Best Paint Schemes

Drivers are recognized by their number and sometimes their sponsors.  It is their identitiy within the sport and really is a selling point in their popularity.  However what really makes a driver recognizable is the paint/color scheme on the car.  Over the years, drivers have stuck to their favorite paint scheme and if they had to change, it was likely due to sponsor affiliate.  Lets take a look at some of the more popular

Basic  blue and white.  Not real fancy, but was certainly the popular color of 1st ballot inductee Jeff Purvis.  It also was the popular color for the never too fancy, just get it done Jack Boggs.  Dennis Erb runs a light blue and white car.  From a local perspective, Joe Williams had a blue and white color scheme as well as local legend, Roger Long.

Red and yellow.  Billy Moyer can lay claim to that scheme and forever will be recgnzied in those famed colors.  Over the years, i've seen some of those same color schemes.  Some were from Shannon Babb (who drove for Billy a few years), Kris Patterson, Don O'Neil. However when you think red and yellow, you immediately are looking for that fames 21.

In recent years though, the color scheme of black, green and white have steadily rised. It is the famed colors of Scott Bloomquist and pretty much the pioneers.  Charlie Swartz ran a white and green car, but when scott took the colors, he made the green more like the highlighted colors.  Since then, drivers like Jason Feger and Jimmy Owens have similar paint schemes.  Owens did drive for Bloomquist at one time.  I have to admit, this color scheme is pretty cool, but I like brightness, so i'd have to pass.

So as long as a driver has unique paint scheme and is very good and consistant, it is the most recognizable aspect of a driver.  In some cases, more than the driver's number.