Paint Scheme Grades-May 6, 2023

By David G. Firestone

Austin Cindric #2 Menards/Great Stuff Ford Mustang-Same scheme as Richmond, same A grade.

Kevin Harvick #4 Hunt Brothers/Realtree Ford Mustang-The black works well with the camo, the green, not so much. The good and bad cancel each other out, and this gets a C.

Corey LaJoie #7 Fraternal Order of Eagles Chevy Camaro-Same scheme as last year, same A- grade.

Brennan Poole #15 Millennium Jet Card Ford Mustang-A good color scheme with a bad design color scheme gets a C

Christopher Bell #20 Mac Tools Toyota Camry-A smooth look with a great color scheme will always earn an A.

Christopher Bell #20 DeWalt Throwback Toyota Camry-I like the look, the car is well designed, and this gets an A.

Justin Haley #31 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevy Camaro-Same scheme as last year, same B+ grade.

Justin Haley #31 LeafFilter Gutter Protection/World Autism Month Chevy Camaro-The way the puzzle pieces are forced looks really odd, and it takes the scheme down to a C.

Michael McDowell #34 A&W Root Beer Float Ford Mustang-Same scheme as last year, same A grade.

Todd Gilliland #36 Gener8tor Skills Accelerator Ford Mustang-Simple, bold, and perfect, this gets an A.

Ryan Preece #41 Mohawk Northeast Ford Mustang-I like the color scheme here, but the car is a tad too over designed. This gets a B+

Erik Jones #43 STP Chevy Camaro-At the time of writing, this is my favorite throwback so far! This is a great look, and earns an A.

Tyler Reddick #45 Ronald McDonald House Toyota Camry-Get rid of the black rear, and this scheme will get a solid A, this gets an A-.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. #47 Kroger/Icy Hot Chevy Camaro-The shades of blue work well, and the design is great, so this gets an A.

Daniel Suarez #99 Pitbull/Freeway Insurance Chevy Camaro-The new look isn’t great, and I think that the car is over designed, so this gets a D.

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Paint Scheme Grades-April 22, 2023

By David G. Firestone

Ross Chastain #1 Worldwide Express/Unishippers Chevy Camaro-This is actually worse than World Wide Express, the added colors do NOTHING to help, and everything to hinder. F

Austin Cindric #2 Menard’s/Libman Ford Mustang-Same scheme as last year, same B grade.

Kevin Harvick #4 Hunt Brothers/Realtree Ford Mustang-No white, no orange, perfect ratio of black to camo, this is a good scheme that gets an A.

Kyle Busch #8 Mark III Employee Benefits Chevy Camaro-A smooth look with a great color scheme will always earn an A.

JJ Yeley will drive the #15 Isaacson Concrete & Excavating Ford Mustang-Get rid of the white, and this would be a solid A scheme, but with the white, it’s an A-

Chris Buescher #17 Esperion Therapeutics Ford Mustang-Blue replacing beige is a major step up, and if this wasn’t already an A graded scheme, would make it an A scheme.

Christopher Bell #20 DeWalt Power Stack Toyota Camry-First off, I swore that this was a scheme last year, but I was wrong. With that said, the black lightning works, the yellow works, but this just doesn’t. It looks like two different people designed the same scheme. As such, this gets a C.

Christopher Bell #20 SHINGRIX Toyota Camry-Same scheme as #11, same A grade.

Joey Logano #22 Verizon Ford Mustang-Same scheme as last year, same A grade.

Michael McDowell #34 Long John Silver’s Ford Mustang-Same scheme as #38 same C grade.

Todd Gilliland #38 Frontline Ford Mustang-Same scheme as last year, same F grade.

Anthony Alfredo #78 Andy’s Frozen Custard Chevy Camaro-Same scheme as #3 same A grade.

Daniel Suarez #99 Worldwide Express Chevy Camaro-Same scheme as #1 same F grade.