RELATED: See all the paint schemes for Darlington
Darlington Raceway will host the Bojangles' Southern 500 this weekend. Numerous teams are participating in the throwback theme at the South Carolina track and paying homage to some of NASCAR's most famous cars -- and drivers.
Here's how some of the cars looked originally, with footage of the vehicles driving around Darlington.
Brad Keselowski
Brad Keselowski's scheme is paying homage to Bobby Allison's car in the 1983 Southern 500. | Watch old footage of Allison's car in action
Austin Dillon
Austin Dillon is keeping it in the family and honoring grandfather Richard Childress. The paint scheme of the No. 3 Chevrolet is a tribute to Childress' car during the 1979 Southern 500. | Watch old footage of Childress' car in action
Denny Hamlin
Denny Hamlin's No. 11 JGR Toyota mirrors the car of NASCAR Hall of Famer Cale Yarborough's look from 1973. | Watch old footage of Yarborough's car in action
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is honoring three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion and NASCAR Hall of Famer David Pearson and paying tribute to his car from the 1968 Southern 500. | Watch old footage of Pearson's car in action
Chase Elliott
The No. 25 of Chase Elliott is one of the many cars getting a vintage makeover. Elliott's Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet resembles the paint scheme of his father Bill Elliott's car from 1974. | Watch old footage Elliott's car in action
Kyle Larson
Kyle Larson's No. 42 Chevrolet is going to replicate Kyle Petty's Mello Yello look. | Watch old footage of Petty's car in action
Clint Bowyer
As Clint Bowyer looks for a strong performance at Darlington in hopes to maintain his spot on the Chase Grid, his car will be rocking a pretty awesome paint scheme honoring the late Buddy Baker. Bowyer's Toyota is similar to Baker's No. 15 Ford from the 1974 Southern 500. | Watch old footage of Baker's car in action
More videos
• Ward Burton's iconic No. 22 car comes back to life this weekend at Darlington as his son, Jeb, will be sporting an almost identical paint scheme. | Watch the old footage of Ward Burton's car in action
• Two-time Darlington winner, Sterling Marlin, is being honored at "The Lady in Black" by Landon Cassill. Cassill's No. 40 Chevrolet will mirror Marlin's paint scheme on his own No. 40. | Watch the old footage of Sterling Marlin's with a Coors Light paint schemeheme
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. is contributing to the throwback weekend by paying homage to Cale Yarborough's No. 15 car. | Watch the old footage of Yarborough's car in action
• The No. 43 of Aric Almirola Almirola's is in honor of Richard Petty's 1972 Plymouth Roadrunner, the first time The King's car featured sponsor STP with the Petty Blue and Day-Glo Red on the quarter panels. |Watch old footage of Petty's iconic car
• Kasey Kahne's No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet is paying respect to one of the NASCAR greats, Geoff Bodine. | See the clip of Bodine's car in action
• The throwback inspiration for the paint of Trevor Bayne's No. 6 Ford comes from Mark Martin's own No.6. Martin is a two-time Darlington winner. | Watch Martin's memorable Ford in action
• Sam Hornish Jr. is, too, honoring Mark Martin in his No. 9 Winn Dixie Ford. | Watch more footage of Martin's car in action
• The No. 41 Chevrolet of Kurt Busch has a familiar paint scheme as it is a replica of Jack Sprague's No. 60. | Watch the No. 60 in action