By David G. Firestone
Well, it’s that time again! We have the annual Paint Schemie Awards for the 2021 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:
Austin Dillon #3 Dow Military Degree Equivalency Chevy Camaro
Kevin Harvick #4 Busch Light #Hunt4Busch Ford Mustang
Corey LaJoie #7 Built Bar Chevy Camaro
Kyle Busch #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry
Christopher Bell #20 DEWALT Salute First Responders Toyota Camry
Ryan Preece #37 Natural Light Vodka Chevy Camaro
Anthony Alfredo #38 Bence Motor Sales Ford Mustang
BJ McLeod #78 Traxion.gg/Motorsport Games Ford Mustang
Ty Dillon #96 Bass Pro Shops/Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota Camry
The 2021 Paint Schemie Award for Worst Regular Season Single Paint Scheme goes to:
Ryan Preece #37 Natural Light Vodka Chevy Camaro
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 2021 Paint Schemie Award for Worst Exhibition or Throwback Paint Scheme goes to…
Austin Cindric #33 Pirtek Ford Mustang
The next award of 2021 is the Paint Schemie for Worst Paint Scheme Set of 2021. This is based on the total GPA of the individual grades for paint schemes. The nominees are:
Richard Childress Racing #8 Chevy Camaro
Joe Gibbs Racing #11 Toyota Camry
Roush Fenway Racing #17 Ford Mustang
Joe Gibbs Racing #20 Toyota Camry
Stewart-Haas Racing #41 Ford Mustang
JTG Daugherty Racing #47 Chevy Camaro
Gaunt Brothers Racing #96 Toyota Camry
Trackhouse Racing #99 Chevy Camaro
The 2021 Paint Schemie Award for for Worst Paint Scheme Set goes to…
Trackhouse Racing #99 Chevy Camaro
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 2021 Paint Schemie Award for for Best Regular Season Single Paint Scheme are:
Quin Houff #00 Mount-N-Lock Chevy Camaro
Kurt Busch #1 Monster Energy Chevy Camaro
Kevin Harvick #4 Mobil 1 Ford Mustang
Chase Briscoe #14 Ford Performance Racing School Ford Mustang
Kyle Busch #18 M&M’s Toyota Camry
Christopher Bell #20 Stanley Toyota Camry
Matt DiBenedetto #21 Motorcraft Ford Mustang
Parker Kligerman #96 Fast Checkout Toyota Camry
Daniel Suarez #99 Good Sam/Autism Awareness Chevy Camaro
The 2021 Paint Schemie Award for for Best Regular Season Single Paint Scheme goes to…
Kyle Busch #18 M&M’s Toyota Camry
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 2021 winner for best throwback is:
Joey Gase #28 Register Me Ford Mustang
The final award of 2021 is the Paint Schemie for Best Paint Scheme Set. Like the Worst Set, this is based on the total GPA of the individual grades for paint schemes. The nominees are:
Hendrick Motorsports #9 Chevy Camaro
Stewart-Haas Racing# 14 Ford Mustang
Joe Gibbs Racing #18 Toyota Camry
Joe Gibbs Racing #19 Toyota Camry
Hendrick Motorsports #24 Chevy Camaro
Rick Ware Racing #28 Ford Mustang
B.J. McLeod Motorsports #55 Ford Mustang
Beard Motorsports #62 Chevy Camaro
The 2021 Paint Schemie Award for for Best Paint Scheme Set goes to…
Stewart-Haas Racing# 14 Ford Mustang
That’s it for the Schemies, next week, the Paint Scheme Leaderboard begins with Chevy!
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