Top 10 worst paint schemes of 2003

1. Elliott Sadler's No. 38 Combos Ford: The official cheese-filled car of NASCAR. Sadler was involved in an accident and finished 38th at Bristol while driving this salty scheme. We hear a Combo got lodged in the carburetor.

2. Kenny Wallace's No. 23 Stacker 2 Dodge: While you're reaching for your sunglasses, you might want to grab your parachute pants and jelly shoes, as well. But we must admit that thousands of pounds of fat were burned just from people running away from this nightmarish, "totally 80s" design.

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3. Ken Schrader's No. 49 1-800-CALL-ATT Dodge: The best thing about this paint scheme is that it only lasted for part of the year. The positioning of Carrot Top's, er, carrot top puts poor Kenny in the thick of the brambly 'fro.

	Kenny Wallace: "He blinded us with science!" Credit: Autostock

4. Hermie Sadler's No. 02 Zapf Creations Chevrolet: Kudos to Hermie for having the guts to drive this cuddly pink ride. He probably scored points with his kids when he brought home that car full of baby dolls.

5. Christian Fittipaldi's No. 44 Yankee's Dodge: Steee-rike! Sorry, Yankees fans. Pinstripes were not meant for automobiles. This Dodge looks like it just escaped from the state penitentiary.

6. Ricky Rudd's No. 21 700th start Motorcraft Ford: This car looks like it was designed by a fifth-grader. Oh wait...

7. Derrike Cope's No. 49 Avacor Pontiac: This paint scheme looks familiar. Didn't Derrike drive a Poison design with these exact same colors last year? I guess Avacor really does grow hair. Or at least a hair band.

	The Avacor scheme will put hair on your chest. Credit: Autostock.

8. Mark Martin's No. 6 Kraft/Velveeta Ford: Look on the bright side -- Martin had the better looking of the two cheese-themed cars this year.

9. Robby Gordon's No. 31 Cingular Wireless Special: Amazing what a few inexplicable fluorescent yellow blocks can do to ruin a perfectly good paint scheme. Robby won at Watkins Glen in this ride, giving credence to the "distract your competitors" theory of racing.

10. Bobby Labonte's No. 18 Advair Chevrolet: Remember when Larry Foyt had the only purple car on the track? This is a disturbing trend. What's next -- puce?