Unfortunately, Nascar doesn't have a dedicated week for "throwback" classic paint schemes. Oh, sure, a team will run one on occasion, but wouldn't it be cool to see almost the entire field sporting looks from the 90's, 80's, or before?
Wouldn't it?
Well, regardless, *I* think it would be cool. So here's my throwback lineup. Each paint scheme is connected to the current driver either through the driver himself, the number, or the sponsor. Oh, and if a team HAS run a particular throwback in the past (i.e. the Nascar Hall of Fame tributes), I discounted them from the list.
1 Jamie McMurray--Rick Mast's Inaugural Brickyard 400 paint scheme (number).
2 Brad Keselowski--Bobby Allison's gold Miller High Life scheme (sponsor).
5 Kasey Kahne--Terry Labonte's mid-90's Kellogg's scheme (number & team).
9 Marcos Ambrose--Bill Elliott's 1980's Coors Light scheme (number).
10 Danica Patrick--Derrike Cope's 1990 Daytona 500 winner (number).
11 Denny Hamlin--Junior Johnson's 1980's Budweiser cars (number).
14 Tony Stewart--Smoke's own stock car debut, the Shell Busch Series car (driver).
15 Clint Bowyer--Bud Moore's Motorcraft-sponsored schemes from the late-80's (number).
16 Greg Biffle--Ted Musgrave's Family Channel 90's-scheme (number & team)
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.--Darrell Waltrip's Western Auto scheme (number).
18 Kyle Busch--Derrike Cope & Ernie Irvan's Skittles scheme (sponsor).
20 Matt Kenseth--Matt's mostly-unsponsored Lycos car from the Busch Series (driver).
21 Trevor Bayne--almost every paint scheme they run is a tribute, but I'd like to see the late-80's red, white & blue Citgo scheme again. (number & team).
22 Joey Logano--Ward Burton's MBNA America colors from the mid-1990's (number).
24 Jeff Gordon--Jeff's Baby Ruth car from his Busch Series days (driver).
27 Paul Menard--Jimmy Spencer's all-red McDonalds scheme from the mid-90's (number).
29 Kevin Harvick--Harv's silver-and-black GM Goodwrench scheme (number, driver, & team).
31 Jeff Burton--Jeff's Exide colors from the mid-90's (driver).
39 Ryan Newman--Ryan's Alltel look from his earliest Penske days (driver).
42 Juan Pablo Montoya--a return of the greatest paint scheme of all-time, Kyle Petty's Mello Yello car (number & team).
43 Aric Almirola--hard to find a paint scheme they haven't honored, so how about reaching WAY back to Lee Petty's old white-and-orange colors? (team).
48 Jimmie Johnson--the first Lowe's paint scheme, from the mid-90's (sponsor).
55 Brian Vickers--Phil Parsons' Skoal scheme from the 1980's (number).
56 Martin Truex Jr.--MWR's old brown-n-white UPS colors (team).
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.--Dale Jarrett's patriotic 1990's Quality Care scheme (number).
99 Carl Edwards--Jack Roush's old Strohs Light car from the late-80's (team).