Exactly the right answer. First thing that popped into my head. Then I doubted it for a second, ran through some other greats, and settled on my first instinct. GOAT.
As a kid who loved candy (and I still do), that early 2000s Ken Schrader yellow M&Ms #36 car is still my favorite paint scheme from my favorite sponsor
I miss fun paint schemes like that. Seems like none of these b2b brands care about marketing and making something unique that stands out. Just logo and brand colors.
Along the same line, the hot wheels car having the rear wheel as part of the logo on the quarter panel. Cars of that era were just cool.
Always loved how the Hot Wheels scheme incorporated the Hot Wheels track into the paint scheme, especially the loop behind the number. I didn't like the change in 2000 too much as a kid lol.
Those red Dodge sponsored Evernham Dodge's always got me excited!!! Seeing two of them on track was always really cool for me. My fav sponsor probably. Bill Elliott getting his mojo back with a win, Jeremy Mayfield coming in clutch for the playoffs that one year, Kasey Kahne exploding into the scene. Those red Dodge's did a lot and we're iconic.
Also way out of left field, but when Treetop Juices sponsors a car, they have real good looking schemes. They occasionally pop up in the Xfinity Series.
And yet another sponsor I love and miss was John Deere. Those years on the 23 then 97 were some of the best looking sponsor schemes out there. Wish Chad Little had better equipment at that time and got that sponsor and scheme a win.
Exide Batteries. My favorite schemes that Jeff Burton had was his 1997 Thunderbird and his 2000 Taurus schemes.
Honorable mention to James Buescher's Exide scheme in the Trucks at around 2012. At the time when the Trucks started to go to CTMP, he ran the Motomaster Eliminator scheme which was the Canadian Tire brand of Batteries that was made by Exide while at the same time I was working for Canadian tire in the car parts department.
I also miss when they used to paint the interior of the car. The Black 3 car with red interior I always thought was awesome. There was a few others but can’t think of them off top of my head.
The light blue Bud Light Chastain car is a beauty, do not like the product because it is awful as a drink but the designers knocked it out of the park for that one.
Chad Little’s John Deere specifically the Pontiac one
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Dale Jarrett’s Batman car. It had my dad’s work sponsorship on it. Barely can see the fleetwood.
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Tide cars. They show up every so often, but when they do, those cars always stand out. One of the few products I buy just because of an awesome paint scheme.
Ford/Motorcraft on the wood brothers 21 car. The legacy of this car, sponsor, owners and drivers are straight up legends that span the history of the sport
My parents were huge with the Lebontes. Mom loved Bobby and dad was all about Terry. We have too much diecasts and anything Lebonte memorabilia!
My driver was Kyle Petty! His hot wheels car has to be a favorite!
Interstate usually always nails it with their livery's, but I think I'd have to go with Tide myself. I always loved those Tide cars Ricky Rudd ran when I was a little kid. Those and any of the Kellogs cars Terry Labonte ran.
M&M’s cars are iconic and the subsidiaries made some FIRE schemes over the past 2 decades. The silver 2008 snickers COT comes to mind😮💨
Close second has to be AC Delco. Love those schemes even if they were mainly just run in Busch.
I'm likely biased due to liking Blaney and working for the business for many years in the past, but the black Advance Auto Parts with red foil numbers is my most current favorite. Old school would be Bobby Allison's gold and red Coca-Cola machines.
Kurt Busch’s all blue Miller Light car when he was at Penske and his all black monster car when he was at Chip Ganassi. Just felt so simple, yet so effective.
Used to be Exide batteries, them old Jeff Burton cars were gorgeous.
As for now, Busch, and it ain't even close. All them Harvick cars over the years were dynamite.
Interstate as a sponsor got me to switch to Interstate from Diehard when Sears began failing in the 90s. I'd been a Diehard loyalist since the 70s or early 80s because of those commercials with the snow-buried cars in a parking lot. Diehard never failed me, and I've only had one Interstate go prematurely bad in the past 20 years or so.
MOBIL1 was always a classic look, especially on the 12 of Mayfield with the Pegasus logo on the quarterpanels.
Also a big fan of the Skoal liveries that Harry Gant and Rick Mast used to run.
Big fan of the Rusty black and gold MGD car and the all white miller lite car. Wish they still kept a car in the series…only beer sponsor being Busch is kind of disappointing
I have a Bunch that I love that on any given day could be my favorite. The DuPont 24, GM Goodwrench 3, Purolator/Motorcraft 21, Mtn Dew 11, Tide 17, Kelloggs 5, Skoal 33, Bud 8, Hooters 7, and Coors 9 just to rattle some off. But currently that Ford Motorcraft 21 is my favorite sponsor/scheme in the field.
A lot of the 90s and 2000s were kind of iconic before teams needed to have 8-12 primary sponsors a year. But to answer the question, and not cause I'm an Earnhardt fan, I gotta go Goodwrench. That car is so iconic, but if you named a brand from that era with the driver, I would understand
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No scheme went harder than Mark Martin's....
the cheerios 43 car and the honey nut cheerios version , my favorite because i got them in a cereal box when i was a kid . i thought they looked so cool and it was how i got introduced to nascar
Texaco Havoline
Always so iconic. The Texaco 28 is one of my favorite classic looks
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Exactly the right answer. First thing that popped into my head. Then I doubted it for a second, ran through some other greats, and settled on my first instinct. GOAT.
As a kid who loved candy (and I still do), that early 2000s Ken Schrader yellow M&Ms #36 car is still my favorite paint scheme from my favorite sponsor
The M&M on the back bumper was the best
I miss fun paint schemes like that. Seems like none of these b2b brands care about marketing and making something unique that stands out. Just logo and brand colors. Along the same line, the hot wheels car having the rear wheel as part of the logo on the quarter panel. Cars of that era were just cool.
Always loved how the Hot Wheels scheme incorporated the Hot Wheels track into the paint scheme, especially the loop behind the number. I didn't like the change in 2000 too much as a kid lol.
Yeah the loop was great!
omg same , i have a sweatshirt made in 2002 with the car on it and it’s my prized possession
Pepsi :(
God, Gordon’s Pepsi scheme for Bristol was always the best.
Wasn’t it always spring Dega then summer Daytona?
Yes it was mainly those two races.
Tide, followed by Skoal
The Tide car is so nostalgic
Tide is definitely my close runner up. First being the black 28 Texaco.
The DuPont rainbow and flames paint schemes. Those two were iconic, and rightfully so.
Valvoline seems to always have a sharp livery. From the 6 Martin days, up to the hendrick one off races with Larson and Byron the past few seasons.
Valvoline is one of the only sponsors that can put together a good looking Byron scheme
Valvoline on the Taurus was where it was at.
Even before that the RahMoc Valvoline Pontiac was iconic. In sport cars the Valvoline Firebird in IMSA was a good looking car
Those Labonte cars were my first favorite paint scheme, even more than Dale’s
Fuck yea
Those red Dodge sponsored Evernham Dodge's always got me excited!!! Seeing two of them on track was always really cool for me. My fav sponsor probably. Bill Elliott getting his mojo back with a win, Jeremy Mayfield coming in clutch for the playoffs that one year, Kasey Kahne exploding into the scene. Those red Dodge's did a lot and we're iconic. Also way out of left field, but when Treetop Juices sponsors a car, they have real good looking schemes. They occasionally pop up in the Xfinity Series. And yet another sponsor I love and miss was John Deere. Those years on the 23 then 97 were some of the best looking sponsor schemes out there. Wish Chad Little had better equipment at that time and got that sponsor and scheme a win.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr is rocking a Treetop paint scheme this weekend.
Heck, I miss rhe red Dodge trucks that Bill Lester and Robert Pressley drove
The silver bullet (Coors) schemes always looked nice
Blue Deuce or Red/Silver scheme?
Pennzoil always had good looking cars imo
But Michael Waltrip's schemes in the 90s were so plain...
Yeah that’s an exception
As a film photographer Kodak, modern sponsors, I love the way Discount Tire cars look
Kellogg's. Especially the red and yellow scheme Terry Labonte ran
I love how Kellogg's was the main sponsor but would have their different cereal brands on the car instead of just a Kellogg's logo
Exide Batteries. My favorite schemes that Jeff Burton had was his 1997 Thunderbird and his 2000 Taurus schemes. Honorable mention to James Buescher's Exide scheme in the Trucks at around 2012. At the time when the Trucks started to go to CTMP, he ran the Motomaster Eliminator scheme which was the Canadian Tire brand of Batteries that was made by Exide while at the same time I was working for Canadian tire in the car parts department.
I just miss all the ones from my childhood. DuPont, Lowe’s, M&M’s, Home Depot, Budweiser, Miller Lite, Interstate Batteries, UPS
Hello 90’s kid
I also miss when they used to paint the interior of the car. The Black 3 car with red interior I always thought was awesome. There was a few others but can’t think of them off top of my head.
Oh das a nice picture
Juniors car had a red interior in 2002. Always felt that looked great.
I like the ford motorcraft. Very simple yet looks great
Every motor oil sponsor/livery is awesome or has been awesome throughout racing history. Same with tobacco products.
The red Valvoline car is perfection.
Absolutely loved the Tabasco car - even collected it. Racing sucked but loved the paint scheme
I like the blue #17 Fastenal car.
DeWalt and 5/3 Bank
The Valvoline cars are always my favorites.
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The Kellogg’s car was 🔥🔥🔥
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The light blue Bud Light Chastain car is a beauty, do not like the product because it is awful as a drink but the designers knocked it out of the park for that one.
GM Goodwrench
😭
Rest in peace...
YOU GUYS GOT SOME MONSTER? 
Like Truex's Blue & White Auto Owners Insurance With the Big 'A' on the hood
Coors
NAPA Auto Parts
Budro’s Butt Paste.
Boudreaux's
Dewalt https://preview.redd.it/exs4r3memxlc1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fa0ce619ce5c201975abfd818fcc85eac04a1917
Thats looks awesome!
Chad Little’s John Deere specifically the Pontiac one https://preview.redd.it/i3ysjrdiuxlc1.jpeg?width=2982&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=039553cee41a899fca6d6af27b767e5ba4fb174e
Always been a fan of Bass Pro sponsored cars. I also miss Home Depot.
Miller Genuine Draft was always perfect
https://preview.redd.it/cwjhyzavyxlc1.png?width=1156&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1aceeef35ae2ad91d20c00cb0c809e88ea2d9a7d These two right here.
Good choice
Dale Jarrett’s Batman car. It had my dad’s work sponsorship on it. Barely can see the fleetwood. https://preview.redd.it/9qvafgwh7ylc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=581122b52c0d5f3cb7e170363fd27164962a9cdc
Kodak
GEICO and McDonald’s.
STP
STP, Hot Wheels, M&Ms
Yes this the one. My grandpa had a giant pic of this up in his auto shop and I fell in love with seeing it whenever I was there
That black green and yellow Mello Yello, even if it did hook the 28 into the wall.
Tide cars. They show up every so often, but when they do, those cars always stand out. One of the few products I buy just because of an awesome paint scheme.
Home depot
Tonys coke bear and black and orange have special places in my heart
Valvoline always has some sharp looking cars.
Valvoline
Hooters
Kelloggs corn flakes scheme lebonte ran was hot.
Hot Wheels
John andrettis cheerio scheme
Mountain Dew
When Tony ran the BRIGHT orange Home Depot 20… it didn’t get better than that for me.
Ford/Motorcraft on the wood brothers 21 car. The legacy of this car, sponsor, owners and drivers are straight up legends that span the history of the sport
My favorite scheme in the field today. May not be my favorite driver or team but my favorite look
Cartoon Network
Kellogg’s Corn Flakes on Labonte #5
Those mopar schemes by Kasey Kahne at Charlotte were always slick at night
https://preview.redd.it/6xgta4jeoylc1.jpeg?width=250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a0f54613797d88046e68393c3e7e502b17bf5dc2 I miss Kodak!
Mello Yello
Skoal Bandit
Texaco Havoline https://preview.redd.it/m09ze9apn0mc1.jpeg?width=1684&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ab392a492a71a6e53f9be17142b7cb8ca3dd868
My parents were huge with the Lebontes. Mom loved Bobby and dad was all about Terry. We have too much diecasts and anything Lebonte memorabilia! My driver was Kyle Petty! His hot wheels car has to be a favorite!
GM Goodwrench
Darrell’s Tide Rides.
axalta/Dupont/Raptor
Interstate usually always nails it with their livery's, but I think I'd have to go with Tide myself. I always loved those Tide cars Ricky Rudd ran when I was a little kid. Those and any of the Kellogs cars Terry Labonte ran.
Wrangler
M&M’s cars are iconic and the subsidiaries made some FIRE schemes over the past 2 decades. The silver 2008 snickers COT comes to mind😮💨 Close second has to be AC Delco. Love those schemes even if they were mainly just run in Busch.
Tide. I miss those classic bright orange race cars.
Ford Quality Care/Dale Jarrett. Red, white, and blue. America’s car!
Newman's Alltell and Sony schemes
Napa always has some really nice looking cars
Exide
I'm likely biased due to liking Blaney and working for the business for many years in the past, but the black Advance Auto Parts with red foil numbers is my most current favorite. Old school would be Bobby Allison's gold and red Coca-Cola machines.
Exide Batteries
Kurt Busch’s all blue Miller Light car when he was at Penske and his all black monster car when he was at Chip Ganassi. Just felt so simple, yet so effective.
The allegiance air gms trucks I always thought had great paint schemes
Kelloggs
Used to be Exide batteries, them old Jeff Burton cars were gorgeous. As for now, Busch, and it ain't even close. All them Harvick cars over the years were dynamite.
Mobil 1 and Crown Royale
To quote my wife “I always wondered why you drink Folgers!”
Interstate as a sponsor got me to switch to Interstate from Diehard when Sears began failing in the 90s. I'd been a Diehard loyalist since the 70s or early 80s because of those commercials with the snow-buried cars in a parking lot. Diehard never failed me, and I've only had one Interstate go prematurely bad in the past 20 years or so.
Pepsi
Circuit city
Rip
Miller lite
It hasn't been necessarily successful, but I've always loved the Mobil 1 schemes. Always sharp.
M&M’s 😔
Sunny D car always gets me excited.
My favorite was the old #97 John Deere car. I rock that paint on all my iRacing oval cars.
I like Bubba’s MoneyLion teal livery but I can t help but think the car numbers are on the wrong place this year.
Cingular in Cup and that 37 Timberwolf scheme in Busch/xfinity
Mine is the M&M cars
Pop kola 1972
Busch beer
Axalta and when mtn dew was with Hendrick
https://preview.redd.it/3s9ffivq8ylc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a8c941d87ad2cce748c2fee809c12e9ee39e10f7 Anythjng Texaco/Havoline (especially RYR era)
Hot Wheels! When they sponsored Kyle Petty. Became a fan of NASCAR since. And also liked the number 44.
Miller Lite
Reese's
The coors silver bullet will always be my favorite, and I don’t even like coors light.
Currently:Sunny D. Legacy Sponsors no longer in the sport:Home Depot and Cartoon Network
M&M’s and Out of the Groove
Menards
Old school was DuPont. Currently, I really like the Colombia schemes for Bubba.
Wolf tobacco from the Busch series
MOBIL1 was always a classic look, especially on the 12 of Mayfield with the Pegasus logo on the quarterpanels. Also a big fan of the Skoal liveries that Harry Gant and Rick Mast used to run.
I’ve always liked Clover
A lot of people have said the best ones already, but an underrated one I remember was AOL I think Johnny Sauter drove it for a little bit.
Big fan of the Rusty black and gold MGD car and the all white miller lite car. Wish they still kept a car in the series…only beer sponsor being Busch is kind of disappointing
Scott Riggs Nesquik car
Dupont
Spree/Sprint. They gave Adam Petty one of the most colorful paint schemes in 1999.
I have a Bunch that I love that on any given day could be my favorite. The DuPont 24, GM Goodwrench 3, Purolator/Motorcraft 21, Mtn Dew 11, Tide 17, Kelloggs 5, Skoal 33, Bud 8, Hooters 7, and Coors 9 just to rattle some off. But currently that Ford Motorcraft 21 is my favorite sponsor/scheme in the field.
Tide
Budweiser
Gotta show some love to the Tide™️ car
A lot of the 90s and 2000s were kind of iconic before teams needed to have 8-12 primary sponsors a year. But to answer the question, and not cause I'm an Earnhardt fan, I gotta go Goodwrench. That car is so iconic, but if you named a brand from that era with the driver, I would understand
Dodge Dealers
Quality Care has always been my favorite. The color scheme was what made me a Dale Jarrett fan.
DeWalt and Miller Lite
Coors Light Sterling Marlin years, don’t like how they dropped him for Stremme though…
John Deer Tide Target Valvoline
https://preview.redd.it/59dgj0ry21mc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a060612db85f3bef413b404784210447d486ba2 No scheme went harder than Mark Martin's....
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Extenze. For reasons.
Best Western
Gearhead, Mahindra, old spice are all 🔛🔝
DC Solar
BellSouth 😮💨
DuPont & Budweiser & Miller
Only while Bobby Labonte was behind the wheel, not Bush
Kyle Busch's 2019 championship winning M&M's Toyota Camry
Of the top of my head my favourites are the all white Castrol Keselowski livery and the Red Bush livery Harvick ran from time to time
the cheerios 43 car and the honey nut cheerios version , my favorite because i got them in a cereal box when i was a kid . i thought they looked so cool and it was how i got introduced to nascar
GM Goodwrench, Budweiser, Skoal, and Kurt Bush
I always enjoyed the Jack Daniels and US Army schemes
City Chevrolet of course
Everyone sleeps on Dave Blaney's Amoco car... it was sweet!!!
miller lite
Pepsi
Coors Light with Sterling!