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By David G. Firestone Thanksgiving has passed, holiday music and decorations are abound, and the 2019 Paint Scheme Leaderboard is here! Here’s how the process works. I will rank all of the Cup Series teams by their paint scheme GPA. I will rank them by manufacturer, then all of them in one final list. There […]
Read More The Driver Suit Blog-2019 Paint Scheme Leaderboard Part 4-The Grand Finale1997 Bobby Hamilton #51 Southern Pride Trucking Chevrolet C1500 When he was hired as a stunt driver for Days of Thunder, Nashville, Tennessee’s Bobby Hamilton grabbed the opportunity, and proved competitive at the 1989 Autoworks 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. This impressed quite a few people, and eventually, Hamilton would get signed to a full-time […]
Read More The Driver Suit Blog-Throwback Thursday-1997 Bobby Hamilton #51 Southern Pride Trucking Chevrolet C1500By David G. Firestone The 2019 Paint Scheme Leaderboard rolls on, this week, it’s the Toyota teams time to shine! 1-XCI Racing #81 Toyota Camry Rank Last Year: N/A Number of Schemes: 1 GPA: 4.00 2-Motorsports Business Management #66 Toyota Camry Rank Last Year: 3rd of 9 Number of Schemes: 14 GPA: 3.82 3-Gaunt Brothers […]
Read More The Driver Suit Blog-2019 Paint Scheme Leaderboard Part 3-Toyota1997 Tony Raines #19 Pennzoil Dodge Ram Glasgow, Montana isn’t a place closely associated with auto racing, but it is home to Tony Raines. Tony Raines is just one in a series of drivers who had success in the Truck Series, but couldn’t succeed in the Xfinity or Cup Series. Raines had a win in […]
Read More The Driver Suit Blog-Throwback Thursday-1997 Tony Raines #19 Pennzoil Dodge RamBy David G. Firestone This week, the Paint Scheme Leaderboard shifts focus to the blue oval. Ford’s rankings are up for this week. 1-Team Penske #12 Ford Mustang Rank Last Year: 4th of 18 Number of Schemes: 18 GPA: 3.78 2-Team Penske #2 Ford Mustang Rank Last Year: 12th of 18 Number of Schemes: 11 […]
Read More The Driver Suit Blog-2019 Paint Scheme Leaderboard Part 2-Ford1996 Jack Sprague #24 Quaker State Chevrolet C1500 With 28 wins and three championships in the Truck Series, Spring Lake, Michigan’s Jack Sprague is tied for third on the all-time win list with Mike Skinner. Sprague’s best years came while driving for Rick Hendrick, where he won his three championships, in 1997, 1999, and 2001. […]
Read More The Driver Suit Blog-Throwback Thursday-1996 Jack Sprague #24 Quaker State Chevrolet C1500By David G. Firestone Thanksgiving has passed, holiday music and decorations are abound, and the 2019 Paint Scheme Leaderboard is here! Here’s how the process works. I will rank all of the Cup Series teams by their paint scheme GPA. I will rank them by manufacturer, then all of them in one final list. There […]
Read More The Driver Suit Blog-2019 Paint Scheme Leaderboard Part 1-Chevy1996 Rusty Wallace #22 Miller Ford F-150 Considered one of the greatest drivers never to win a Daytona 500, Arnold, Missouri’s Rusty Wallace has 55 wins in the Cup Series, and the 1989 Championship. He also raced in IROC, winning 4 races, and the 1991 IROC Championship. While he has many stars in many different […]
Read More The Driver Suit Blog-Throwback Thursday-1996 Rusty Wallace #22 Miller Ford F-150