Special paint schemes on racing cars

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The special paint scheme is a one time variation or limited to the typical appearance of a race car. Its use has historically been largely confined to NASCAR stock car racing, in part because of the larger surface area of ​​stock cars, and the longer season, but has entered IndyCar in limited mode. Increased NASCAR media coverage has contributed to their popularity with fans and sponsors.

However, some sponsors and die-cast makers have been promoting promotions to other motorsport codes, as Red Bull Racing has a Star Wars paint scheme to promote the same Revenge of the Sith in Formula One and Superman. to promote Superman Returns . Panther Racing in the Indy Race League runs Pennzoil Platinum paint schemes at selected IRL 2005 events instead of the normal yellow design.

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History

1991 Daytona 500: Winston Saves Troop

The special paint scheme at NASCAR dates back to the 1991 Daytona 500. As part of the promotion of R. J. Reynolds, five unsupported riders have a paint scheme in their car that honors the US Armed Forces branch serving in Operation Desert Storm:

• No. 7: Alan Kulwicki - Army
• No. 18: Greg Sacks - Navy
• No. 24: Mickey Gibbs - Air Force
• No. 71: Dave Marcis - Coast Guard
• No. 88: Buddy Baker - Marines

The alternative paint scheme really became famous in 1995, when Dale Earnhardt appeared in The Winston with a silver car (as a tribute to Winston's silver anniversary) rather than its traditional black car. The car is nicknamed "Silverwrench" or "Pick Silver" . A year later, Earnhardt continued the trend in 1996 to run The Winston with a 1996 Atlanta Olympic themed car.

The fans' reaction to the paint scheme proved so popular that by the end of the decade almost no race had gone without one or more drivers wearing a special paint scheme. Often special one-week sponsor transactions are involved in the scheme, and other times the existing sponsor chooses to promote alternative products within the company. Examples of one-week deals include promoting the first films to coincide with certain race weekends, and promoting other simultaneous events (such as the Olympics).

Often some drivers use the associated paint scheme simultaneously.

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Popular themes

Special paint schemes often feature special events, and often include the following:

• Partner sponsors are the main sponsor of the selected race.
  • Often, if an associate sponsor sponsors a race, they will get a major sponsor for the race.
• Sports teams (especially during special promotions)
  • During 2001 MB of Cal Ripken Jr. 400, sponsored No. 18 MBNA driven by Bobby Labonte drove a specially-themed Pontiac Grand Prix Ripken. The Baltimore Orioles game that night was scheduled as Ripken's last home game until the game was rescheduled for the September 11 terrorist attacks. Ripken is a grand marshal, starting the race, and the race winner is to attend the game.
  • In 2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300, Carl Edwards used the Boston Red Sox-based car to celebrate Jack Roush in partnership with Fenway Sports Group, headquartered in New England. The following year, David Ragan has a Bosox-based car.
  • InBev, Ford's No. 2 sponsor. 9 by George Gillett driven by Kasey Kahne, fielded a white car with mountain motifs that featured the Olympic rings as part of the Belgian beer sponsorship of the US Olympic team at the 2010 Winter Olympics. The paint scheme is only used for races held during the Olympics.
• Charities
  • During the All-Star 2010 race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr. run a special paint scheme featuring the JR Foundation Logo on the hood, to commemorate this occasion. The design was reintroduced for the 2012 All-Star race.
  • Home Depot often puts Kaboom themed cars for Joey Logano and Tony Stewart during their tenure with Joe Gibbs Racing.
  • The Lowe field is a "Pride Power" car with a USO as a philanthropist.
  • Dale Jarrett raced with an "upturned" paint scheme in 1999 where his entire car color scheme was reversed for breast cancer research.
• Cartoon Characters
  • The Muppets were featured in a special series during the 2002 race at Chicagoland Speedway.
  • The Looney Tunes were used as part of a September race promotion at Richmond International Raceway with Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 in 2002.
• Band Rock
  • During the time Chevrolet sponsored the Auto Parts Federation 400 at Richmond International Raceway, some cars featured paint schemes based on popular rock bands.
  • 3 Doors Down has also been featured on some previous NASCAR cars with Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 2008 for the NASCAR Sprint All Star Race and Tony Stewart at the Nationwide Series in 2003 for the race at Michigan International Speedway.

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Movie themes

The use of movie-themed cars is best suited for promotion through the use of special paint schemes due to the short-term nature of the box office run film.

Often, a sponsor is involved in a movie, and to promote the movie, they will deal with film producers to have their car painted to reflect the film. At other times, a movie studio will work with the driver to have a movie theme.

List of famous movie themes

• The Passion of the Christ : The ad for the film is placed on the hood of Bobby Labonte at Daytona 500 in 2004
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines : The special paint scheme is pushed once by Jamie McMurray
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• Shrek ( 2 , and The Third ): For the first, the paint special scheme was encouraged by Bobby Labonte and Tony Stewart in 2004 Coca -Cola 600. For Shrek the Third , a special paint scheme was used in 2007 by David Gilliland and Tony Raines.
• Spongebob Squarepants: The Movie : Jimmie Johnson & amp; Kyle Busch pushed this scheme into the Busch race at Lowe in 2004.
• Now Say You Chuck and Larry : Kasey Kahne at Pepsi 400 2007
• Batman Forever : Bill Elliott encouraged such promotional paint work in 1995.
• Jurassic Park : Bobby Labonte and Tony Stewart in some 2001 races, as well as Jeff Gordon at the 1997 All-Star Race. The 1997 All-Star Race Gordon winner was known as the "T-Rex" who dominated the race and was effectively banned by NASCAR afterwards.
• Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull Kingdom (NASCAR and IRL special paint schemes)
• Click : Driven by Kasey Kahne to victory in Michigan in 2006.
• Herbie: Fully Loaded : The special paint scheme was driven by Dale Jarrett in 2005 at Infineon.
• The Dark Knight Rises : Dale Earnhardt, Jr. drove and won the 2012 Quicken Loans 400 in Michigan in a painted car to promote The Dark Knight Rises.
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith : This promotional paint job was used by Jeff Gordon in 2005 Aaron's 499 in Talladega, which he won.
• Minion (film) : By 2015 Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway, Carl Edwards drives a paint scheme to promote the spin-off film Despicable Me.
• Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice : In 2016 Auto Club 400, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (Batman) and Jimmie Johnson (Superman) driving a special themed car. Johnson wins with his Superman theme.
• Car 3 : Kyle Larson drives a paint scheme in 2017 to promote the movie.

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Throwback Themes

After Ernie Irvan put the "Battlestar" throwback on the pole at DieHard 500 in 1997, fans' reaction forced Robert Yates Racing to consider having a "Battlestar" design in Talladega for the rest of the team relationship with Texaco. When Chevron (who had bought Texaco) switched to Chip Ganassi Racing, fans reacted for sponsors to return to the 1994-2000 Yates era design after Chevron changed the paint scheme in 2001.

Liz Allison (Davey's widow) told the media in announcing the old fans Battlestar 2003 will cheer when they see the classic design back for the race, and warns Ganassi driver Jamie McMurray that if he wins the race at Battlestar, "You better bar the door because Allisons take over We are really excited and very touched (by Chevron's generosity in remembering the legend). "

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Military paint scheme

New variations on military paint schemes have also been used for years. The US Army began sponsoring No. car. 01 belongs to MB2 Motorsports on a full-time basis in 2003. For the big warnings, the cars use a special camouflage design. The soldiers then went to Dale Earnhardt, Inc. for two seasons before joining Stewart Haas Racing in 2009 and being the main sponsor of Ryan Newman No. 1. 39 to 2012.

Although the scheme was not military-based, some cars used patriotic paint schemes for 2001 MB of Cal Ripken Jr. 400 in Dover, the first race after the September 11 attacks.

Often a die-cast replica of a toy car paint scheme is produced for the collector market.

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Difference between special and alternating paint schemes

With the sports economy dictating higher fees, some sponsors have decided to share sponsorship spaces with other sponsors, leading to two alternate "usual" designs, such as Richard Childress Racing, where the three teams have some alternative major sponsors. In 2009, the team No. 29 has Shell and Hershey, while No. 31 has Caterpillar, AstraZeneca, and Lenox Industrial Tools, and # 07 owns Jack Daniel's, DirecTV, and BB & T as their three sponsors. Other sponsors have decided to promote products different from their sponsored dollars, such as Mars (M & M's, Snickers, Skittles, Wrigley's, Pedigree, Banfield Pet Hospital), Lowe (two schemes, one configurable standard for promoting services professional or regular logos, and one Kobalt Tools), and Kellogg's with standard snacks Kellogg and Cheez-It (Kellogg's products), and FedEx, which uses five different schemes with different colors to promote four different brands - Express, Ground, and Kinko. (The fifth scheme was used in 2005 in Darlington, and was a special scheme, to promote the St. Jude Hospital they supported in Memphis.) It was not a "special" scheme, but a companion scheme to promote products through sponsoring who might be willing using broadcasts to promote their wide range of products.

The number of special paint schemes has led to criticism that they are no longer "special" at all. However, it should be differentiated between alternate sponsors, different products on the car (especially promotions for specialty products), and the correct paint-specific scheme, which promotes special events.

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IndyCar Series

Although not as extensive as NASCAR, cars in the IndyCar Series have also participated in special paint schemes. Most of which have been used have featured a "retro" paint scheme or tribute, which depicts the famous cars of the past. In most cases, sponsors are not the same but bring current sponsor decals on the classic mascot.

• 1987-1991: Vince Granatelli and the recent UNO/Granatelli entry using the "regress" paint scheme featuring orange day colors, similar to STP Turbine cars in the late 60s, and other Andy Granatelli entries at the beginning of the year 1970s.

• 2000 Indianapolis 500: Village rookie racer and co-owner Andy Hillenburg enters a "setback" entry named Special Sumar, a motion to a car driven by Pat O'Connor who won a leading position in 1957.
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• 2001 Indianapolis 500: Billy Boat fielded a "resignation" paint scheme that resembles "Calhoun," a car driven by 1962 pole winner Parnelli Jones. The Boat was nicknamed "Calhoun II."
• 2007 Indianapolis 500: Ryan Briscoe's entry in Luczo Dragon Racing is painted in a "retro" paint scheme resembling the 1988 Indy 500 winning car, Rick Mears. This is the first of a small trend of a similar instance.
• 2008 Indianapolis 500: Marco Andretti's car is painted to promote the film Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull Kingdom, and his racing suit is designed to resemble Indiana Jones outfits.
• 2009 Indianapolis 500: DAFCA Special racing driver Letteral Racing for Oriol ServiÃÆ' is described to resemble Dan Gurney's 1968 Olsonite Eagle, which ranks second in the 1968 Indianapolis 500.
• 2009 Edmonton Indy: Will Power drove a Verizon Penske Racing entry with a retro Penske Truck Rental paint job, which resembles the work of Al Unser 1987 Indy 500.
• 2010 Cafes do Brasil 300 (Homestead): Sarah Fisher raced in her last INDYCAR race Komen pink Dollar General car (as opposed to normal yellow and black), in partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure to promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
• 2011: HÃÆ'Ã… © lio Castroneves AAA-sponsored cars are similar to the classic "Gould Charge" paint scheme that Rick Mears worked on in the early 1980s. It's also similar to Paul Tracy's 1992 Car 1 engine.
• 2014, 2016 and 2018 Indy 500: HÃÆ' Â © lio Castroneves Pennzoil-sponsored car has a special paint scheme, dubbed "Yellow Submarine" after Rick Mears's car. Helio piloted the car in 2014 to seconds, losing 0.06 seconds to Ryan Hunter-Reay.

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Art car

The German manufacturer BMW has a tradition of competing with art cars starting in 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans. Artists such as David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol have contributed to this project. Other teams have done the same, such as Aston Martin Racing and OAK Racing in 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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See also

• Flash jobs

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External links

• Sign up with photos of all the special paint schemes used in NASCAR
• Dale Earnhardt Jr Foundation 2010 special paint scheme

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References

Source of the article : Wikipedia