Tony Stewart is the winner of the best throwback paint scheme vote in a result announced Sunday during driver introductions. ‘Smoke’ has a classic Coca-Cola paint job on his No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet, a look intended to honor Bobby Allison.
His crew got into the spirit was well, wearing throwback pants and outfits this weekend.
NASCAR.com and Darlington Raceway teamed up over the past month to allow fans to vote on their favorite throwback schemes.
Voting ended Sept. 1, and the top five vote-getters were eligible for the overall win. In order of fan vote, those five schemes were: the No. 14 of Tony Stewart, the No. 4 of Kevin Harvick, the No. 16 of Greg Biffle, the No. 48 of Jimmie Johnson and the No. 20 of Matt Kenseth.
Those five schemes were presented to a panel of NASCAR Hall of Famers, who then picked the winner from those five.
This is the second consecutive throwback weekend, and also the second consecutive fan vote.
Kyle Larson won last year’s inaugural contest with his No. 42 Mello Yello Chevrolet.