By David G. Firestone
Well, it’s that time again! We have the annual Paint Schemie Awards for the 2022 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:
Ross Chastain #1 Advent Health Chevy Camaro
Kyle Busch #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry
Harrison Burton #21 Menards/Dutch Boy Ford Mustang
Daniil Kyvat #26 Hezeberg Systems Toyota Camry
Todd Gilliland #38 Frontline Ford Mustang
Kurt Busch #45 Jordan Brand Toyota Camry
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. #47 Kroger/Nature Valley Chevy Camaro
BJ McLeod #78 Motorsport Games Ford Mustang
Kimi Räikkönen’s #91 Recogni/iLOQ Chevy Camaro
The 2022 Paint Schemie Award for Worst Regular Season Single Paint Scheme goes to:
Kimi Räikkönen’s #91 Recogni/iLOQ 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 2022 Paint Schemie Award for Worst Exhibition or Throwback Paint Scheme goes to…
Kevin Harvick #4 Rheem “Chasing a Cure” Throwback Ford Mustang
The next award of 2022 is the Paint Schemie for Worst Paint Scheme Set of 2022. This is based on the total GPA of the individual grades for paint schemes. The nominees are:
23XI Racing #23 Toyota Camry
Team Hezenberg #26 Toyota Camry
Front Row Motorsports #38 Ford Mustang
Richard Petty Motorsports #43 Chevy Camaro
23XI Racing #45 Toyota Camry
Live Fast Motorsports #78 Ford Mustang
Trackhouse Racing #91 Chevy Camaro
Trackhouse Racing #99 Chevy Camaro
The 2022 Paint Schemie Award for for Worst Paint Scheme Set goes to…
Trackhouse Racing #91 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 2022 Paint Schemie Award for for Best Regular Season Single Paint Scheme are:
Kevin Harvick #4 Gear Wrench Ford Mustang
Brad Keselowski #6 Castrol Ford Mustang
Aric Almirola #10 Ford BlueOval City Ford Mustang
Denny Hamlin #11 FedEx Freight Toyota Camry
Daniel Hemric #16 South Point Hotel Casino & Spa Chevy Camaro
Kyle Busch #18 M&M’s Toyota Camry
Bubba Wallace #23 Wheaties Toyota Camry
Greg Biffle #44 Grambling State University Chevy Camaro
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. #47 Food 4 Less/Slim Jim Chevy Camaro
The 2022 Paint Schemie Award for for Best Regular Season Single Paint Scheme goes to…
Bubba Wallace #23 Wheaties 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 2022 winner for best throwback is:
Daniel Suarez #99 Coca Cola Throwback Chevy Camaro
The final award of 2022 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 #5 Chevy Camaro
Hendrick Motorsports #9 Chevy Camaro
Joe Gibbs Racing #11 Toyota Camry
Team Penske #12 Ford Mustang
Joe Gibbs Racing #18 Toyota Camry
Team Penske #22 Ford Mustang
Team Hezenberg #27 Toyota Camry
NY Racing #44 Chevy Camaro
MBM Motorsports #55 Ford Mustang
The 2022 Paint Schemie Award for for Best Paint Scheme Set goes to…
Team Penske #22 Ford Mustang
That’s it for the Schemies, next week, the Paint Scheme Leaderboard begins with Chevy!