By David G. Firestone
It’s that time of year again! The snow is on the ground, holiday music and decorations are abound, and the 2023 Paint Scheme Leaderboard is here! Here’s how the process works. I will rank all of the Cup Series teams by their paint scheme GPA. I will rank them by manufacturer, then all of them in one final list. There is no committee this year, as Zoe chose to skip the proceedings. Here is the Chevy list:
Rank Last Year: 2 of 20
Number of Schemes: 9
GPA: 4.00
#2-Richard Childress Racing #33
Rank Last Year: 5 of 20
Number of Schemes: 1
GPA: 4.00
Rank Last Year: 17 of 20
Number of Schemes: 1
GPA: 4.00
Rank Last Year: 4 of 20
Number of Schemes: 4
GPA: 3.83
#5-Richard Childress Racing #8
Rank Last Year: 8 of 20
Number of Schemes: 16
GPA: 3.58
Rank Last Year: 7 of 20
Number of Schemes: 14
GPA: 3.21
Rank Last Year: 3 of 20
Number of Schemes: 9
GPA: 3.17
#8-Richard Childress Racing #3
Rank Last Year: 6 of 20
Number of Schemes: 13
GPA: 3.10
Rank Last Year: N/A
Number of Schemes: 1
GPA: 3.00
Rank Last Year: 18 of 20
Number of Schemes: 9
GPA: 2.89
Rank Last Year: 11 of 20
Number of Schemes: 32
GPA: 2.87
Rank Last Year: 13 of 20
Number of Schemes: 10
GPA: 2.83
Rank Last Year: 12 of 20
Number of Schemes: 8
GPA: 2.75
Rank Last Year: N/A
Number of Schemes: 3
GPA: 2.67
Rank Last Year: of 20
Number of Schemes: 15
GPA: 2.52
Rank Last Year: of 20
Number of Schemes: 19
GPA: 2.40
Rank Last Year: of 8
Number of Schemes:
GPA: 2.13
Rank Last Year: of 20
Number of Schemes: 3
GPA: 2.00
Rank Last Year: 19 of 20
Number of Schemes: 14
GPA: 1.90
Rank Last Year: 14 of 20
Number of Schemes: 13
GPA: 1.68
Rank Last Year: 20 of 20
Number of Schemes: 2
GPA: 1.50
Rank Last Year: 9 of 20
Number of Schemes: 9
GPA: 1.30
Next Week, the Ford Leaderboard
