Top 10 Worst Paint Schemes for 2001

January 1, 2002
11:00 A.M. EST (1829 GMT)

Ranking: 1

Team: Eel River Racing

Car No./Make: No. 27 Pontiac

Driver: Kenny Wallace/Mike Bliss/Rick Mast

Primary color: Banana yellow

Sponsor: Duke's Mayonnaise

Where spotted: Spring Dover event, several others

Claim to fame: Scheme will move to No. 90 Ford in 2002 -- again, driven by Mast

Comment: This one refuses to go away.

Ranking: 2

Team: Jasper Motorsports

Car No./Make: No. 77 Ford

Driver: Robert Pressley

Primary color: Banana yellow

Sponsor: Jasper

Where spotted: All 36 Winston Cup races

Claim to fame: Posted best finish (second at Chicago) of all banana-yellow cars

Comment: Car used to run snazzy red-and-blue scheme.

Ranking: 3

Team: Team CLR

Car No./Make: No. 57 Ford

Driver: Derrike Cope

Primary color: Unknown

Sponsor: CLR

Where spotted: Kansas Superspeedway

Claim to fame: Cope finished 24th in the inaugural Kansas event.

Comment: Would be No. 1 worst scheme if it had made more appearances.

Ranking: 4

Team: Hendrick Motorsports

Car No./Make: No. 5 Chevrolet

Driver: Terry Labonte

Primary color: Brown

Sponsor: Kelloggs Mini-Wheats

Where spotted: Michigan

Claim to fame: Not much camera time.

Comment: Do not resurrect this special paint scheme. Please.

Ranking: 5

Team: Roush Racing

Car No./Make: No. 9 Ford

Driver: Jeff Burton

Primary color: Lime green

Sponsor: Gain

Where spotted: Victory Lane, fall Darlington Busch event

Claim to fame: Car was actually shown in Victory Lane photographs.

Comment: Spotty performance on track. Get it? Gain detergent, "spotty"? Never mind.

Ranking: 6

Team: MB2 Racing

Car No./Make: No. 36 Pontiac

Driver: Ken Schrader

Primary color: Yellow, blue. (Notice a trend?)

Sponsor: Pedigree dog food

Where spotted: Multiple events

Claim to fame: Just one of several (yellow) paint schemes run by Ken Schrader this year.

Comment: Yellow = bad. Woof!

Ranking: 7

Team: Melling Racing

Car No./Make: No. 92 Dodge

Driver: Stacy Compton

Primary color: Yellow. Again.

Sponsor: Levi Garrett

Where spotted: Talladega

Claim to fame: Won the pole for the EA Sports 500.

Comment: Bringing back old paint schemes is not always a good idea. But hey, it won the pole.

Ranking: 8

Team: Haas/Carter Motorsports

Car No./Make: No. 66 Ford

Driver: Todd Bodine

Primary color: Light blue

Sponsor: Blue Light Special

Where spotted: Multiple events

Claim to fame: None.

Comment: None needed.

Ranking: 9

Team: MK Racing

Car No./Make: No. 84 Ford

Driver: Shawna Robinson

Primary color: White and pink. Seriously.

Sponsor: Aaron's

Where spotted: Michigan

Claim to fame: Spun late in the race. Got camera time.

Comment: The pink ruined a nice-looking car.

Ranking: 10

Team: Roush Racing

Car No./Make: No. 6 Ford

Driver: Mark Martin

Primary color: Unknown

Sponsor: Viagra

Where spotted: All 36 Winston Cup races

Claim to fame: Car was butt of endless jokes from start to finish.

Comment: New scheme was not good luck to Martin -- he has not won a race since April 2000.

The above is written by NASCAR.com staff and the opinions listed here are solely those of the writers.