By David G. Firestone
Well, it’s that time again! We have the annual Paint Schemie Awards for the 2020 season. As per the usual, every year, I pick the best and worst paint schemes and award them the Paint Schemie. This was done using the Driver Suit Blog executive committee for paint scheme analysis and consists of me and Driver Suit Blog assistant, my cat Zoe, and uses the following standards:
*Color Scheme:How the colors look, and how they work with each other.
*Overall Design:How good the design itself looks, is there too much, or not enough.
*Primary Sponsor Logos: How the primary sponsor logos look on the car
*Originality: How original is the scheme.
All of the above can work for or against a scheme, and all will be taken into consideration.
Let’s get the bad Paint Scheme Awards out of the way…
First, the Paint Schemie Award for Worst Regular Season Single Paint Scheme.
The nominees are:
Quin Houff #00 Ashurst American Honey Chevy Camaro
Ty Dillon #13 GEICO Hump Day Chevy Camaro
Chris Buescher #17 SunnyD Ford Mustang
Kyle Busch #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry
Michael McDowell #34 CarParts.com Patriotic Ford Mustang
Ryan Preece #37 Tide Pods Chevy Camaro
Joey Gase #53 Sparks Ford Mustang
Timmy Hill #66 RoofClaim.com Toyota Camry
Daniel Suarez #96 Toyota Toyota Camry
The 2020 Paint Schemie Award for Worst Regular Season Single Paint Scheme goes to:
Kyle Busch #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry Mustang
The next Paint Schemie Award is for Exhibition or Throwback Paint Schemes. This category is a little different, as the Schemie will go to the best and worst throwback. For this category, all exhibition race and throwback paint schemes qualify automatically.
The 2020 Paint Schemie Award for Worst Exhibition or Throwback Paint Scheme goes to…
JJ Yeley #27 Jacob Companies Throwback Chevy Camaro
The next award of 2020 is the Paint Schemie for Worst Paint Scheme Set of 2020. This is based on the total GPA of the individual grades for paint schemes. The nominees are:
Richard Childress Racing #8 Chevy Camaro
Germain Racing #13 Chevy Camaro
Front Row Racing #34 Ford Mustang
Stewart-Hass Racing #41 Ford Mustang
Motorsports Business Management #66 Toyota Camry
Leavine Family Racing #95 Toyota Camry
The 2020 Paint Schemie Award for for Worst Paint Scheme Set goes to…
Stewart-Hass Racing #41 Ford Mustang
Now after talking about the bad, we discuss the good. Here are the winners in the best category…
First, the Paint Schemie Award for Best Regular Season Single Paint Scheme.
The nominees for the 2020 Paint Schemie Award for for Best Regular Season Single Paint Scheme are:
Brad Keselowski #2 Miller Lite Patriotic Ford Mustang
Austin Dillon #3 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Off Road Chevy Camaro
Kevin Harvick #4 Busch Light Ford Mustang
Denny Hamlin #11 National Civil Rights Museum Toyota Camry
Kyle Busch #18 M&M’s Toyota Camry
Martin Truex Jr. #19 Auto Owner’s Insurance Toyota Camry
Matt DiBenedetto #21 Motorcraft Ford Mustang
Darrell Wallace Jr. #43 Air Force Chevy Camaro
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. #47 Kroger Chevy Camaro
The 2020 Paint Schemie Award for for Best Regular Season Single Paint Scheme goes to…
Austin Dillon #3 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Off Road Chevy Camaro
The next category is Paint Schemie Award is for Best Exhibition or Throwback Paint Schemes, and it should come as no surprise that the competition was strong this year.
The 2020 Paint Schemie Award for Best Exhibition or Throwback Paint Scheme goes to…
Ross Chastain #77 Dirty Mo Media Throwback Chevy Camaro
The final award of 2020 is the Paint Schemie for Best Paint Scheme Set of 2020. Like the Worst Set, this is based on the total GPA of the individual grades for paint schemes. The nominees are:
Joe Gibbs Racing #11 Toyota Camry
Kaulig Racing #16 Chevy Camaro
Motorsports Business Management #49 Toyota Camry
Rick Ware Racing #52 Chevy Camaro/Ford Mustang
Rick Ware Racing #54 Ford Mustang
Beard Motorsports #62 Chevy Camaro
The 2020 Paint Schemie Award for for Best Paint Scheme Set goes to…
Beard Motorsports #62 Chevy Camaro
That’s it for the Schemies, next week, the Paint Scheme Leaderboard begins with Chevy!
The Driver Suit Blog 
Three years in a row for the Interstate Batteries scheme winning Worst Regular Season scheme. I don’t see what so bad about it. I mean, without Interstate Batteries, JGR might never have gotten off the ground in the first place.
I understand, and I like some of Interstate’s older schemes. I don’t like this scheme becase the shades of green are awful, the lightning is over done, and the darkness on the rear doesn’t work well with the rest of the car.