DARLINGTON THROWBACK PAINT SCHEMES - 2020
BELOW YOU WILL SEE THE 2020 SCHEMES AND THE ORIGINAL ONES THEY REPLICATED
2020 throwbackSchemes on left; and original paint schemes on right
Brad Keselowski threw back to himself and his 2010 Xfinity Series paint job.
Austin Dillon honored Junior Johnson using his 1961 Pontiac scheme
Ryan Newman was another driver that threw back to himself. He used his paint job from his 1999 USAC Silver Crown Sprint car Championship
Josh Bilicki replicated the paint job of the modified car of Tommy Baldwin Sr
Rookie Tyler Reddick threw back to the paint scheme used by Jeff Burton's rookie 1994 paint scheme
All the Hendrick Motorsports drivers threw back to their retiring teammate Jimmie Johnson. This is Johnson paint job from Johnson 2009 Championship
Aric Almirola used the paint job used by Fireball Roberts in 1957
Denny Hamlin used the paint scheme used by Cale Yarborough when he won at Darlington in 1973
Ryan Blaney threw back to the paint scheme used by Paul Menard when he won an ARCA race at Talladega in 2003
Ty Dillion replicated the paint scheme used by Todd Bodine when he won the 2010 Truck Series Championship
Clint Bowyer honored Kyle Petty when he used Petty's 1990 Rockingham winning paint job
Brennen Poole used the paint job also used by Ricky Rudd in the mid-1980s
Martin Truex used the paint job used by Hank Parker Jr at Atlanta in 2003
Eric Jones threw back to 2005 at Martinsville when Tony Stewart run the same scheme.
Matt DiBenedetto used the paint scheme from the 1963 Ford driven by Tiny Lund when he won the Daytona 500
Joey Logano used the same paint scheme used by Bobby Allison in 1985
William Byron threw back to teammate Jimmie Johnson using his 2013 All Star winning car
JJ Yeley threw back to the paint job used by Kenny Irwin - his Nerf car
John Hunter Nemechek honored Elliott Sadler using his 1999 Citgo paint scheme
Cole Custer had a nice scheme using the same one used by Curtis Turner in 1966
Bubba Wallace used this unusual green paint scheme used by Richard Petty in the Coke 600 in 1986. Petty had crashed his car in practice and had to use the backup car of DK Ulrich. He used Ulrich's paint scheme and added some STP decals.
In his final year Jimmie Johnson threw back to the two drivers that also had seven Cup Championships. Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt Sr. Earnhardt's paint was used on the sides; and Petty's on the hood to trunk area
Joey Gase raced the iconic Coca Cola paint job used by Bobby Allison in 1972
Indy car driver James Davison paid tribute to fellow Indy Car racer Tom Sneva using the same scheme Sneva used in 1982
Timmy Hill used the same paint scheme as Phil Parsons used in 1984
Ross Chastain had a sharp looking car when he used the paint scheme used by Dale Earnhardt Sr at Atlanta in 1976
Alex Bowman honored teammate Jimmie Johnson as he used his 2006 Championship scheme
Christopher Bell was another driver that threw back to himself. He won the 2017 Truck series Championship and used that winning scheme on his Cup car.
Daniel Suarez also threw back to himself. He used the paint scheme he won the 2016 Xfinity Series Championship with
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