Paint Scheme Grades-April 5, 2025

By David G. Firestone

Ross Chastain #1 Choice Privileges Chevy Camaro-They took a bad scheme, and made it worse. F

Austin Cindric #2 Menard’s/Jack Links Beef Jerky Ford MustangNoah Gragson #4 A&W Root Beer Ford Mustang-The new design isn’t as good as last years, less is more, so this goes from an A to a B.

Ty Dillon #10 Mark III Employee Benefits Chevy Camaro-A good look. Good color scheme, and the car isn’t over designed. A

AJ Allmendinger #16 Black’s Tire Chevy Camaro-The fade works, the tire tread and white aren’t needed. It’s not terrible, so it gets a B.

Chris Buescher #17 Kroger/Old El Paso Ford Mustang-A good look, not over done, and it has a great color scheme. A

Christopher Bell #20 DeWalt Outdoors Toyota Camry-The grass motif looks odd with this scheme, and it looks forced. It takes an A scheme down to a C.

Todd Gilliland #34 Colortech Ford Mustang-Not better, not worse, just meh. C

Riley Herbst #35 Lucy Breakers Toyota Camry-Whatever is going on near the numbers is hard to see, the text is way too small, and the black is very off putting, as compared to the rest of the scheme. C

Zane Smith #38 Long John Silver’s Ford Mustang-Same scheme as last year, same C grade.

JJ Yeley #44 PCNY Chevy Camaro-Pink is not a good color for race cars, and add to the fact that the car is somewhat over designed, and this gets an F.

Casey Mears #66 Coble Enterprises Ford Mustang-Not only is this a great scheme by itself, but it so much better than last year’s scheme, so this gets an A.

Michael McDowell #71 Rockingham Speedway Chevy Camaro-As much as I like this, I do think the mountains are a tad over designed. A-

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