Paint Scheme Grades-September 13, 2025

By David G. Firestone

Brad Keselowski #6 Castrol Edge/Travel Centers of America Ford Mustang-While I don’t like two different halves, this works well. B

Denny Hamlin #11 King’s Hawaiian Pretzel Bites Toyota Camry-The blue doesn’t work, and the car is too cluttered. F

Ryan Blaney #12 Menard’s/Sylvania Ford Mustang-Same scheme as last year, same A grade.

Chase Briscoe #19 Bass Pro Shops Patriotic Toyota Camry-A good look, not overdone, this gets an A.

Bubba Wallace #23 Robinhood Toyota Camry-Same scheme as #67, same A grade.

Erik Jones #43 Dollar Tree Toyota Camry-Green on white is so much worse than white on green. F

Alex Bowman #48 Ally Open Road Sweeps Chevy Camaro-A smooth look with a great color scheme will always earn an A.

Ryan Preece #60 Kroger/SToK Ford Mustang-Nothing really wrong here. A

Chad Finchum #66 Barger Precast Ford Mustang-Good look, not over done, unique, and it works. This gets an A.

Corey Heim #67 Robinhood Toyota Camry-Taking a great scheme and making it better will always earn an A.

Shane van Gisbergen #88 Wendy’s Breakfast Baconator Chevy Camaro-Too many colors, and too over designed. F

Paint Scheme Grades-October 19, 2024

By David G. Firestone

Austin Cindric #2 Menards/Sylvania Ford Mustang-Same scheme as #16, same A grade.

Brad Keselowski #6 Castrol Edge/Travel Centers of America Ford Mustang-Good color scheme, stripes are way too over designed. The good and the bad cancel each other out. C

Noah Gragson #10 Beef A Roo Ford Mustang-Same scheme as #51, same A grade.

Ryan Blaney #12 Discount Tire Ford Mustang-Same scheme as last year, same A grade.

Shane van Gisbergen #13 WeatherTech Chevy Camaro-Same scheme as #16, same A grade.

Chase Briscoe #14 Rush’s Truck Stops Ford Mustang-It’s amazing how going black with red and yellow and cleaning up the sides works well. A

Todd Gilliland #38 Boozy Jerky! Ford Mustang-Not bad, but a downgrade from the previous scheme. A-

Erik Jones #43 Dollar Tree Toyota Camry-Pinkwashing is an automatic F.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. #47 Harris Teeter/Totino’s Chevy Camaro-Same scheme as last year, same C grade.

Corey LaJoie #51 Schluter Systems Ford Mustang-Same scheme as #7, same B grade.