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NASCAR XFINITY Series driver Dylan Lupton will pay homage to Jeff Gordon in a big way during throwback weekend at Darlington Raceway.
Lupton’s No. 24 JGL Racing Toyota will sport the infamous “Rainbow Warriors” paint scheme four-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon drove from November 1992 through 2000. The paint scheme was revealed Wednesday on Lupton’s Twitter page.
NEWS: Honored to pay tribute to @JeffGordonWeb “Rainbow Warriors” paint scheme at @TooToughToTame w/ @NutUpIndustries & @JGLRacing#NASCAR pic.twitter.com/Em5DPb6Wxq
– Dylan Lupton (@LuptonDylan) August 23, 2017
Gordon collected three championships (1995, 1997, 1998) and 52 wins with this look on his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. The illustrious scheme first hit the track for the 1992 season finale at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Gordon’s first Cup Series race, which also served as seven-time champion Richard Petty’s last.
The XFINITY Series will be in action on Saturday, Sept. 2 for the Sports Clips Haircuts VFW 200 (3:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, NBC Sports App). It will be Lupton’s first start at Darlington after he made his NASCAR debut in 2015.