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Alex Bowman reveals 2019 Nationwide paint scheme with Dale Jr.
Thursday, December 6, 2018
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Alex Bowman appeared at GoPro Motorplex in Mooresville, North Carolina, to reveal the 2019 Nationwide paint scheme for the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
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Bowman pulls the cover off the car during a Facebook Live event on the Nationwide 88 Facebook page.
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Bowman seems to like what he sees in the car he'll drive in his second full-time season for Hendrick Motorsports.
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Bowman and Earnhardt Jr. discuss the finer points of the design. Bowman said he had a lot of input into the look, which is something Junior said he enjoyed when he was a driver.
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Both Bowman and Junior said they liked the wider swath of white paint down the side of the car. It's better to show off the evidence of hard racing, they said.
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Junior told NASCAR.com's Zack Albert he estimated he had a say in the design of 95 percent of his cars. Junior said it was important because he wanted to feel good about the car he was driving.
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Bowman looks like a proud papa in front of this bad boy.
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One more look at the accents around those numbers and the prominent white down the side.
