Friday, August 31, 2018

2018 Southern 500 Throwback Paint Schemes



A.J. Allmendinger
Allmendinger's paint scheme will be similar to the one his team used for the 1998 Xfinity Series season with a series of drivers including seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson.



Clint Bowyer
Bowyer will be driving a paint scheme almost identical to the one Ned Jarrett had for his 1965 Southern 500 victory.

Ryan Blaney
Blaney will honor his father, Dave, with a paint scheme that resembles the one Dave had during the 2003 season.

Chris Buescher
Buescher's paint scheme will honor a tribute, but a sponsor, as his paint scheme will resemble what his sponsor, Bush's Baked Beans, looked like in the 1930s.




Kurt Busch


Busch's throwback paint scheme will be the one who drove in the spring 2003 Darlington race, where he lost to Ricky Craven in what some argue is the greatest finish in NASCAR history.


Kyle Busch

Kyle Busch will be bringing back the Skittles paint scheme that Ernie Irvan drove during the 1998 season.
William Byron
The 20-year old rookie will be driving one of the most iconic paint schemes in NASCAR history, Jeff Gordon's famous DuPont rainbow paint scheme that Gordon had on his car from 1993-2000 to which the "Rainbow Warrior" drove to 51 victories and three Cup championships.

Landon Cassill
Cassill's paint scheme will be similar to the one Bobby Allison had when he won the 1988 Daytona 500.
Derrike Cope
Cope will pay tribute to himself with a paint scheme that is identical to the one who he drove during the 1993 season.
Matt DiBendetto
DiBendetto's paint scheme will NBC announcer Jeff Burton's favorite, as it is almost identical to the one Burton drove in the 2000 season to which Burton won four races and finished third in the points.
Austin Dillon
Dillon will honor Dale Earnhardt with "The Intimitador"s famous silver paint scheme that Earnhardt drove in the 1995 All-Star Race.

Ty Dillon
Austin's younger brother will be driving a paint scheme that is identical to the one Max Papis used in the 2009 Cup season, the first season Ty's sponsor, GEICO, was involved with NASCAR.
Jeffrey Earnhardt
The grandson of Dale Earnhardt and nephew of Dale Earnhardt Jr, Jeffrey Earnhardt will honor his famous grandfather with a paint scheme that "The Intimitador" used in four races in 1978.
Chase Elliott
Elliott will pay tribute to his late cousin, Casey, with a paint scheme that is very close to the one Casey used in the Slim Jim All-Pro Series in 1993, three years before his death because of cancer.
Joey Gase
Gase will drive a paint scheme that closely resembles the one his father, Bob, used to drive the 2003 modified division championship at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Iowa.

Denny Hamlin
Hamlin's paint scheme will be similar to the car Hamlin drove to began his racing career, a Mini Stock car at Langley Speedway and Southside Speedway in Hamiln's home state of Virginia.
Kevin Harvick
Harvick's paint scheme will closely resemble a can of Busch beer from the 1990s.
Timmy Hill

Hill's paint scheme will be very similar to the one Darrell Waltrip used in his final Cup season back in 2000.
Jimmie Johnson

Johnson will bring back the paint scheme he had for his win in the 2012 Southern 500, which was the 200th victory for Hendrick Motorsports in NASCAR Cup competition.
Erik Jones
Jones's paint scheme will honor his spotter, Rick Carelli, who drove in the Camping World Truck Series to four career victories.
Corey LaJoie
LaJoie will honor his father, Randy, with a paint scheme that resembles the one Randy had when he won back-to-back Xfinity Series championships in 1996 + 97.

Kasey Kahne
In what very likely will be his very Southern 500, Kahne will drive a paint scheme similar to the one Kasey used in the 2006 season where Kahne drove to six of his 18 career wins.
Brad Keselowski
Keselowski will be driving a paint scheme reminiscent of the one Rusty Wallace had in 1990, to which Rusty drove to two victories including the Coca-Cola 600.


Kyle Larson
At first glance, it doesn't look like that Larson's paint scheme is a throwback, but if you look at the three stripes, it is similar to the stripes on Davey Allison's car from 1987-89.
Joey Logano
Logano will be bringing back the Pennzoil paint scheme that debut in 1998 with Steve Park, who used this paint scheme to his two career Cup wins.
Michael McDowell
McDowell's paint scheme will be what his sponsor, Love's Travel Stops, looked like when they opened their first shop in Amarillo, Texas back in 1981.

B.J. McLeod
McLeod's paint scheme will be throwing it back to a fictional paint scheme, the famous Hardee's paint scheme that was driven by villain Russ Wheeler, played by Cary Elwes, in the 1990 Tom Cruise classic Days of Thunder.

Jamie McMurray
While McMurray's paint scheme will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Big Mac, it is almost identical to the paint scheme that Bill Elliott used in 1998 to celebrate NASCAR's 50th anniversary.
Paul Menard
Menard will honor Cale Yarborough, who drove for Menard's car owner, the Wood Brothers from 1967-1970, to 13 victories including wins in the 1968 Daytona 500 and Southern 500.
Ryan Newman
Newman's paint scheme will closely resemble the one Neil Bonnett drove in the 1993 DieHard 500 at Talladega, which is famous for Bonnett's frightening crash where his car took part of the fence down in the frontstretch.


David Ragan
Like Jeff Burton will probably cheer on Matt DiBendetto, fellow NBC analyst Dale Jarrett will probably cheer on David Ragan, whose paint scheme will be similar to the one Jarrett used when he won his first career NASCAR cup race in a photo finish at Michigan in 1991.



Ricky Stenhouse Jr.


Stenhouse will honor one of his car owner Jack Roush,'s previous drivers in Chad Little, with this paint scheme that closely resembles the one Little used when he drove for Roush from 1998-2000.
Darrell Wallace Jr.

Wallace will be driving a paint scheme that closely resembles to the one his owner, Richard Petty, used for the 1972 season in which "The King" won eight races and his fourth of seven Cup championships.