By David G. Firestone
With the 2018 NASCAR season behind us, I’m happy to present the 5th Annual Driver Suit Blog Paint Schemie Awards! Regular readers know about this, but I’ll discuss this again. Every year, I pick the best and worst paint schemes and award them the Paint Schemie. This was done using the Driver Suit Blog executive committee for paint scheme analysis and consists of me and Driver Suit Blog assistant, my cat Alejandro, and uses the following standards:
Color Scheme:How the colors look, and how they work with each other.
Overall Design:How good the design itself looks, is there too much, or not enough.
Primary Sponsor Logos: How the primary sponsor logos look on the car
Originality: How original is the scheme.
All of the above can work for or against a scheme, and all will be taken into consideration.
Let’s get the bad Paint Scheme Awards out of the way…
First, the Paint Schemie Award for Worst Regular Season Single Paint Scheme.
The nominees are:
Landon Cassill #00 Mane ‘n Tall Chevy Camaro
Chase Elliott #9 Sun Energy Chevy Camaro
Ty Dillon #13 Geico Military Chevy Camaro
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. #17 Sunny D Ford Fusion
Kyle Busch #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry
Erik Jones #20 Toyota Toyota Camry
Gray Gaulding #23 Toyota Camry
Matt DiBenedetto #32 Can Am/Kappa Ford Fusion
David Ragan #38 FR8 Auctions Ford Fusion
The 2018 Paint Schemie Award for Worst Regular Season Single Paint Scheme goes to:
Kyle Busch #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry
The next Paint Schemie Award is for Exhibition or Throwback Paint Schemes. This category is a little different, as the Schemie will go to the best and worst throwback. For this category, all exhibition race and throwback paint schemes qualify automatically.
The 2018 Paint Schemie Award for Worst Exhibition or Throwback Paint Schemes goes to…
Timmy Hill #66 Rewards.com Throwback Toyota Camry
The next award of 2018 is the Paint Schemie for Worst Paint Scheme Set of 2018. The nominees are:
Germain Racing #13 Chevy Camaro
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. #17 Ford Fusion
Daniel Suarez #19 Toyota Camry
A.J. Allmendinger #47 Chevy Camaro
Ricky Benton Racing #92 Ford Fusion
The 2018 Paint Schemie Award for for Worst Paint Scheme Set goes to…
Now after talking about the bad, we discuss the good. Here are the winners in the best category…
First, the Paint Schemie Award for Best Regular Season Single Paint Scheme.
The nominees for the 2018 Paint Schemie Award for for Best Regular Season Single Paint Scheme are:
Brad Keselowski #2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion
Kevin Harvick #4 Busch Ford Fusion
Chase Elliott #9 Mountain Dew Chevy Camaro
Aric Almirola #10 Smithfield Bacon for Life Ford Fusion
Kyle Busch #18 M&M’s Toyota Camry
Daniel Suarez #19 Coca Cola Toyota Camry
William Byron #24 Axalta Chevy Camaro
Ryan Newman #31 eBay Motors Chevy Camaro
The 2018 Paint Schemie Award for for Best Regular Season Single Paint Scheme goes to…
Daniel Suarez #19 Coca Cola Toyota Camry
The next category is Paint Schemie Award is for Best Exhibition or Throwback Paint Schemes, and it should come as no surprise that the competition was strong this year.
The 2018 Paint Schemie Award for Best Throwback Scheme of 2017 goes to…
Austin Dillon #3 American Ethanol Throwback Chevy SS
The final award of 2018 is the Paint Schemie for Best Paint Scheme Set of 2018. The nominees are:
Michael McDowell #34 Ford Fusion
Jimmie Johnson #48 Chevy Camaro
Rick Ware Racing #52 Chevy Camaro
Beard Oil Motorsports #62 Chevy Camaro
MBM Motorsports #66 Toyota Camry
Obaika Racing #97 Toyota Camry
The 2018 Paint Schemie Award for for Best Paint Scheme Set goes to…
Michael McDowell #34 Ford Fusion
That’s it for the Schemies, next week, the Paint Scheme Leaderboard begins with Chevy!
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