1998 nascar paint schemes

Musgrave also was a runner-up in 2001 and finished third in the points standings from 2002-04. Although they were sub-par finishes, it was still an awesome paint scheme. Sep 30 2013 - 4:17pm. In 1997, Earnhardt brought in an all-orange Wheaties Chevrolet. 1997 No.24 Jeff Gordon, DuPont T-Rex. It's a shame that the former Busch Series champion and two-time runner-up couldn't have a better Cup career. The following weekend, Labonte struggled and came home in 25th. 27 poles. Carrying a striking green paint scheme for sponsor Nicorette, Jeff Gordon qualified on the pole for the 2008 Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. What more could you ask for? Following his arrival at Roush Racing at Michigan, LePage would post seven top-20 finishes, including a season best sixth-place finish at Charlotte. Petty had copious amounts of potential, but his life was tragically cut short at New Hampshire in 2000 when he got loose going into Turn 3 and crashed head-on into the wall. The special graphics on the car also honored baseball player Rafael Palmeiro's 500th home run. Whether he finished first, last or 23rd, it was still a great paint scheme and a great tribute to one of the best NASCAR drivers of all-time. Once a highly-touted prospect in the Nationwide Series (formerly the Busch Series), Grubb was offered a full-time ride in 1999 by Brewco Motorsports. Tasting the rainbow has never had such an important meaning than when Ernie Irvan rocked this paint scheme in 1999. But this was the first time that they actually sponsored a race car. The following season, Kvapil latched on to Cal Wells' No. Bobby Labonte ran this specific scheme at the 2007 Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire. That's why it deserves an honorable mention. Gordon's teammates, Terry Labonte and Ricky Craven, finished second and third, respectively. Since 2000, there have been 17 races run at Darlington and 13 different drivers have won. The youngest Petty started racing full-time in the Busch Series in 1999 season, driving cars fielded by none other than his father, Kyle. However, his car would be a hassle all race long and Bayne would finish the race in 31st, five laps down. Photo courtesy of Ronald C. Modra/Getty Images. 99 took to one of the smallest tracks in NASCAR. 99 Kraft/Velveeta scheme that he ranat the 2003 All-Star weekend. McMurray would start the car the following week at Dover and post a third-place finish, the team's highest run of the season. Buddy Baker didnt drive it for many years but when he did, it left a lasting impression along the way. When you haveGameStop as your sponsor, you're bound to have some pretty spectacular paint schemes. In this slideshow, I will show what I think the best 130 paint schemes of the last thirty years are. The paint scheme that started it all. At least the paint scheme was pretty cool. I'm going to start this off with a bold prediction.. Kahne will finish in the top five in points this upcoming season. Well, this is another one. Rusty Wallace's 2002 Elvis scheme was in remembrance of The King's death 25 years prior. Earnhardt would receive damage to his car and would miss the rest of the racehe'd finish in 36th. As we all know, Bill Elliott was sponsored by McDonald'sfor a number of seasons, with a decent variety of paint schemes. 1 Kubota Chevrolet. Burton has not won since 2008 and I for one, would like to see him in Victory Lane one more time. 8. Great movie. After a tumultuous year in which is father died at the Daytona 500, "Junior" was sponsored by the All-Star game for that year's Pepsi 400. The 20-year-old will drive the No. He also had another Checkers/Valvoline scheme that he drove at the second Talladega racethere was also a special Checker's/Florida State University paint scheme that he drove at the season finale at Homestead. Photo courtesy of Jonathan Ferrey/Allsport. From left to right: Mickey Gibbs (No. 45 Spree paint scheme first appeared during the 1998 season, as he drove three races at age 17. Even though he ran a very slick paint scheme, Kahne managed to struggle all weekend. 21 Citgo Chevrolet, pulled off a massive upset and won the Winstonhis first victory of any sort at the Sprint Cup/Winston Cup level (he'd go on to win his first ever points race less than five years later at the Daytona 500). We also saw this paint scheme hit the pavement in the annual Winston All-Star Race. At this point in time, Waltrip was definitely at the tail end of his lengthy, 84-win Sprint Cup career. The car would make its final appearance at the NAPA 500 at Atlanta, qualifying ninth and finishing 18th. 54 car out of the Joe Gibbs Racing stable. In 1996, Irvan would return to the No. This is perhaps one of the most revolutionary paint schemes of all-time. The following season, he won another four races, attempting 17 of the 25 raceshe finished the season ninth in points, however. Needless to say, Busch got off to a hot start for his full-time sophomore season. As Trickle is recovering, Daland hires another hotshot rookie to take his placeRuss Wheeler. Anyway, Harvick's Hershey's scheme was a great looking car, especially because of the mixture of silver and brown. However, handling became a serious issue throughout the race and he'd be out of the race by lap 135. On July 27, 2007, The Simpsons Movie came out in theaters and was celebrated by David Reutimann's No. Levi-Garrett, once a sponsor for Geoff Bodine's No. Orange isnt a good idea for a stock car, at least not in the 80s. Dave Marcis may not be known to the average NASCAR fan, but he had one of the lengthiest NASCAR careers of all-time. Hands down. Over the course of the next three seasons, Harvick would bring out the familiar orange scheme in a total of five races, twice in 2008 and 2009 and just once in 2010. 14Randy LaJoie/Boris Said, 1999 (Multiple Races), No. The one in this slide is just one of them. 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. Over the five-year span in which this red, blue and white paint scheme appeared on the track, Jarrett won a total of 20 races. Earnhardt would start the day in 15th and would finish the 201 laps in eighth. Fans of the sport come from all over and they love to watch the races, not just for the crashes, but also for the drama of a last second finish or two drivers going at each other following a tough race. NASCAR has always been interesting and it is much more than cars just taking left turns. Bill Elliott. By. For the 2008 Southern 500, the No. 24. One of the funniest and coolest names in NASCAR history. His Sprint Cup career stat-line now looks like this: 75 starts, one pole (Phoenix, 2001), one top five and four top tens. However, he would finish the race in third, as Jeff Gordon would win his third Daytona 500 and Kurt Busch would finish in second. Citgo has a logo made for NASCAR and it comes as no surprise to see the paint scheme make this list. It not only got him his shot at becoming a professional race car driver, it also got him some free publicity as everyone was talking about his 1994 Raybestos paint scheme, even today. Great race. #24 Jeff Gordon - Dupont / NASCAR 50th 'Chromalusion' Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1998 v1.0. During the 2011 season, the AARP came on board with the No. McMurray is going back to the 90s with this Mac Tonight paint scheme we last saw on . I'm not going to delve into Jeremy Mayfield's personal issues, I'm just going to strictly talk about the paint scheme. Benny Parsons won the 1973 championship, but his brother Phil only won one race. 22 wins. You dont have to know Jimmy Means or anything about his career to know that when he had the Alka-Seltzer paint scheme back in 1990, he was being noticed but for the wrong reasons. The Wood Brothers' 1980's scheme was definitely one of the best, though. Heres Matt DiBenedetto's 2022 Sterling Marlin Throwback Scheme #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/6g88oYkGuZ, Daniel Kriete (@DanielKriete4) May 6, 2022. Starting the 1998 season at the Daytona 500, Petty opened up the year with the special paint scheme featured in this slide. 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. 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). 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. This car was run twice during the seasonat the Tropicana Twister 300 at Chicagoland and at the Kroger 200 at the Indianapolis Raceway Park. With that being said, we now move on to the coolest paint scheme of all-time. 6. The following season, Jarrett participated in 18 of 31 races, driving the same car. Throughout his long career, Gordons colors constantly evolved and were always interesting. When scanning the starting grid of a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, one can not help but notice the beauty and splendor of the 43 cars lined up. I wish I could find a better picture of this car, but this will have to do. The original Rainbow Warrior had a lot of great looks over the years, looks that evolved with his career. That season, Atwood competed in 35 of the 36 races, accumulating zero wins, zero top fives, zero top tens and zero poles. Stewart would fall back to fifth in the points standings after the race. It was definitely a classic paint scheme. 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. Jeff Gordon's No. My Mustang for Darlington pic.twitter.com/nTHOlAv2Ao, Chris Buescher (@Chris_Buescher) May 3, 2022. The following season was even better for Burton. He'd finish the season sixth in the final points standings, but had several spectacular and different paint schemes along the way. Throwing it back like its 2004. He'd finish the season 19th in points, his lowest standing on a full-time basis since the 1989 season. The paint scheme may have been very, very short lived, but it is by far one of most classic paint schemes of all-time. 1998 No. In 2007, Steele was involved in a late model crash at Toledo Speedway and decided to call it a career after that race. Harvick started the race in 19th, but finished in 37th. Sadler would go on to win the second Gatorade Duel, beating out Sterling Marlin and Jimmie Johnson. However, it was still an awesome paint scheme from the seven-time Winston Cup Champion. Like, a lot of critters. 88 suffered a flashback and transformed into the car pictured in this slide. He drove just about everything you could think of but stayed true to the STP sponsorship making his paint scheme easily the best NASCAR has seen in its first 40 years. Gordon got a taste of both. In 2002, owner Richard Childress brought Earnhardt back to the Busch Series for two racesthe season-openingEAS/GNC Live Well 300 at Daytona and the Carquest Auto Parts 300 at Charlotte. His weekend got off to a mediocre start, as he began the day in the 34th position. The longest-running sitcom of all-time. Gordon would switch back to his familiar rainbow scheme for the 500-mile race, thus ending that great-looking gold-and-black Premier scheme. The following season, he came back with his Atlanta Olympics car. He won several races in this vehicle making the paint scheme even better than it looks. In 1997, Wheaties depicted a race car driver, Earnhardt,for the very first time on one of their boxes. Cup90 Mod. This gem is actually from the ARCA series, but it is just too good (or in this case, too bad) to leave off the list. Gordon secured his second-ever win at the Dodge/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway in June 2003 after starting the day in second place. 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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. In 2005, Elliott drove nine races in the No. To put the Batman logo on the hood of your stock car means one thing, themed paint schemes. But unlike the prior the season, Baker's sponsor would transform from Crisco to Red Baron Frozen Pizzahis number would stay the same, however. He finished 30th or worse in 17 of the 35 races. However, it wouldn't get better from there as he would finish in 12thMark Martin won the race and claimed the big money prize. When I started putting together this list, I didn't think there was a chance that David Ragan would earn a spot on it. . Remember when I was saying in the previous slide that I liked when other sports or teams sponsored race cars? Thanks to Ryan for scanning it in and sending it to me. 1999 No.42 Joe Nemechek, Bellsouth. Bill Elliott, one of NASCAR's most popular drivers ever, wasn't the same driver in the late 2000's than he was in the 1980's and early 1990's, but it has also been very entertaining to watch him drive. 40 Dodge. 29 would be sponsored by Budweiser, formerly Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s and Kasey Kahne's sponsor. 5 at the final spring race at North Wilkesboro in 1996. 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. BroBible is the #1 place on the internet for the very best content from the worlds of sports, culture, gear, high tech, and more. Have you ever had a Strohs Light? 94 McDonald's Ford, Elliott had some of the coolest paint schemes of all-time, as evident by some of the cars on this list. The car first appeared at the 2005 Sharpie 500 at Bristol, and Reese's began to advertise their "Big Cup" edition. 13. 20. No wonder Fred Flintstone looks ticked off. The 1987 Bud Shootout winner placed third in the exhibition race, just behind Greg Biffle and race winner Dale Jarrett. However, Earnhardt's gold and black paint scheme would not last long. Good-bye rainbows, hello flames: For 2001, Jeff Gordons No. Hamilton Jr. drove this specific car at the season-opening Daytona 500of the 2005 Nextel Cup season. Starting in 2004, the Cup series would switch from the Winston Cup to the Nextel Cup. The following season, his former boss, Ray Evernham, brought him back for two racesthe Pocono 500 and the Brickyard 400. In 1995, Earnhardt started the phenomenon of special paint schemes with his "Silverwrench" car. #40 McDonalds The former Truck Series Champion got his first chance driving the No. #40 AdventHealth Prior to the Aug. 26 race in Tennessee, Elliott fractured his left kneecap in an accident at his home. Dave Blaney first started driving full time at the top level in 2000 for Bill Davis in the No. They pulled off a pretty cool paint scheme in the process, decorating the car like a red baseball and having the Red Sox logo plastered on the side of the car behind Edwards' No. Hamlin qualified on the pole for the race, but finished the day in 12thCarl Edwards won the race, which came as no surprise at the time. 13 car, Elliott replaced him with Setzer, starting with the 21st race of the season, the Pepsi 400 Presented by DeVilbiss at Michigan. Photo courtesy of Gregory Shamus/Getty Images. For this specific scheme, Senior ran it at the 2000 Daytona 500, the last time he would actually finish the, "Great American Race.". 12 and the colors would be gold and white. That's why it earns a spot on this list. Mayfield arguably had one of his best all-around weekends of the 1999 season, as the Kentucky native started the day in 14th. In association with Aaron's (who also sponsors the annual race), the No. He would race the entire 1999 season for Roush, but didn't live up to the billing after posting stats of one pole, one top five and two top tens. I just wish Elliott was able to drive it. But during the 2006 season, at the age of 50, Elliott attempted 12 races and made 10 of them. Tide returned as the main sponsor on the car yet again, as Hamilton Jr. was hoping to have a decent season. It came as quite a surprise when Dale Earnhardt, Jr. announced that he would be leaving the No. Although the colors were just switched out, they were still awesome. 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. It's a very simple paint scheme, but it is a great one as well. Gordons No. Back when The Olive Garden sponsored Marcis, it was not the popular chain-restaurant that we all know today. He would finish the race in 32nd, 53 laps down. 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). pic.twitter.com/ybGWPzQ3bX, Joe Gibbs Racing (@JoeGibbsRacing) May 2, 2022. 27Brad Coleman, 2008 (Nashville, Nationwide), No. 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. It's nice to tune in every week and see a cool paint scheme that has never been used before. At Talladega Superspeedway, Jeff Gordon finished eighth in the 2010 Amp Energy 500, where his Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet carried the colors of the National Guard. Like a few paint schemes on this list, Jeff Gordon's gold and black No. At least, that's what I think. In 2006, Hendrick Motorsports brought back Labonte for a few races in what was considered to be his minor farewell tour. 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? It looks like the Indiana Jones movies should have sponsored Busch more often. Even though he didn't make it, Green still gave us one of the coolest pain schemes of the 2002 season. Dale Earnhardt Jr. ran this specific car the 2006 3M Performance 400 at Michigan and it proved to be a pretty good idea. Chromalusion is a special kind of paint that shines from every angle and Jeff Gordon used it throughout the 1998 season on more than just this car. And that was Gordon, as he swept the road courses in 2003, beating out Pruett, Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick. During the 1989 season for the Wood Brothers, Bonnett posted zero top-five finishes, but eleven top-ten finishes. And not to mention, Sawyer had decent success while driving those cars as wellplacing 17th, sixth, ninth, 19th, sixth, eighth, 30th, fourth, seventh, fifth, 16th, ninth, and second, respectively. It was definitely a great moment in NASCAR history and a great paint scheme to show for it as well. In the early 2000s NASCAR started lighting the old traditions on fire and it was a new era. When prototype and sample diecast are excluded, the most valuable regular production NASCAR diecast is the Dale Earnhardt 1998 Daytona Winner Gold Elite. Truex would go on to win the Aaron's 312 after starting 12th. After missing three events, he'd sign on with Petty Enterprises to drive the No. The team was formerly 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. However, he struggled in The Chase and finished 10th in the final points standings. Austin . Gordon started the Busch Clash in 14th, the race's final position. Irvan would go on to compete in the first 21 events of the 1999 season for MB2 Motorsports. He seemed like he was going to become a big star in NASCAR before suffering a serious brain injury in Nov. 1997. Prior to the 1988 season, Allison announced that Miller High Life would come back yet again and his car number would switch to No. He would also win Rookie of the Year honors that season as well. On Sunday, NASCAR opened the 2023 season in Daytona Beach, Florida. 3 was sponsored by Oreo cookies for the race. However, the joyous occasion did not help Gordon's weekend. Regardless, I've always been a big fan of his old Strohs and Folgers paint schemes and was trying to flip a coin on which throwback scheme I'd rather put on this list. He narrowly missed out on a championship that season, but was thought to claim a few over his career. 17. Over the course of the 1997 season, Labonte's regular paint scheme was sponsored by Kellogg's Corn Flakes. The blue of the night is masked perfectly across the car for the design of the Big Mac Tonight back in 1998. 2. 1985 No.28 Davey Allison, Texaco-Havoline. And the best paint scheme of all-time is? Following the season, Grubb latched on with Team Bristol Motorsports, but struggled and was eventually released by the team before season's end. 28 Texaco Havoline Ford for the duration of his rookie season (by the way, Irwin did win the series' Rookie of the Year that season). Jeff Gordon filled in for an injured Dale Earnhardt Jr. for eight races in the 2016. Rudd ended his Sprint Cup career with a 21st-place finish at Homestead. 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. It's possible that some images did not transfer over correctly when we moved to the new site. 17. Labonte had a great weekend in which we saw him qualify first among the 37 cars. Labonte's weekend got off to a phenomenal start, as he qualified on the inside of the front row, also known as first place. Davey Allison was lucky enough to call this his own vehicle during the 1985 season. In 1997, one of the most popular films of recent memory decided to come out with another one. They all look to be in pristine condition with radiant colors and oftentimes eye-appealing paint schemes. Needless to say, it was a great idea putting those two on the car, especially since it would be NASCAR's only trip up to New York. 64 Dodge, usually sponsored by Top-Flite Golf or Miller High Life, featured many drivers throughout the 2005 campaign including himself, Bill Elliott, Jamie McMurray, Jeremy Mayfield, his brother Mike and his son Steve. I did that very same thing when my late grandmother told me her favorite driver was Bill Elliott, and he's been my favorite driver ever since. pic.twitter.com/rKzPu2CZ4r. If you could take a stock car and pour it onto your eggs for breakfast, this would be the only one you would want to do it with. Back in 1985, Darrell Waltrip ran the No. 1998 No.94 Bill Elliott, McDonalds Big Mac Tonight. Known for his notoriously bad qualifying efforts during the 2000 season, Labonte started the two races in 38th and 39th, respectively. 1989 No.42 Kyle Petty, Peak Antifreeze. After his 18th place finish in that year's Daytona 500, Wallace posted finishes eighth, 11th, sixth, seventh, ninth, 11th, 16th, eighth and eighth. 19. Since he was unable to drive in the race, then-Busch Series regular David Green filled in for the injured veteran. 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. Newman ran this specific paint scheme at the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte, a race that would change the rest of the season. Trickle would be forced to go to the hospital, where he eventually develops a romantic relationship with Dr. Claire Lewicki (Nicole Kidman). The race was an exhibition held in Japan and featured both Senior and Junior driving Coca-Cola paint schemes and Junior was even in the #1 car, the same number that Chastain will be driving this weekend in the recreated Coke paint scheme. Allison's No. The paint scheme Ward Burton drove at Dover in September, this is scanned in from the Dover 1998 fall ticket. 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. He did win the All-Star Race in 2000, but that was eleven years prior which means the deadline had passed. He'd jump to Winston Cup the following season and would be out of a full-time ride at the end of the season. At North Wilkesboro, Wheeler gets dirty and spins Trickle out to win the race. In that race Bouchard would start 27th, but would struggle all day and finish 34th. Here's a die-cast photo of the seven cars from 1997. Anyway, it was a good looking paint scheme, honoring James Dean, who died way toosoon. His No. In addition to all the throwback paint schemes, NASCAR legend Richard Petty will be waving the green flag to start the Cup Series race, and Bill Elliott (who is of course the father of Chase Elliott) will serve as grand marshal. 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. 3 would go from that same black paint scheme to this gold paint scheme with a little black on the hood and top of the car. Dale Sr. ran this car at the 1996 Winston to celebrate theSummerOlympic Games, which took place in Atlanta, Georgiathe first time the Olympics were held in the United States since 1984 and for just the fourth time ever (St. Louis in 1904 and Los Angeles in 1932 and 1984). 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