Saturday, February 9, 2013

2013 Paint Schemes

With the Daytona 500 just around the corner, we've been eagerly watching as each teams' paint schemes are unveiled for the upcoming NASCAR season. With marquee sponsors paying as much as $20 million a year to sponsor a ride, a lot of effort is put into each design. Longtime readers of this blog will know that we've shared some of our favorite paint schemes in past posts.

So far, Richard Childress Racing will be sporting a pair of the sharpest schemes this year. Austin Dillon will kick off the season with a Daytona paint scheme featuring Honey Nut Cheerios, and Jeff Burton will run six races with regular ol' Cheerios on the hood:




Do you have a favorite of the two?

Personally, we still have a soft spot for our previous favorite Cheerios paint job, seen here on Johnny Benson's '98 Taurus:

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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2013 at 8:25 AM

    I have to agree with you on the "26" car. It looks like a rich gold lacquer finish that the team expected to last a long time - verses the newest schemes - expecting the car to be destroyed before the checker flag is flown. It will be interesting to see the new cars perform at the Daytona 500 this year. For those who have not yet bought their tickets for the event, there are still seats available for the most famous race of all. See you in Daytona on February 24!

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  2. PrintdevilFebruary 11, 2013 at 10:09 AM

    I like the new Cheerios "31" car with the cereal texture at the bottom. Of course you won't see that at nearly 200 mph, but I think the contrast is cool.

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