2017 Southern 500 Throwback Paint Schemes

Ever since the Southern 500 in Darlington, South Carolina, come back to its traditional Labor Day race date back in 2015, NASCAR has started to off an old school feel to the event, declaring the weekend "Throwback Weekend" as many drivers drive paint schemes from NASCAR's past in the race.
And this year is no exception, as multiple drivers will be using paint schemes that honor some of the legends of the sport.
Now this is not a complete list of all the throwback paint schemes that will be run in this year's Southern 500, as some drivers will have paint schemes to honor their sponsor and have never been seen before.
The paint schemes that are included in this list are the ones that have been run in NASCAR or other auto racing series, with pictures of the paint scheme that will be run in the race on Sunday and the paint scheme that will be duplicating.
So without further adieu, here are some of the throwback paint schemes you can except in the 2017 Southern 500:
A.J. Allmendinger

Allmendinger will be paying tribute to Terry Labonte, who used a paint scheme similar to this when he won the 1984 Winston Cup Championship.

Aric Almirola

Almirola will honor his car owner, "The King" Richard Petty, with this paint scheme that Petty had when he won his 200th career race in the 1984 Firecracker 400 at Daytona in front of President Ronald Reagan.

Trevor Bayne

Bayne will be driving a paint scheme similar to the one Mark Martin used when he won his first career Cup race back in 1989.

Clint Bowyer

Just like Bayne, Bowyer will driving a paint scheme that resembles one used by Mark Martin, with this scheme that Martin used in the Busch Series(now Xfinity Series)from 1988-1991.

Ryan Blaney

Blaney will be driving a paint scheme similar to the one Kyle Petty used when he won the 1987 Coca-Cola 600 for the Wood Brothers, the team that Blaney is driving for at Darlington.

Chris Bueschler

Bueschler will honor former driver Patty Moise, the first female driver to lead a Xfinity series race, with this paint scheme that resembles the one Moise drove during the 1988 Xfinity series season.

Derrike Cope

Unlike most of the drivers on this list, Cope will actually be honoring himself as the 1990 Daytona 500 winner will be driving a paint scheme he used from 1994-1996 when he drove for Bobby Allison.

Matt DiBenedetto

Speaking of Bobby Allison, DiBendetto will be using a paint scheme similar to the one Bobby drove to victory in the 1988 Daytona 500.

Austin Dillon

Dillon will be paying tribute to the the man most famous for driving the #3 car, Dale Earnhardt, will this paint scheme that closely resembles the famous Wrangler paint scheme that Earnhardt drove to 22 Cup victories and back-to-back championships in 1986 + 87.

Ty Dillon

Austin's younger brother, Ty, will pay tribute to car owner Smokey Yunick, who had this paint scheme driven by three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Johnny Rutherford, back in 1963.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

In his final Southern 500, Junior will be using a paint scheme similar to the AC-Delco paint scheme that he used in 1998-99 as he drove to back-to-back Xfinity championships and won 13 races.

Jeffrey Earnhardt

Dale Jr.'s nephew and son of Kerry, Dale Sr.'s first child, will pay tribute to his famous grandfather with this paint scheme that closely resembles the one "The Intimidator" drove in the 1989 Xfinity series race in Daytona.

Chase Elliott

Chase will pay tribute to his famous father Bill with this paint scheme that is similar to the one "Awesome Bill from Dawsonville" used when he made his Cup debut back in 1976.

Denny Hamlin

Hamlin will be going outside of the Cup series and into the modified series with his throwback paint scheme that pays tribute to Ray Hendrick(no relation to Rick Hendrick) who was known as Mr. Modified as he won over 700 late-model stock races during his legendary career.

Kasey Kahne

Kahne will pay tribute to his car owner, Rick Hendrick, will this almost identical duplicate paint scheme that was used by Geoff Bodine from 1985-1989, which Bodine drove to four victories, including the 1986 Daytona 500.

Brad Keselowski

Keselowski will be bringing up one of the most iconic paint schemes in NASCAR history, Rusty Wallace's famous Miller Genuine Draft black #2, which he drove to 23 victories between 1991 and 1995.

Corey LaJoie

LaJoie, son of two-time Xfinity series champ Randy, will pay tribute to another second generation driver with this paint scheme that is close to the one Davey Allison, son of Bobby Allison, used in the Xfinity Series in 1984 and 1985.

Kyle Larson

Larson will be driving a paint scheme that is similar to the one used by Kyle Petty for the 1995 Cup Season which he drove during his eighth and final Cup victory at the spring race at Dover.

Joey Logano

Just like Denny Hamlin, Logano will be using a paint scheme outside of NASCAR as his throwback paint scheme will honor Indycar driver Jimmy Vasser, a paint scheme similar to this in the 2002 CART season(not Indycar because the IRL-CART split was still in effect in 2002).

Michael McDowell

It is fitting that the team McDowell will honor Alan Kulwucki because the team McDowell drives for operates out of the same shop that Kulwucki's team did as McDowell will be driving a paint scheme similar to the one the 1992 Cup Champion used during his rookie season in 1986.

Jamie McMurray

McMurray's paint scheme will bear resemblance to the Hawaiian Tropic #1 car that was driven by Donnie Allison in the famous 1979 Daytona 500, where Donnie crashed with Cale Yarborough while battling for the win on the final lap, leading to a fight between the two after the race was over.

Ryan Newman

Just like his teammate Austin Dillon, Newman will be driving a paint scheme that resembles the Dale Earnhardt Wrangler paint scheme which Earnhardt used for car owner Richard Childress from 1984-1987.

Danica Patrick

Patrick will pay tribute to Dale Jarrett, with this paint scheme that is similar to the one Jarrett used from 1996-2000 as he won 20 races, including two Daytona 500s, and the 1999 Cup Championship.

Reed Sorenson

Sorenson will drive a scheme that was used by legendary owner Bud Moore, who owned the car number #15 for decades, with this paint scheme that is similar to the one driven by Brett Bodine in 1989 and Morgan Shepherd in 1990 while driving for Mr. Moore.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Stenhouse will pay homage to one of the most famous drivers that used the number #17 in the Cup series, Darrell Waltrip, with this paint scheme that closely resembles the one DW used in the 1997 season.

Cody Ware

Ware will pay tribute to the 1990 movie Days of Thunder with the Mello Yello scheme that Tom Cruise's character Cole Trickle ran at the conclusion of the movie, plus have a logo to pay tribute to the victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas.

Cole Whitt

Whitt will honor his grandfather, "Gentlemen" Jim Whitt, with this paint scheme, nicknamed the "Lime Green Machine", which Jim drove in five Cup races between the years 1972 and '73.