2009 Paint Schemes....

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I used to love the coming of the new year in Cup growing up wondering what the new paint schemes would be. Back then there wasn't internet so the only way you would know was if it was in Stock Car Magazine or you somehow caught it on TV or the new NASCAR yearbooks.

All of these new schemes can be found on Jayski's 2009 Paint Schemes page here:

Jayski's® Silly Season Site - 2009 Sprint Cup Paint Schemes

Just going down the list so far:

#2 - little change don't really love the scheme. Wish they'd go back to the Miller High Life scheme like when Bobby Allison ran it

#5 Kelloggs - no noticeable differences. Its an ok scheme but its got a little old. 7/10

#6 UPS - Since it must be brown I like the gold with it. Definitely should be different. 7.5/10

#9 Bud - about the same. They want a plain car - eh, 5/10

#11 FedEx Office - same as last year it appears but these schemes are all decent. 6.5/10

#12 Alltel - kind of plain for me. 6/10

#13 Geico - Liked the Nationwide scheme better than this. 6/10

#14 Old Spice/Office Depot - they are ok but nothing special. Thought Smoke might have a little flashier scheme than this. 6/10

#16 3M - I like this scheme. Its about the same as last year but it fits Biffle's look. 7.5/10

#17 (R&L) Ewwww, hate the green and yellow scheme 4/10 (USG Sheetrock) little better but don't love this one either 5.5/10, (Carhardt) Now thats a good paint scheme. Black and gray looks real sharp 8/10

#18 - (M&M's) Like this scheme it shows up well on track 7.5/10, (Combos) Like this scheme pretty good too with the mesh look 7/10, (Snickers) I like this scheme too for whatever reason. I wish it was a bit different in color but I like the overall scheme pretty well 7/10

#19 - (Best Buy) I just don't like this scheme. I've seen plenty of fictional Best Buy schemes for racing games that are 1000x better. 4.5/10, (Stanley Tools) Its fairly simple but I do like the flames on this one. Sometimes simple is ok - with the black base it looks good. 7/10

#20 (Home Depot) I like it that they are trying to give Joey his own look in car. I like the white splashed in there - Stewart had some white splashed in his Home Depot scheme when he first started if I remember correctly. 8/10
 
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#24 - (Dupont) I might be in the minority but I really like the new scheme for Gordon even though he's not one of my favorites. 9/10, (National Guard) This new scheme is very good much better than the Jr National Guard scheme. 8.5/10, (Pepsi) Oh PUKE do I hate that new Pepsi logo. That's a shame too because I really like this scheme besides the new logo. I'll still give it an 8/10. But really, whoever came up with that new logo for Pepsi should be shot.

#26 Irwin - nothing special here 5/10

#29 Reeces - not a fan of brown but understand that it needs to be in the scheme. Its an ok scheme 6/10

#31 Caterpillar - Well they tried to dress it up a bit from the old Cat schemes. It is what it is with the scheme of the company - 6/10

#33 Cheerios - Too plain! They could have incorporated more black or something. I'm sure Cheerios wanted it that way though. 5/10

#39 US Army - Don't know about the Camo thing going on here. I liked the old Army scheme better I think. 5/10

#42 Big Red/Juicy Fruit - Two plain schemes for Montoya. Wish they'd dress them up a bit 5/10

#47 Little Debbie - I like this alright for Ambrose. Different than most schemes in the garage. 6.5/10

#48 Lowes - They changed it up a bit but still relatively the same. 6/10, (Kobalt) I like this scheme much better than the Lowes scheme. Just looks slicker. 8.5/10

#55 NAPA - Why Mikey? That red on the sides just doesn't do anything for me. He's one of my favorites but I am definitely not feeling this paintjob. 5/10

#77 Auto Club - well, at least it looks pretty good in the pictures before Slammin Sammy tears it up. 6.5/10

#82 Red Bull - Fits the Red Bull image. I'm glad they have went away from having the cars look exactly the same. I like the lighter silver scheme better than the dark blue too. 8/10

#99 Aflac - This won't be for everyone but I think its real sharp. 8.5/10
 
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I was hoping Stewart's Old Spice Primary car would be that cherry metalic color that was on the 33(harvick's nationwide) and the 20 nationwide that he drove. I guess they kept it the same color red to make Office Depot happy. I do agree, I expected better looking cars for the 14.
 
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One of the groundbreaking paint designs was the Wrangler Jeans #15 & 3 with a highly visible blue & yellow combo with the chevron division at about the windshield. First driven by Earnhardt and then Ricky Rudd after Dale, Sr. and Rudd switched teams and the #3 had the same scheme.

The blue & yellow combo was first introduced on the Rod Osterlund #2 driven by first Earnhardt. After the team was bought by James D Stacy, Mark Martin, Tim Richmond, Morgan Shepherd and Mike Alexander drove it.

I was at Bristol in 1972 when Dale, Sr. won his first Cup race in the #2 car. I later worked for Stacy when Morgan was the driver. Morgan is one of the nicest guys there is, very religious, and believes in his convictions. Refused to drive a car sponsored by a beer or tobacco company.
 
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Sure wish Guinness would get into NASCAR, the 59 Guinness scheme would be saweeeeeeeet.
 
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I'm probably in the minority but I tend to like the plain looking race cars better than one that has 50 million colors going in all directions. I guess for me it reminds me of Nascar apparel, the shirts that have like a huge car on the front with 50 sponsors all over it and 12 different colors look silly. I'd rather wear a solid color polo shirt with a small logo or car number on it, guess I like my cars the same way.
 
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615 Vol said:
I'm probably in the minority but I tend to like the plain looking race cars better than one that has 50 million colors going in all directions. I guess for me it reminds me of Nascar apparel, the shirts that have like a huge car on the front with 50 sponsors all over it and 12 different colors look silly. I'd rather wear a solid color polo shirt with a small logo or car number on it, guess I like my cars the same way.
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I'm with you. The cars were actually easier to identify when they were more plain. You could see the numbers better, and some cars are so "busy" in their design, you cannot make out the numbers at distance.
 
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I'm with you guys, to hell with the paint, just have black with the contingency stickers and the number. Nasty.
 
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615 Vol said:
I'm probably in the minority but I tend to like the plain looking race cars better than one that has 50 million colors going in all directions. I guess for me it reminds me of Nascar apparel, the shirts that have like a huge car on the front with 50 sponsors all over it and 12 different colors look silly. I'd rather wear a solid color polo shirt with a small logo or car number on it, guess I like my cars the same way.
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I agree also, Stewart's 07 paint scheme was pretty plain and it was my favorite that the had.
 
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i am no gordon fan, but that black nat'l guard scheme may be the best of the bunch. that 82 looks nice too.
 
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