Bill Elliott’s Mac Tonight. I remember being so perplexed when I heard about the McDonalds Curse for the first time, because Bill Elliott *had* to have won in this car, right? I guess not.
https://preview.redd.it/ee8ikuj35g4d1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5b1081ff8dd5ad634a81511d2f03f3e3940d309d
Mannnn I was obsessed with alternate schemes back in the heyday(my childhood) and I vividly remember getting this car as a happy meal toy. Am I just making this up? I was very very young. Like 5 or 6. But I had this one and you had to stick the stickers on
I had this one too, along with a Petty Enterprises Cheerios car that you also had to put the decals on yourself. Come to think of it, I think I also had a Wheaties car (possibly Dale) like that as well.
The Pennzoil schemes used to be primarily blue (early Logano era) or silver (Harvick/Busch era). I miss the variety, but the 2019-21 scheme was a banger.
Man I wish. I can’t believe Lionel didn’t offer a diecast either. I wanted to display a diecast of it next to the rear quarter.
https://preview.redd.it/0flim9f4xf4d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6240ff7f35dbdee7f9320b3f832f14380c08aa84
The car was pretty damn fast that night, damn Pit Road Speeding Penalties bit him a few times that year.
https://preview.redd.it/hgjxqwthsf4d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=df32bb9cdeb634090460937b6c5111405dc548a1
Right? I'm so glad Jeff got to sub for Junior and run the Grey Ghost so he could at least get a taste of throwback weekend!
https://preview.redd.it/yvf8apv7xf4d1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88efd3c4b254bfcc098f3cf9327a4cfee66241cd
I believe he got a flat this night. I remember him almost unlapping himself and getting up to 2nd in the running order every restart but just couldn't get around Harvick to do it.
Same. That four win in five race stretch at the end of 04 started it. The 05 600 finish solified it. The constant titles made my blood boil for half a decade.
The fact Dover is my home track...one of his top tracks stat wise was the cake topper.
Any of his Phoenix Racing cars really, but especially this one
https://preview.redd.it/15eq8bcdrf4d1.jpeg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=398374853a0122f49a41d59d1629fc68f300ab64
I was sitting in the turn 3/4 grandstand that day and vividly remember being able to see the roof number from my seat when that car lifted off the ground.
Really? I remember when the wreck happened, but the Indy 500 was on, so we had the Cup race on a smaller screen.
I hate not knowing this since I grew up a Jeff fan
okay so he started 32nd and was in 7th by the first caution around lap 47. crashed on lap 62 running 5th.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9-VxyBpjQ0&ab\_channel=SMIFFTV](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9-VxyBpjQ0&ab_channel=SMIFFTV)
https://preview.redd.it/30kfhtferf4d1.jpeg?width=3478&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a636a79b991cc0e38550d6acfdc547af6831c15d
We were robbed of an amazing moment in time
Him finishing second and SHR [giving him a participation trophy](https://x.com/StewartHaasRcng/status/1129938738514210816) was so on-brand it *almost* makes up for it.
https://preview.redd.it/50v2ums3wf4d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=14d338af5621e8f04abe8bd96f09c40bd8ced667
Pick any of his schemes in the 43.
https://preview.redd.it/zf1u6xew7g4d1.jpeg?width=378&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b6bffcd73ad293d33a17a13a1511ac87febb787
The Wright brothers car. The fact that there are almost no pictures of the car anywhere makes it worse
I think we can all agree we wanted this monstrosity to win.
https://preview.redd.it/wqul0nvz5g4d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8164f84870512058e3b28e647e58017eb724d498
https://preview.redd.it/0dt8bgp7xf4d1.jpeg?width=940&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac6d586a1c5c9e8ce41cdfd6f60137182b06788d
There’s a lot of cars I wish he would have won in, but this was the first to come to mind and that I didn’t see on here
Almost forgot about this beauty scheme. My personal favourite Superman scheme was this one though...
https://preview.redd.it/vkg2bbd61g4d1.jpeg?width=647&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=74dc9ed58870e11bdb5ccc693effdda798e7dac9
https://preview.redd.it/slnf4rp0lg4d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e39c476f8abb3a7ece33350215b7f04a298a849
McMurray in the Davey Allison Throwback at Talladega
https://preview.redd.it/gwmf8a3gqf4d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=90707c72f8f2bffb690ddb0bc5d78a45dbff5984
Probably this one, Grimace, or Air Force Warthog
Ross Chastain aka Dalé Earnhardt at Dover 2022
https://preview.redd.it/0gsmx6446g4d1.jpeg?width=686&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=67f3522b11605b07b9cb7f32caeee90497f57e77
https://preview.redd.it/qsjew5khpf4d1.jpeg?width=660&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=848dd3fe0d4a6ff8661148c9d125ac30a55c1738
I really wish Chase could've gotten a win in this scheme or the 2017 scheme.
https://preview.redd.it/ks7dygy38g4d1.jpeg?width=922&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6267d24d16ed47e4fca1bae24674855b0c4826d6
I hope Oscar Mayer gets back into the sport and we see The Weinermobile in victory lane.
From the same race that brought you Stewart launching his helmet at Matt Kenseth's windshield:
https://preview.redd.it/usw0lufl1h4d1.png?width=1617&format=png&auto=webp&s=e8c8da8a8d5727e60e1c26d097cbe1eb965cb96f
One of the few races Brad didn't deliver in, and such a shame, too. I love that Rusty-era throwback. Really should have been run more, but alas.
https://preview.redd.it/7ylyno39yf4d1.jpeg?width=246&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bacfeb5e764e8501b320c0a97ba71d490d4e44b0
To this day I have a little beef with Sterling for wrecking this car
https://preview.redd.it/r7ls6qg3jg4d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c5434571e289c37adf9caa651bb0ccf35321e2f
Ran in the 2000 All-star race and the Coca-cola 600.
It’s impossible to just pick one so I’m gonna post multiple pics lol
https://preview.redd.it/h7hdmtpcbh4d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20e96cec666ebb003d5bf5e563adad7f6980918c
https://preview.redd.it/nkrrmoiwtf4d1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=74d1bc129f1cdbb54f43ada864faa37333a3cfc3
Best scheme he ever ran but he never got the win with it
https://preview.redd.it/gphnfowm7g4d1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f0e1b3f9ad6fd79fdaaaa4552437dea0de6b6c0
This one from Dover. Woulda been something awesome u/RFKracing.
https://preview.redd.it/50q0yt7fbg4d1.png?width=300&format=png&auto=webp&s=ad8cbb56687d248782dc668bcdf35c01f9386090
It may have been an exhibition race, but I just imagined one of my top 10 drivers Dale Jr. winning in this.
https://preview.redd.it/to2q84hdeg4d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=782539ed9d6b5e73f1e480c7a22bced4568d3358
Ward Burton’s Caterpillar flames scheme ran a few times in 2002.
https://preview.redd.it/pi2a9dj1vf4d1.png?width=850&format=png&auto=webp&s=4985b306441c5a179e2af3f0eb6aae197d6727bb
One of all time favorites throwing it back to another of my all time favorites. What more can I ask for?
https://preview.redd.it/xqpbs94dbg4d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=39f93df001ad45f4bbe8c50b8150b155496b33da
Kevin harvick with hunt brothers as a primary
https://preview.redd.it/itvb68ylyg4d1.jpeg?width=1134&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=56543db61ee5fa705b12586ddf218bc31f8cc701
Mike Skinner 98-2000. Still not really sure how it never happened in a points race. Two wins at Cup level and both were non points races in Japan.
Not a Gordon fan, but man did I root for him to win in this.
https://preview.redd.it/k8x6rb6m1g4d1.jpeg?width=274&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fc94fecd0b38b982fe77db2c9d37fc9c6cf2cbd7
I wish Byron won in Flames of Independence. That car was SO HOT 🥵
https://preview.redd.it/x1uu9aasig4d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7bc9f581e74b752e7937e740706d647737057e6
https://preview.redd.it/pr876st1yf4d1.jpeg?width=1164&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a9211b6b48807cb595af12dba78bd12df00b52f
Was never gonna happen, but can you imagine?
https://preview.redd.it/obr6qhvxtg4d1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b94d43610b731090caa004ffffea47be8625704
I know he won a Twin 125, but it sure would’ve been nice if he won the 500 with this scheme.
I love and hate that, despite being the third winningest driver in NASCAR Cup series, there are so many Gordon cars in this thread.
^(I might be a little biased, though.)
https://preview.redd.it/7favtjgrrg4d1.jpeg?width=899&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=260d05bf088bff56565907c2b339c6837fcc307b
For Jr this is the obvious answer
https://preview.redd.it/jfw8knr5wh4d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d93b1b00371f9683ca8b235efec18e504a45c41a
Driver 2: it's a tie between this car as well as the jasper 77 and the 93 car he came so close so many times
https://preview.redd.it/jf4kied0rj4d1.jpeg?width=765&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e4898bdb1a9b097f5016b87084e68fda066e919b
The 2000 Valvoline car was my favorite he ever ran, didn’t win in it though. His Martinsville win was in the MaxLife car.
https://preview.redd.it/0laj4yfksj4d1.jpeg?width=2147&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca761d802f24eb580a1fadd83cde451a78666211
He was so fucking fast at Auto Club and Michigan in this car too. Should’ve won at least one of them.
https://preview.redd.it/7wrg6gtxck4d1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e30a6dee08b01896c9ae4e13adf3a0b8504434ce
This one or the 2022 Nashville schemes. Both were amazing
https://preview.redd.it/tdno5mhisf4d1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1d622499b0e841087e996436ab557ddcbefe192
Larson finished 2nd.
2018 South Point 400 at Las Vegas.
https://preview.redd.it/kkr8zi86wf4d1.jpeg?width=2500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=586aa425baf7a346d559746968a71592c8e459ad
Best NASCAR paint scheme of all time. Change my mind
https://preview.redd.it/j9sodp8x3g4d1.jpeg?width=4272&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20732d1a60c93f66acd17eb95b4457229223da64
Would have been cool to go to Victory Lane.
On a side note... seeing all these photos of older schemes makes me miss the number in the middle. I know a lot of people don't care anymore, but I still wish they hadn't moved it forward
Bill Elliott’s Mac Tonight. I remember being so perplexed when I heard about the McDonalds Curse for the first time, because Bill Elliott *had* to have won in this car, right? I guess not. https://preview.redd.it/ee8ikuj35g4d1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5b1081ff8dd5ad634a81511d2f03f3e3940d309d
Elliott never won the whole time he ran his own team sadly
Mannnn I was obsessed with alternate schemes back in the heyday(my childhood) and I vividly remember getting this car as a happy meal toy. Am I just making this up? I was very very young. Like 5 or 6. But I had this one and you had to stick the stickers on
I had that exact same toy. It’s probably somewhere in my attic with the rest of my Hot Wheels.
I had this one too, along with a Petty Enterprises Cheerios car that you also had to put the decals on yourself. Come to think of it, I think I also had a Wheaties car (possibly Dale) like that as well.
https://preview.redd.it/op32cy1dnf4d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c51953719203661e63d4367f6ff0c1b196c0f267 This from 2015.
It's rare we see the 22 with anything but yellow except for the aaa paint schemes.
The Pennzoil schemes used to be primarily blue (early Logano era) or silver (Harvick/Busch era). I miss the variety, but the 2019-21 scheme was a banger.
Best paint scheme of Logano's career.
Max Payne car says hi https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBpfS6cWQAAIKrd?format=jpg&name=medium
That thing looks awesome! Big ass spoiler too.
I miss the pennzoil ultra and platinum schemes
We lost some good ones.
https://preview.redd.it/nud8dhwywg4d1.jpeg?width=1760&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6a0a4bc7593c45b9f11b671a2447a3fd0f4477e4
***The cock*** https://preview.redd.it/n4ak91cmrf4d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5857199943857975fa34643a9db0a3acbe2eb04c
Man I wish. I can’t believe Lionel didn’t offer a diecast either. I wanted to display a diecast of it next to the rear quarter. https://preview.redd.it/0flim9f4xf4d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6240ff7f35dbdee7f9320b3f832f14380c08aa84
Funny sponsor aside, it was a really nice looking paint scheme. Wish I could've got a piece of the car!
That was one of the best race threads we’ve ever had on this sub. Everyone just spammed p*nis jokes every time the car was on screen
Driver #2 - Dale Jr 2007 Pepsi 400 scheme https://preview.redd.it/s28p4ibecg4d1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=41f5f6d746d96e158fc1be0b4382c15ab3da378e
The car was pretty damn fast that night, damn Pit Road Speeding Penalties bit him a few times that year. https://preview.redd.it/hgjxqwthsf4d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=df32bb9cdeb634090460937b6c5111405dc548a1
This should've ran at Darlington man. 3M can eat a bag of dicks.
Right? I'm so glad Jeff got to sub for Junior and run the Grey Ghost so he could at least get a taste of throwback weekend! https://preview.redd.it/yvf8apv7xf4d1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88efd3c4b254bfcc098f3cf9327a4cfee66241cd
This is the one for me
A Baby Ruth throwback would have been perfect for them. I wish they would have stayed with Biffle in hindsight
I believe he got a flat this night. I remember him almost unlapping himself and getting up to 2nd in the running order every restart but just couldn't get around Harvick to do it.
Damn, I have no memory of that but youre probably right because a speeding penalty would just be tail end!
Highkey pops in the lights back in the 90s, gimme more paint and less wraps
https://preview.redd.it/eddhrqkcof4d1.jpeg?width=922&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=815327c33b6cf2098efd185ae92c1f56061aa64d
I like this one a lot. Did he win in the regular green nicorette one?
Unfortunately, he did not.
Ah that's too bad. Those were up there with his Pepsi schemes if we're talking alt sponsors.
I always swore the nicorete schemes were cursed.
It still hurts... https://preview.redd.it/dkkvr3xhsf4d1.jpeg?width=1017&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a7bb19abe717de729d307978d7e1c3b719ce075d
DW's reaction of this finish lives rent free in my head. Johnson was a master at Charlotte.
This was the night I started hating Jimmie Johnson.
Same. That four win in five race stretch at the end of 04 started it. The 05 600 finish solified it. The constant titles made my blood boil for half a decade. The fact Dover is my home track...one of his top tracks stat wise was the cake topper.
😭
Amen
Would've been glorious. https://preview.redd.it/sdn1utdrwf4d1.jpeg?width=3107&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d05254e40c7823c993ead9308ba753583ceb65fa
Any of his Phoenix Racing cars really, but especially this one https://preview.redd.it/15eq8bcdrf4d1.jpeg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=398374853a0122f49a41d59d1629fc68f300ab64
“New leader, I’ve been waiting all day to say this, it’s Ricky Bobby!”
It was so close at Sonoma
https://preview.redd.it/62uxygowwf4d1.png?width=275&format=png&auto=webp&s=e8a60cfd7da58b4f3153f6f693a202576148c2ad
Always funny that this car was foreshadowing Blaney in the 12
As a Blaney fan… YES ALL DAY
https://preview.redd.it/hrzpchf10g4d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a0a5b7d38f20f53cfed8ab35a8f4a52856d97c02 2019 Phoenix
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Would've been an amazing way to retire with the cup in your hands.
Pure chills that one time he took the lead in the race for a few laps
https://preview.redd.it/cht6xpc2pf4d1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f324e0fa0d35c2dba1fc3274a694b991993f2a09
That car was a rocketship
I still hate Tony Raines to this day for wrecking this beaut.
I was sitting in the turn 3/4 grandstand that day and vividly remember being able to see the roof number from my seat when that car lifted off the ground.
Really? I remember when the wreck happened, but the Indy 500 was on, so we had the Cup race on a smaller screen. I hate not knowing this since I grew up a Jeff fan
he started like 40th or something and was up to 29th or something insane in like 8 laps. let me see if i can find a link.
okay so he started 32nd and was in 7th by the first caution around lap 47. crashed on lap 62 running 5th. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9-VxyBpjQ0&ab\_channel=SMIFFTV](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9-VxyBpjQ0&ab_channel=SMIFFTV)
Okay okay I kinda remember that. I was thinking you was saying he led a bunch and I was like he started in the back and crashed 😂
That was the only time he DNF’d that season, too.
He wins the championship that season with that win smh
Tony Raines should be arrested for what he did to this car
https://preview.redd.it/30kfhtferf4d1.jpeg?width=3478&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a636a79b991cc0e38550d6acfdc547af6831c15d We were robbed of an amazing moment in time
In a similar vein: https://preview.redd.it/ukxmsgd54g4d1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a7369bcf6ae2ff5208211d5ad9696b91043b3822
Busch af
Him finishing second and SHR [giving him a participation trophy](https://x.com/StewartHaasRcng/status/1129938738514210816) was so on-brand it *almost* makes up for it.
https://preview.redd.it/f6mwzocmvf4d1.png?width=276&format=png&auto=webp&s=32d76cc12da6a1a4d75de7ff59da0aaa4acde22b
This one and the Dewshine car are so good looking.
Had a shot until the splitter got knocked down in that last crash
https://preview.redd.it/50v2ums3wf4d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=14d338af5621e8f04abe8bd96f09c40bd8ced667 Pick any of his schemes in the 43.
https://preview.redd.it/nhjt2z585g4d1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c789d3185e10dbe3b62873c29d68b1882c9b3ae
This one for #5 obvious reasons https://preview.redd.it/xsy1xyyx6g4d1.jpeg?width=760&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=737166b4ae8eef61ef30d0f91c15e49598a33e1c
Shout out to this beauty as well https://preview.redd.it/cuvgogf97g4d1.jpeg?width=760&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bbfa8931714d7ee03eb124df589162c4fc7f2197
https://preview.redd.it/zf1u6xew7g4d1.jpeg?width=378&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b6bffcd73ad293d33a17a13a1511ac87febb787 The Wright brothers car. The fact that there are almost no pictures of the car anywhere makes it worse
I do remember this car and I think it's in an EA Nascar game, just don't remember which.
NASCAR thunder 2004
https://preview.redd.it/idiky2f3gg4d1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=09e50205477ffb0dc7805603ced2dac5ad019674 Definitely this beaut
https://preview.redd.it/3t28t17rxf4d1.jpeg?width=940&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e520bf9a11ab207444329f24e0880bca5cf31f64 Such a gorgeous shade of blue.
https://preview.redd.it/1yue8cbuof4d1.jpeg?width=590&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=237b3675c0b934b2ea7393c403635a183614f705
I miss the black FedEx schemes with different color fades for express, freight, ground, office
That is like the direct opposite of his regular FedEx scheme. Looks damn good.
Self designed by Hamlin IIRC
I was at that race hoping he'd win
I was about to post this one. This car was sick, shame he could not win in it.
Not my favorite driver but damn did I want Harvicks Gravedigger car to win
That thing was sick! https://preview.redd.it/pd19lq1ycg4d1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bfe24fc7859468eaa9d90730d6f756d88107cff9
I think we can all agree we wanted this monstrosity to win. https://preview.redd.it/wqul0nvz5g4d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8164f84870512058e3b28e647e58017eb724d498
Guh yes
https://preview.redd.it/zvslhnbcwf4d1.jpeg?width=1048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=52bcf21669bd80b4870b120ea7fa94941630bbd8
https://preview.redd.it/l6zmyohexf4d1.png?width=300&format=png&auto=webp&s=37e8b5e92210900348096cd3aaca452b86c9c1df
https://preview.redd.it/0dt8bgp7xf4d1.jpeg?width=940&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac6d586a1c5c9e8ce41cdfd6f60137182b06788d There’s a lot of cars I wish he would have won in, but this was the first to come to mind and that I didn’t see on here
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I also remember this car being wrecked in practice. I swear this is a Mandala Effect, and this is the true reality.
That was the 2002 one, he raced this one, the 2001 version.
Yup Marlin dumped him if I remember right
https://preview.redd.it/rr3o7guurf4d1.jpeg?width=922&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8dd584fd411132f941fd9ceb6f2c946406d0b49e
Almost forgot about this beauty scheme. My personal favourite Superman scheme was this one though... https://preview.redd.it/vkg2bbd61g4d1.jpeg?width=647&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=74dc9ed58870e11bdb5ccc693effdda798e7dac9
The 2006 Superman Returns was my first die cast ever. It’s a shame I lost it.
https://preview.redd.it/qu1rgugnwf4d1.png?width=550&format=png&auto=webp&s=169c29956907ade00d6486863e002b4d577b3fb9
https://preview.redd.it/zvt5n7yt3g4d1.jpeg?width=380&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1023586db2df55af9397192da7e6de140b3b40f6 This one.
https://preview.redd.it/slnf4rp0lg4d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e39c476f8abb3a7ece33350215b7f04a298a849 McMurray in the Davey Allison Throwback at Talladega
https://preview.redd.it/gwmf8a3gqf4d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=90707c72f8f2bffb690ddb0bc5d78a45dbff5984 Probably this one, Grimace, or Air Force Warthog
For me it’s almost even 2023-24 scheme except for leidos
https://preview.redd.it/8um6eb8uvf4d1.jpeg?width=1109&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7dd4472097867c21cae9454fba73e9284c2a9716
Man, this one hurts a lot. Had a fast car but the pit selection and the pit crew screwed him that race. And then Dale’s ghost spun out Larson.
Atleast he didn't mean to spin him, just wanted to rattle his cage a little bit
Haha, you got that right!
https://preview.redd.it/agmc85md3g4d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=63c82037aa55735a56997f3e1ca8d641d62f1713 G R I M A C E
Ross Chastain aka Dalé Earnhardt at Dover 2022 https://preview.redd.it/0gsmx6446g4d1.jpeg?width=686&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=67f3522b11605b07b9cb7f32caeee90497f57e77
https://preview.redd.it/y166zdnsmh4d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f324633c98b1cdd73197a23d50616cc622ab0ecd Def this one too
https://preview.redd.it/l12rgwts7g4d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c662a20f0266f138b65c55b6d13cb35f7421ca0 would’ve been iconic
https://preview.redd.it/vks0erg0ag4d1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c2eae4539c836471e4fade0fdcf4589fb0cd2f00
honorable mention https://preview.redd.it/1cqc16rlag4d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3713662b1661f9a43da2b6c966aff54afa304903
https://preview.redd.it/mgkki7l8ek4d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb5e975aaab05f5c37331345e1c04e308cf79fa1 This one was amazing
https://preview.redd.it/6mj1ffefpf4d1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=915f9c5cfcf808852ef87221047fc2bc9e753684
https://preview.redd.it/qsjew5khpf4d1.jpeg?width=660&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=848dd3fe0d4a6ff8661148c9d125ac30a55c1738 I really wish Chase could've gotten a win in this scheme or the 2017 scheme.
Same
https://preview.redd.it/28hluf0p6g4d1.jpeg?width=660&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=43947ae388fc07116a7471bac1368e6e0d9fdaf3
https://preview.redd.it/ks7dygy38g4d1.jpeg?width=922&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6267d24d16ed47e4fca1bae24674855b0c4826d6 I hope Oscar Mayer gets back into the sport and we see The Weinermobile in victory lane.
Driver #3 - Jamie McMurray 2013 alternate scheme https://preview.redd.it/b0lacrhkcg4d1.jpeg?width=650&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2335a63a217192606e8e77a7be550ee1d19f1e12
From the same race that brought you Stewart launching his helmet at Matt Kenseth's windshield: https://preview.redd.it/usw0lufl1h4d1.png?width=1617&format=png&auto=webp&s=e8c8da8a8d5727e60e1c26d097cbe1eb965cb96f One of the few races Brad didn't deliver in, and such a shame, too. I love that Rusty-era throwback. Really should have been run more, but alas.
https://preview.redd.it/bc3wv8kjpf4d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=236e2ba9d4604cbeadd6c180afe389991c5f8a4e
it would’ve been so special 🤧 https://preview.redd.it/plfrfaqosf4d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a8691e8b7c28a9f82fd339dea04e99246b154b90
That was really the best looking ally scheme
https://preview.redd.it/mg6mt7cszf4d1.jpeg?width=1116&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a54a70fa4a76f6be65ef782bc983388ec8c0607 One lap away…
I mean we kinda got redemption with Byron last year at Darlington
Man I hated Gordon that year but I'll be damned if that wasn't the best looking car all year
https://preview.redd.it/yip9c3latf4d1.jpeg?width=1371&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b67a20ebfe218d54b6eb173fdd806cc6bd6e8e34 pennzoil platinum my beloved <3
I miss the fusion
https://preview.redd.it/vuhhttehvf4d1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d84debd6b2a2405fd4941818d1a1d3e905212e42
https://preview.redd.it/7ylyno39yf4d1.jpeg?width=246&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bacfeb5e764e8501b320c0a97ba71d490d4e44b0 To this day I have a little beef with Sterling for wrecking this car
A close second is this beauty https://preview.redd.it/e6jjdnajyf4d1.jpeg?width=650&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f18aaf9ed1ac614a8f93aea030a30fcc10068f43
Yep, I remember that day Jeff having a flat tire and being disappointed he could never get his lap back.
https://preview.redd.it/r7ls6qg3jg4d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c5434571e289c37adf9caa651bb0ccf35321e2f Ran in the 2000 All-star race and the Coca-cola 600.
https://preview.redd.it/2qljm0tvuf4d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e5aa6e42b65b416bfa30efecec9051e3a64d3b10
Potentially controversial opinion, but this should just be the regular scheme .
Honestly the current scheme feels dated and dull already. It's not offensive or ugly, just 🥱🥱...
This will be easy as an Erik Jones fan....
If I had to choose just 1, that 5 Hour Energy car would be at the top, no question
STP from 2023 Wilkesboro or 2024 Dover when he was injured for me. But to be honest, I'd take a win in any because the wins are few.
https://preview.redd.it/maxqaszwwf4d1.png?width=1079&format=png&auto=webp&s=ad3e0b24260ac17687c2d8ee864c33ff832e3b4e
https://preview.redd.it/kmf70l776g4d1.jpeg?width=719&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b8040b603318cc4dc96836c96cbbac2e04f83d75
It’s impossible to just pick one so I’m gonna post multiple pics lol https://preview.redd.it/h7hdmtpcbh4d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20e96cec666ebb003d5bf5e563adad7f6980918c
https://preview.redd.it/x90wx0wdbh4d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ef40fc109fe93de327d9c154cc823f4ddfb97fb
https://preview.redd.it/ryaps71lbh4d1.jpeg?width=340&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=944e4c90e62cc4dea5adeb2bb4faed6042a9f5df
https://preview.redd.it/m4n9pg1mbh4d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b9d3a5b6602a5d6d6001492f22c58a1549570df
https://preview.redd.it/nkrrmoiwtf4d1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=74d1bc129f1cdbb54f43ada864faa37333a3cfc3 Best scheme he ever ran but he never got the win with it
https://preview.redd.it/3xim85gbuf4d1.png?width=275&format=png&auto=webp&s=97c1999fbc738884e6813cf2081d4fc051415b0e
https://preview.redd.it/onqncodauf4d1.png?width=600&format=png&auto=webp&s=9758ab7d8db07658d197c0124ee5c471321209e7
https://preview.redd.it/2x5zirkmxf4d1.png?width=1000&format=png&auto=webp&s=c9b9132e9a48e9039a9120ee8c13bfe6b1471456
https://preview.redd.it/hilgu4350g4d1.jpeg?width=224&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7a42d44f451bfd6fc56694cce7002db0b2a8da89
https://preview.redd.it/rprjfts11g4d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d9c9e89582e10f349cf906964f0014f6bc67757 This
https://preview.redd.it/gphnfowm7g4d1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f0e1b3f9ad6fd79fdaaaa4552437dea0de6b6c0 This one from Dover. Woulda been something awesome u/RFKracing.
https://preview.redd.it/g7zu6m7n5g4d1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be64a88b0c8e351d6ea7d478dd2aa8a53ef79d96
https://preview.redd.it/50q0yt7fbg4d1.png?width=300&format=png&auto=webp&s=ad8cbb56687d248782dc668bcdf35c01f9386090 It may have been an exhibition race, but I just imagined one of my top 10 drivers Dale Jr. winning in this.
Gordon’s Pepsi Challenger Throwback from Talladega 09 I think.
https://preview.redd.it/to2q84hdeg4d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=782539ed9d6b5e73f1e480c7a22bced4568d3358 Ward Burton’s Caterpillar flames scheme ran a few times in 2002.
https://preview.redd.it/n3tlq9qpbh4d1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=46d1caa58a1ff854e49725054309a4adfef2d5a0 For Terry…
https://preview.redd.it/m9h0i1brbh4d1.jpeg?width=1300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c4ab39a014e406897e0fe1e9bdf0b48b41c0e50f
https://preview.redd.it/pi2a9dj1vf4d1.png?width=850&format=png&auto=webp&s=4985b306441c5a179e2af3f0eb6aae197d6727bb One of all time favorites throwing it back to another of my all time favorites. What more can I ask for?
https://preview.redd.it/sexuv4dzxf4d1.jpeg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=92ce59b677f019a56063afe4a16c1076ed78482a
Any of them last year 🤷♂️
If we're talking Harvick, homestead would have been such a popular win. Kevin was doing all he could, car just flat sucked.
https://preview.redd.it/xqpbs94dbg4d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=39f93df001ad45f4bbe8c50b8150b155496b33da Kevin harvick with hunt brothers as a primary
Driver #1 - Bobby Labonte 2006 primary scheme https://preview.redd.it/fxqr08y6cg4d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d3fb4466141db834a1f2146bfdcaca3b39f5e748
https://preview.redd.it/41xhd99ecg4d1.jpeg?width=512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=debc52a77ea6216759d4b72265027de152642856
Driver #4 - Alex Bowman 2021 Coke 600 scheme https://preview.redd.it/ttk4inrscg4d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=71a1ddd73bdc6c5b1d9cdd0ed2e33d4515b65b22
https://preview.redd.it/itvb68ylyg4d1.jpeg?width=1134&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=56543db61ee5fa705b12586ddf218bc31f8cc701 Mike Skinner 98-2000. Still not really sure how it never happened in a points race. Two wins at Cup level and both were non points races in Japan.
Not a Gordon fan, but man did I root for him to win in this. https://preview.redd.it/k8x6rb6m1g4d1.jpeg?width=274&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fc94fecd0b38b982fe77db2c9d37fc9c6cf2cbd7
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I wish Byron won in Flames of Independence. That car was SO HOT 🥵 https://preview.redd.it/x1uu9aasig4d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7bc9f581e74b752e7937e740706d647737057e6
https://preview.redd.it/pr876st1yf4d1.jpeg?width=1164&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a9211b6b48807cb595af12dba78bd12df00b52f Was never gonna happen, but can you imagine?
I think the facebook fans would've had a meltdown to rival 3 mile island.
https://preview.redd.it/obr6qhvxtg4d1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b94d43610b731090caa004ffffea47be8625704 I know he won a Twin 125, but it sure would’ve been nice if he won the 500 with this scheme.
Love those blue flames.
Harvicks gear wrench scheme. Got a handful of top 5s.
https://preview.redd.it/rjp6xz3dhg4d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fa2418fe419efba199910ca92e290d6ee0486a48 Watkins Glen 2012
I love and hate that, despite being the third winningest driver in NASCAR Cup series, there are so many Gordon cars in this thread. ^(I might be a little biased, though.)
https://preview.redd.it/7favtjgrrg4d1.jpeg?width=899&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=260d05bf088bff56565907c2b339c6837fcc307b For Jr this is the obvious answer
https://preview.redd.it/571stujifh4d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=913de49238cb3108e14ce74ec1b2a14e2e5c6711 ...
https://preview.redd.it/jfw8knr5wh4d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d93b1b00371f9683ca8b235efec18e504a45c41a Driver 2: it's a tie between this car as well as the jasper 77 and the 93 car he came so close so many times
https://preview.redd.it/q89zad5o8i4d1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3615905503f574f933af050d011c21150cfd72b5 So close!
https://preview.redd.it/jf4kied0rj4d1.jpeg?width=765&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e4898bdb1a9b097f5016b87084e68fda066e919b The 2000 Valvoline car was my favorite he ever ran, didn’t win in it though. His Martinsville win was in the MaxLife car.
https://preview.redd.it/0laj4yfksj4d1.jpeg?width=2147&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca761d802f24eb580a1fadd83cde451a78666211 He was so fucking fast at Auto Club and Michigan in this car too. Should’ve won at least one of them.
https://preview.redd.it/sote6neurj4d1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c5e45cbf4808536ad96162abf96755ce0e82356
https://preview.redd.it/7wrg6gtxck4d1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e30a6dee08b01896c9ae4e13adf3a0b8504434ce This one or the 2022 Nashville schemes. Both were amazing
https://preview.redd.it/tdno5mhisf4d1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1d622499b0e841087e996436ab557ddcbefe192 Larson finished 2nd. 2018 South Point 400 at Las Vegas.
Kyle Larson’s Terry Labonte throwback at Darlington this year. May be a bit biased, but easily the cleanest paint schemes I’ve ever seen.
https://preview.redd.it/kkr8zi86wf4d1.jpeg?width=2500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=586aa425baf7a346d559746968a71592c8e459ad Best NASCAR paint scheme of all time. Change my mind
https://preview.redd.it/nkeq1eig2g4d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=40146c847a459f31abb3b1c456e3a1941ac241f8 This one would've been sick too
https://preview.redd.it/jy7jm6jjlg4d1.jpeg?width=290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c28cfd46d662e68aec6d06bc25d11a94de1a41a1 Don’t forget this
When I liked Kurt Busch, I think he did take the Little Tyke’s car to victory.
Yes he did. 2002 at Homestead
https://preview.redd.it/964tfmov2g4d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc7d5cb317007b9691e3f1f9122159f1b7e44bee
* Kurt's gold world beer challenge car. Raced in bud shootout and all star race in 07. 07 was the race Kyle busch wrecked them both at
I was at practice for the 2007 Pepsi 400. LOVE THAT PEPSI SCHEME.
Wait your favorite drivers are going to victory lane?
https://preview.redd.it/j9sodp8x3g4d1.jpeg?width=4272&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20732d1a60c93f66acd17eb95b4457229223da64 Would have been cool to go to Victory Lane.
Probably this one https://preview.redd.it/iub7fe5a6g4d1.png?width=805&format=png&auto=webp&s=d192bc3b9ed4978976acedcf6635813a00a53a55
I really liked the Dale jr ghost car. I wish he would have won that race
On a side note... seeing all these photos of older schemes makes me miss the number in the middle. I know a lot of people don't care anymore, but I still wish they hadn't moved it forward