Fun with the Jayski.com Paint Scheme Archive: Best Cereal Paint Schemes

A look back through the paint-scheme archives to find the finest cereal-based cars throughout NASCAR history.

NOTE: Jayski.com recently uploaded several years of paint schemes for all three major NASCAR racing series. It’s an amazing treasure trove of imagery that we’ll sift through from time to time and share with you, the readers. TODAY – the best cereal-based paint schemes ever.

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Mark Martin and Tony the Tiger were a formidable combination back in 2009. Random question – has anyone ever figured out why Tony the Tiger wears a red bandana around his neck? I will accept your theories.

A vibrant beauty from 2006. Now before you begin posting hot takes about “CHEX MIX ISN’T A CEREAL” I remind you that Chex itself IS a cereal and is the primary ingredient, otherwise it would just be called “Mix.” Therefore, this scheme counts. These are my rules.

Carl Edwards’ colorful Cheez-Its/Kellogg’s scheme from 2011 has always been a favorite. I often wonder is someone thought Cheez-Its were cereal. Confused, they poured themselves a bowl of Cheez-Its and poured milk over them and took a bite, and quickly realized the err of their ways.

The year is 1998 and Texas Terry Labonte is here to tell you that you can shut your damn yapper about how it’s bad luck to have the color green on a race car. SIDE NOTE: You don’t see to many green roosters, so appreciate this moment.

I was personally threatened by basic-girl Instagram who warned me that if Austin Dillon’s 2016 Pumpkin Spice Cheerios scheme was not included in this gallery that I’d be brutally stomped with Ugg boots so here it is.

This 2002 scheme was a legitimate beauty. Among the many questions the “Star Wars” movies never answered was “What do Jedi eat for breakfast?” MYSTERY SOLVED. Plus look at those Jedi, looking all ready to slash the hell out of your tire with a lightsaber.

Clint Bowyer’s piece from 2009. It’s ranked this high simply because imagine looking in your rearview mirror and seeing the terrifying visage of the scariest cereal mascot known to man bearing down on you. It likely led to many a befouled firesuit.

Dale Earnhardt. 1997. Rest assured that when the Intimidator said, “You better eat your Wheaties,” you ate the hell outta some Wheaties. You did not disobey this command. And you kept eating them until he left the room.

Great simply because of the hood. Whoever the person was who decided “Today I will compress Rick Krispies together using coagulated marshmallows as an adhesive,” I nominate thee for sainthood.

Bobby Labonte ran this one on the No. 43 in 2007. The greatest, simply because of the sheer cereal star power on that hood. The Lucky Charms Leprechaun, the Cocoa Puffs bird that is mentally unwell, the Honey Nut Cheerios bee, and the Trix rabbit. This is a cereal Mount Rushmore.