In the years leading up to Tony Stewarts rookie year in 1999 - the #20 was seen on track only sparingly. In 1997, 7 appearances were made with Greg Sacks behind the wheels of this Ranier- Walsh owned Hardee's sponsored Ford.
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You know him, everybody loved him (until he started his own team years later apparently....) it's the younger Waltrip brother! Driving for one of the oldest teams in NASCAR during the 1997 season.
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Ward Burton with a subtle and underrated paint scheme as far as I'm concerned. The later Pontiac Grand Prix bodies were some of the slickest looking cars.
The Gold scheme from '97 is included in my set
And a BONUS for today, because this thing came out so awesome I can't NOT share it!
Spencer's final ride of 1997 and his first with the change over to Winston cigarettes as a sponsor in a marketing lead up to the '98 season. I always felt like this was supposed to be the primary scheme for 1998 but it was supplanted pretty early by the straight red and white of the 'No Bull' design. It's a looker for sure with all of the gold chromed outlines and numbers.
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Spencer's final ride of 1997 and his first with the change over to Winston cigarettes as a sponsor in a marketing lead up to the '98 season. I always felt like this was supposed to be the primary scheme for 1998 but it was supplanted pretty early by the straight red and white of the 'No Bull' design. It's a looker for sure with all of the gold chromed outlines and numbers.
Renders done by our benevolent @garrett1127
I did a "what if" of that car on the 98 Taurus a little while ago. Honestly that should've been the primary from 1998 on, it is absolutely gorgeous. Brilliant job!
I kinda wonder if this scheme suffered the same fate as the Cartoon Network Happy Birthday scheme on the #9. Nascar deemed that the cake splatter and confetti that was originally featured on the door and roof numbers obscured the numbers too much - which is why when the scheme ran later in the year with Nadeau driving it had much less icing and confetti on the sides and none overlying the numbers.It was the unveil scheme for the Taurus.
I can see them looking at this Winston scheme and making the call that those chrome gold numbers were too hard to read against the maroon background.
It's NASCAR... so it's hit or miss, lol. No chrome, blah blah.... years at times a car has chrome numbers.
The chrome trim on the scheme looked great also.
The chrome trim on the scheme looked great also.
It's rare to find drivers nowadays that are immediately associated with a particular set of colors. And it's a little hard to believe that by 1997, Gordon was already in his 5th year running the Dupont rainbow scheme. This scheme ran unchanged from '92 - 2000 and has made a multitude of appearances as throwback and tribute schemes since then.
Ricky Craven saw little success during his time within Rick Hendrick's storied organization - and 1997 was a particularly rough year for him.
Rich Bickle competed in the 1997 Brickyard 400 driving a second entry from Darrell Waltrip Motorsports. Notice how there is no Chevy emblem on the hood? 'Cus there is already a 'bow tie' there! I always thought that was clever.
Ah yes... The KFC Indy Blitz!!
A few additions for race day:
Bosch Spark Plus on b post, Comp Cams & 76 Performance Oil cont. Ya don't need Edelbrock.
A few additions for race day:
Bosch Spark Plus on b post, Comp Cams & 76 Performance Oil cont. Ya don't need Edelbrock.
It's always interesting how things can change between practice/ qualifying photos and race day!Ah yes... The KFC Indy Blitz!!
A few additions for race day:
Bosch Spark Plus on b post, Comp Cams & 76 Performance Oil cont. Ya don't need Edelbrock.
Why waste the time & decals if they think they may not qualify, lol.
One of the sports many 'what-if?' stories of the early 2000s and tragically gone to soon. Kenny ran a limited schedule for David Blair Motorsports in 1997 before his rookie year with RYR in 1998. He had some of the most colorful and unique paint schemes of the entire season - and here are 3 of them
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