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By David G. Firestone I figured that after the Coca Cola 600 I should do an article on how the teams stack up paint scheme wise. Here is how I figured the grades out. Using a grade average, I took each grade a car number gets and averaged out the grades. I will add comments […]
Read More The Driver Suit Blog-Midseason Paint Scheme GradesIssued in 1936 and considered one of the first national uses of flags in marketing, National Flags and Arms represents flags and coats of arms in 1936. This partial album set is in great condition
Read More DGF2099 Productions-Introduction to Tobacco Card Albums-National Flags and Arms-John Player and Sons-1936By David G. Firestone CHIP GANASSI RACING TEAM #1 Jamie McMurray #1 Cessna/Beechcraft Chevy SS–No Change A Jamie McMurray #1 McDonald’s Chevy SS–Same basic scheme, but with a new door design. B+ Jamie McMurray #1 Cessna/McDonald’s Chevy SS-Special dual scheme for the Daytona 500, black Cessna on the front, fade to red McDonald’s on the […]
Read More The Driver Suit Blog-Paint Scheme Tracker-May 27, 2015By David G. Firestone I don’t know when pizza became the go to dish in the United States, and I don’t care. I do know this about pizza, it began with the ancient Greeks, followed by the Romans. In 1889, it gained a new dimension when Raffaele Esposito created the Pizza Margherita for Queen Margherita, […]
Read More The Driver Suit Blog-My Thoughts On Why Pizza Rules!By David G. Firestone Just a quick post, I didn’t want to rewrite the My Thoughts On article for tomorrow, so I’d just cover it today. So I committed a sin on Sunday…I fell asleep during the NHRA Lucas Oil Kansas Nationals. It was at about 1:30 in the morning, and I was tired. I […]
Read More The Driver Suit Blog-A Funny Car Design Quirk I Never Noticed Before.Trevor Bayne #6 Advocare Camo Ford Fusion-The new redesign doesn’t look good, and would normally earn a D but because camo is used, the letter grade deduction is in play and this scheme earns an F. Alex Bowman #7 Chevy SS-A smooth design with a great color scheme earns an A+ every time. Alex Bowman […]
Read More The Driver Suit Blog-Paint Scheme Grades-May 23-2015By David G. Firestone Last week, I covered Shea Holbrook in her Taylor Motorsports Prodcuts driver suit, this week, I’m gonna cover Shane Westerfield in his Taylor Mototsports driver suit. Shane is a former drag boat racer, who has moved to Top Alcohol Funny Car or TAFC. He has a couple of event wins, including […]
Read More The Driver Suit Blog-Taylor Motorsports Proudcts, An Introduction Part 2