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The Driver Suit Blog-Paint Scheme Grades-October 31, 2015

By David G. Firestone

First we have 2016 paint scheme…

Chase Elliott #24 NAPA Chevy SS-It’s a smooth look, very good color scheme, and it looks great! It earns an. A+

Now on to 2015 paint schemes…

Jamie McMurray #1 Cessna/Bad Boy Buggies Pink Chevy SS-Pinkwashing is an automatic F

Greg Biffle #16 Ford Performance Ford Fusion-It’s a simple design with a great color scheme, and I love the spray design on the door numbers. A+

Carl Edwards #19 Xfinifty Toyota Camry-Let’s be honest, it’s a slightly better redesign of the Great Clips scheme, and even then, it’s only B- level. Too many dark-on-dark designs.

JJ Yeley #26 Adirondack Tree Surgeons Toyota Camry-The mediocre color scheme and insanely overdone design scheme combine to earn an F. There is no part of this scheme I can defend.

Paul Menard #27 Menards/Tarkett Chevy SS-With the Menard’s template, or any template for that matter, some color schemes work, other color schemes don’t. The purple isn’t great, but it isn’t awful. I’ll give it a B+.

Bobby Labonte #32 C&J Energy Services Ford Fusion-Pinkwashing is an automatic F.

Ryan Ellis #33 Science Logic Chevy SS-A great color scheme and an awful design scheme combine for a D+ grade.

Travis Kvapil #33 Chevy SS-A timeless look with a great color scheme will earn an A+ ever single time.

David Gilliland #38 Jerry Cook Tribute Ford Fusion-Great looking throwbacks will ALWAYS deserve an A+.

Kyle Larson #42 Target Plaid Chevy SS-If you paint your car with a houndstooth design and it ends up looking like a picnic table cover, you deserve to get a D-.

Kyle Larson #42 Target Plaid Chevy SS-Plaid doesn’t look good on clothes, and it looks even worse on race cars. The only thing saving this scheme is a good color scheme. D-

Michael Annett #46 Flying J/PJ Fresh Chevy SS-Good color scheme, and I LOVE the tomato sauce and pepperoni motif! It looks great and earns an A+.

Timmy Hill #62 Royal Teak Ford Fusion-Royal Teak has had a lot of great color schemes this year, and this is another one. Great color scheme, great design, no complaints. A+

Michael Waltrip #98 Maxwell House Toyota Camry-Same as Clint Bowyer’s Maxwell House Toyota, same A+ grade.

My Thoughts on Selfies

By David G. Firestone

By now most of you have seen the video featuring the sorority girls taking selfies at an Arizona Diamondbacks game. For those who haven’t the television station broadcasting a Rockies/Diamondbacks game shot several sorority girls in the stands taking selfies while the game was going on. The announcers made a running commentary on them, and how stupid selfies are in general.

Now considering that the game was worthless at the time, I can understand not caring too much, but why would you go to the game in the first place if all you plan on doing is taking selfies? We have become a digital society, and that isn’t a bad thing, but selfies are getting out of hand.

I don’t take too many selfies. I’ve taken, at most, 20 in the last few years, half of them with race car drivers at Route 66. I find selfies not worth the time or effort. Many people swear by them. I know a lot of people who take selfies just for the sake of taking a selfie. But within the last few years, the obsession of taking “the best selfie ever” has lead to people doing very dangerous things. It’s been confirmed that in 2015, selfies are deadlier than sharks. 12 people have thus far been killed while taking selfies in 2015.

This is going to sound crass, but anyone who kills themselves while taking a selfie deserves it. I have no compassion for them at all. If you risk life and limb for the sake of a picture…A PICTURE…then you are an idiot, and I don’t feel bad for making fun of you! We have way too many stupid people in this world, and we need to weed them out every so often.