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This paint scheme is really good. I actually like the increased white up front. It's just a really clean looking design!

After being let go from Evernham and the number 19, Atwood was left with a massive downgrade at Ultra Motorsports driving the number 7 Sirius Satellite Dodge.

He finished a disappointing 35th and points with an average finish of 29.4.

This car features custom wheels with a blue lining on the rim.

After a few rough years at Penske, Jeremy Mayfield found himself taking over the struggling Casey Atwood. In 2002 he would begin his first season with Evernham Motorsports in there red 19 Dodge Intrepid.

Things didn't instantly improve for Mayfield as he finished 26th in points, but his high points showed promise. A fifth at Richmond and a second at Las Vegas were enough to build confidence moving into the following seasons. Mayfield would hit his highest highs and just a few seasons.

Richard Childress revealed this design for the 2018 Darlington throwback race. Austin Dillon would drive this striking silver scheme once driven by stock-car legend Dale Earnhardt! It paid tribute to the 25th anniversary of R.J. Reynolds’ involvement in the sport.

When Dale Earnhardt originally drove this scheme in 1995 for the All-Star Race, it was a complete surprise. No one expected him to show up in something that wasn't his traditional black Chevy. The car earned the nickname "Quicksilver."

Brad Keselowski and Chris Buescher featured this Castrol Edge scheme combo in 2024. I prefer this black and white scheme over the green and white ones. I thought they were real slick combo together. Decided to snap some photos.

This is Chase Elliott's 2025 primary NAPA Chevy. For whatever reason I never bought this car last year and when trying to find it the past several months, I could find it nowhere. This car is sold out everywhere. I was lucky enough to finally find one on eBay from Spoiler Diecast. Honestly though, I'm happy to see it sold out because it shows there's a good fandom in collectors buying cars especially if your name is Chase Elliott.

You've probably seen 1:64th scale version of this car, maybe a 1:24th scale version, but have you ever seen a 1:87th scale? I always liked this first iteration of the Ford Fusion.

Who would have thought that Chase Elliott would win in this Amazon Prime scheme at Texas Motor Speedway in 2026? I think it's just a bonus because this scheme is pretty dang cool. We even got a Coca-Cola sponsorship along the side!

I really like that black to blue transition especially on the hood of the car. I think it's a really nice scheme, almost as good as the Amazon Prime scheme from 2025! Almost!

In response to u/WENDING0's Rudd Month, I wanted to share this Ricky Rudd diecast of his 2000 Texaco Ford Taurus. Can you believe that this car is 26 years old?

Look at the detail of this bad boy. You can take the body off the chassis and the interior is fully detailed, painted, and just incredible. I have no idea what these cost back in the day or how they would be priced in modern day dollars, but they are some truly incredible diecasts.

Happy Rudd Month! If only Ricky Rudd knew a whole month was dedicated to him on some internet NASCAR community. 😆

Any takers? Lol! I know Dodge and Patrick cars can be very valuable, but this is nuts. Last time I saw this 1:64th Patrick Carpentier Dodge sell it sold for around $200. This seller MIGHT be selling the same one but it's now going for $500.

A lot of people may not know that back in 2007 big NASCAR teams were worried about having the consolidate from five teams to four teams by 2010. One of those teams was Roush Fenway Racing. To make it worse, one of their primary sponsors in Ameriquest, who had signed a contract to sponsor Greg Biffle and others through 2009, was struggling mightily and laying off people left and right. It asked Roush Fenway to tear up the final two years of their contract. Luckily for all parties, Greg Biffle and Roush were able to find new primary sponsors and Ameriquest was able to cancel their contract... but then they went bankrupt later that year in September. So I guess it didn't work out for Ameriquest...

And if you were wondering why this car looked sort of odd, it's because it's a 1:87th scale diecast. 😁

1996 was Bobby Labonte's second year with Joe Gibbs Racing. It was his last year driving the Chevy Monte Carlo before the organization switched over to Pontiac. Bobby picked up a win in the last race of the season at Atlanta and finished 11th and points.

Oh boy. We are in the era of Action products being bricks on wheels and this Chevy Monte Carlo casting is considered among the worst among diecast collectors. One of the positives though is that we get a nice opening hood and detailed engine inside. Despite the casting not being great, the details are top-notch and on the rise from previous years!

At the end of the 1990s Jeff Gordon's wife and his crew chief Ray Evernham created Gordon/Everham Motorsports. Gordon ran six races in the Pepsi Chevy Monte Carlo in 1999. Prior to his starts in 1999 his last Busch series start was in 1992. In this new season though, Jeff Gordon finished very well in nearly every race and even had a victory at Phoenix.

Shortly after the formation of the team, Ray Evernham sold his half of the ownership to Rick Hendrick as Ray was swayed to Dodge for the 2001 season.

Chad Little made 27 starts in 2000 with his best finish being 6th at Atlanta. The experiment with him and Roush would end after a partial run at the season and Kurt Busch taking over the final races. Little showed good talent in the Busch Series and Winston West Series. He really showed some promise in his first year with Roush Racing in 1998 where he finished 15th and points. It looked like things would just keep improving but for whatever reason they did not. Nonetheless, this paint scheme made it's mark as one of the most memorable, if not most beautiful (go with me here love 😍), paint schemes in NASCAR.

Larry Frank was born in West Virginia but grew up in Indianapolis and early on began racing. Whether it was midgets or Sprint cars, it didn't matter to him. He even raced in NASCAR's Convertible Series! During that time he became a US Marine and a Golden Glove Boxer. This guy did it all.

The high point of Frank's racing career occurred in 1962 when he qualified 10th for the Southern 500. He went on to lead 85 laps and proceeded to lap the entire field finishing the race with two blown tires! After a scoring error, Junior Johnson was declared the winner. Frank, none to happy, filed a protest and after a review buy NASCAR, he was declared the winner of the Southern 500. As someone from the outside, how can they make such a huge scoring error is that?! Anyways he won in the 66 car and is still the only person to have ever won a Cup race in that number.

The car pictured here is his 1964 Ford Galaxie.

1998 saw Derrike Cope join Bahari Racing in their number 30 Pontiac Grand Prix. His best finish that season was an 11th place finish at Talladega.

After returning to the NASCAR O'Reilly/Xfinity Series, Cole Custer would win the 2023 Championship in a consistent fashion with three wins, 14 top fives, and 21 top tens. He also managed 6 poles and an average finish of 10.8.

Part of me really wishes he would just return to this series where he is guaranteed a quality car from Haas Factory Team. His skill is being wasted in a back marker Cup car for said team. Having a veteran presence is always a good thing for these other NASCAR divisions.

Most people remember Derrike Cope's yellow Bojangles Ford Thunderbird but a lot don't remember the black and the red one. I think it looks pretty darn good, in an era where Dale Earnhardt was driving the black number 3 and AJ Foyt was driving the black and orange Copenhagen Oldsmobile, there were some pretty neat black schemes back in the day.

This is a wicked cool paint job and one I have been sleeping on for too long. Kenny Irwin had this scheme in 1997 sponsoring GI Joe. What's also funny is that this Action product produced a diecast with a competitors company at the time in Hasbro's Winner's Circle which was the associate sponsor for the car.

This diecast I got looks like it has melted or something on the underside, something the seller didn't notify anyone about in the listing so I will probably have to find another. It oddly has a melted chassis that has caused the wheelbase to be all over the place. It doesn't look good in most angles unfortunately. My guess is the seller didn't even know, it could have melted in a hot storage room or something. Never seen that before.

Just a few years removed from his 1996 Winston Cup championship, Terry Labonte continued having success with a victory, five top fives and fifteen top tens. Beyond this season though, Labonte's career would have a downward trend. Still an iconic scheme to this day though! Super memorable especially to us young ones who ate this cereal while watching NASCAR on Sunday mornings!

For some reason I've always liked the Starburst sponsorship on the deck lid.