all-time and I've heard some people say it's the best one ever. Earnhardt would start the day in 15th and would finish the 201 laps in eighth. 00 Burger King Chevroletduring the 2006 season with races andfinishesat Chicagoland (35th), Loudon (32nd), Indianapolis (22nd) and Fontana (42nd). I've always been a big fan of the Federated Auto Parts paint schemes. Terry and Bobby Labonte are the only pair of brothers to win a Sprint Cup Championship. Truex was involved in crashes on laps 92 and 153 after starting the race in 20th. As we all know in the NASCAR world, the young Trevor Bayne completed one of the biggest upsets in NASCAR history as he won the 2011 Daytona 500 in just his second career start for the Wood Brothers. Following the season, Grubb latched on with Team Bristol Motorsports, but struggled and was eventually released by the team before season's end. 1998 No. From left to right: Mickey Gibbs (No. Well, why is it? A mindset. 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. 11 Budweiser Chevrolet for Junior Johnson. In any case, it was still a spectacular-looking paint scheme and was definitely a nice transformation from the familiar Viagra Ford we were all used to seeing. Gordon, a four-time all-star winner, was leading the '98 race when he ran out of fuel on the last lap. 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. Here are 20 fabulous paint schemes from Gordons Hall of Fame career. The light brown sides of the car were a good mix with the blue and the blue inside the tires was a good idea as well. In four of those eight races, Axalta was the primary sponsor of the No. Dale Jarrett collected the pole for the series' biggest race and Jimmie Johnson lined up beside him, meaning those were the only two positions locked in. 28 Ford for Yates Racing. But this was the first time that they actually sponsored a race car. And he wasn't done there. Mayfield arguably had one of his best all-around weekends of the 1999 season, as the Kentucky native started the day in 14th. When the first caution was brought out by Tony Raines, Stewart came on to pit road and was replaced by Rudd. Legends have them. I think that's why I like it so much. They both moved exponentially fast and were never scared to get in people's faces. The race was run on Aug. 10, 2003, not even two years after the attacks that shocked our nation. "DW" ran the car pictured in the 1997 Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 at Richmond, but struggled throughout the race. Gibbs will be driving a throwback to Bobby Labontes 2002 Interstate Batteries car, a paint scheme that Labonte ran for Joe Gibbs racing owned, of course, by Tys grandfather. Harry Gant's Skoal Bandit car was one of the most famous and well-known paint schemes of his era. 35 Tabasco car. The track handed out cards prior to the race with Benson's paint scheme, in all angles, on it. Anyway, this car featured an amazing paint scheme, benefiting the John Wayne Cancer Institute in the process. There's a decent shot that he could end up in the NASCAR Hall of Fame in a few years. Early in the movie, Trickle developed a fierce rivalry with Rowdy Burns, a Winston Cup Champion. 1997 No.17 Darrell Waltrip, Parts America Chrome. A one-time scheme, Bill Elliott drove this No. The special graphics on the car also honored baseball player Rafael Palmeiro's 500th home run. The following season, Irwin signed on with Robert Yates Racing to drive the No. There were also lower-tier drivers such as Johnny Benson Jr., Ted Musgrave, Ricky Craven and Jeremy Mayfield who hadn't made names for themselves just yet. Anyway, Gordon has had some awesome paint schemes over the yearsthis being one of them. Gordon started the Busch Clash in 14th, the race's final position. Bueschers #17 car will also pay tribute to its former driver with a throwback to Matt Kenseths DeWalt paint scheme. Kevin LePage was one of those drivers that had potential but was never able to become that driver that everyone thought he would become. Benson started the race in the 23rd position, but would be involved in a crash on lap 277. The following weekend at one of racing's most storied tracks, Elliott got off to a great start with a eighth-place effort. 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. Bobby Labonte ran this specific scheme at the 2007 Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire. Quote Tweets. Oh well, it happens. Disgraced former attorney Alex Murdaugh stands trial for the brutal June 7, 2021 murders of his wife Margaret and youngest son Paul at their Colleton County property. Dale Jr. hopped out of his car and stood at the driver's net with his hands up in the air. This car was run twice during the seasonat the Tropicana Twister 300 at Chicagoland and at the Kroger 200 at the Indianapolis Raceway Park. 47 JTG-Daugherty Toyota has had some random, yet cool paint schemes. Marty Robbins is best known as a legendary country music singer. 28 scheme was truly one of the best of that era and definitely one of the best of all-time. The film, in collaboration with M&M's and Joe Gibbs Racing, decided to sponsor Kyle Busch's 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). 07 Sirius Satellite Radio Dodge. Firstly, this is one of the greatest looking paint schemes I've ever seen. #20 DEWALT #18 Interstate Batteries Junior, as he's so aptly named, started the weekend with a qualifying effort of sixth. 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. Jeff Gordon won the race, with Sterling Marlin coming in ahead of Benson. NASCAR has always been interesting and it is much more than cars just taking left turns. If your sponsor is a bear, why not feature it on the hood of your race car? Over his long career which spanned 393 starts, Andretti only reached Victory Lane twiceone was an upset win at the 1997 Pepsi 400 at Daytona and the other was a well-deserved win at the 1999 Goody's Body Pain 500 at Martinsville. 7 Sirius Satellite Radio Dodge and fared even worse in his sophomore season, competing in 35 of the 36 races with zero top-ten finishes. 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. The one in this slide is just one of them. This rivalry ended up getting the better of Trickle many times as he ended many races in the garage, rather with a blown engine or being involved in a wreck. 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. The retro paint scheme honored the oldedition that Darrell Waltrip, affectionatelyknown as "Jaws," drove during the 1981 and 1982 seasons. Free shipping for many products! That night gave us one of the coolest throwback paint schemes of all-time, thus earning the No. I've always been a big fan of the paint scheme, even though it was driven by Jeff Green, who I loathed while he was in the Busch Series. Gordon ran this paint scheme five times during the season, with races at Las Vegas, Phoenix, Chicagoland, Richmond and Texas. . #3 American Ethanol Despite having a pretty cool paint scheme, Riggs managed finishes of 35th, 40th and 33rd in those three races, respectively. However, he struggled in The Chase and finished 10th in the final points standings. With his new flamed paint job, Gordon won his fourth and final premier series title in 01. Nadeau posted two top 20 finishes with Melling over the final sixteen races. I'm an Alabama fan so I felt entitled to put this car on the list. All rights reserved. Kyle Petty had a chance to own the paint scheme rankings when he signed with Hot Wheels but he only earned one Hot Wheels car on this list, the Blues Brothers movie edition he drove in 1998. In the early 2000s NASCAR started lighting the old traditions on fire and it was a new era. He could have been a Hall-of-Fame caliber driver or a mediocre driver that consistently ran in the middle of the pack in the middle part of his career. Even though Gordon came in 12th in the Winston, he won the third-most money in the race. Harrison Burton will be honoring his dad with a throwback to the 2000 Exide ride. Like a number of paint schemes on this list, the one pictured was a one-race deal. Copyright 2008-2023 BroBible. I wanted to put it on here anyway. But then I remembered his Ned Jarrett Tribute car and it had to be on the slideshow. For the previous 43 years, drivers consistently drove the same paint scheme week after week. 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