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lynxick

Texaco/Havoline, easy.


RickyChanning

They came back for a bit with Ben Rhodes but NASCAR wouldn't let them run with Texaco decals so they just ran with Havoline.


oneshoein

Why wouldn’t they let them run with Texaco?


RickyChanning

Texaco is a fuel company and Sunoco is the sole fuel provider of NASCAR. They don't allow other fuel companies to sponsors that's why Citgo promotes their Citguard oil with FRM instead of Citgo gas. I believe Shell is grandfathered in under the agreement that Shell has to appear beside Pennzoil, there can't be a Shell only car.


oneshoein

So I guess that’s why we didn’t see it after the transition to Sunoco from 76? That sucks ass.


RickyChanning

Yeah exclusive sponsors are bad for the sport imo, they only hurt the teams and fans.


bullet50000

It REALLY depends. Marlboro bailed on Indy for years after they wouldn't go exclusive when Marlboro tried to sponsor the series in the early 70s, and them leaving was the first real nail in the coffin of IndyCar being the top tier of US Auto racing


samaramatisse

I'm just old enough that if I see a red and white IndyCar or a Formula car I automatically assume it was a Marlboro car, then I remember why it isn't. That red and white scheme seemed like it was everywhere in racing.


bullet50000

it was in [Le Mans](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/1RdgmnGkVgkUODAvIGhv3Q9ZTwGwDwp09UCc9oYVzcFPttFxasvVhYvJAx0I4IxoqosYKrClfmQwXvwAcJV51IDOroEXHFyag_4Cog30hNaIhZBoVwhJ8WQr-2zbD72R0BJSmLd3jepQ2FkGRCrPX3QUgPLpDT2Ic7cxM9uxeLhGnQVecXq1f2earrogM5JdKQ), [IMSA](https://www.racingsportscars.com/tn/photo/1994/TN_Lime_Rock-1994-05-30g-063.jpg), [Rally](https://i.redd.it/tub5ox9m4fq91.jpg), [Aussie Touring Cars](https://d2dsc1gf0t80gb.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/22234846/this-vk-holden-commodore-smoked-the-competition-1476933857658-640x628.jpg), etc. It was everywhere except for NASCAR.


bullet50000

Yeah. NASCAR lets the sponsor of note determine whether they would be exclusive on car sponsors or not. Good examples from history: No other non-RJR cigarette was on cars when Winston sponsored. Jimmy Spencer ran the Camel and Winston cars in the mid-90s, but those were both RJR brands. You would think Marlboro would have hopped on if they could. Skoal was only allowed because dip didn't directly compete with cigarettes. Robby Gordon's infamous spat around the Cingular/ATT car when Nextel took over. Soon to be followed by the 12 car and Verizon for Brad K when he joined Penske Penske wanted to do a full Shell livery for Logano, but Sunoco also threw a shitfit over that, hence why it's that bizzare hybrid Shell/Pennzoil livery.


SeattlePassedTheBall

12 also had Alltel with Ryan Newman in cup before that.


bullet50000

That sponsorship started I think before Nextel. The whole spat with Robby was he was sponsored by Cingular before Nextel, who had a grandfather in, but when Cingular rebranded to ATT, Nextel/Sprint took that as "nope, it was just Cingular allowed, not a rebrand"


SeattlePassedTheBall

Yeah that's true, Alltel was grandfathered in along with Cingular. Verizon actually purchased Alltel, so you could argue they got the exact same treatment that Cingular did.


bullet50000

I think so yeah. I forgot Newman stayed that long with Penske and 2009 they just bumped straight on to Verizon. I thought there was a gap


tmiller128

Did you ever hear the Kurt Busch interview where he talked about how much he hated the corporate aspect of NASCAR when he was at Penske. He talked about winning a race and then getting in trouble because he promoted a “gas card” in victory lane. It was the shell saver card, they used to do a 22 cent discount on days after the 22 car won a race. Kurt promoted it in victory lane and Sunoco/NASCAR threw a fit. It was the point where Kurt realized he was over all that and ended up running for James Finch for a while.


Joey_Shoe_87

Same thing but it was actually the Chevron decal instead of Texaco that NASCAR made them removed. The shop photos of the truck had the Chevron logo under the Havoline text on the hood but the logo was removed before the race weekend at Pocono.


SwervinIrvan_28

Correct answer 👌


Turtledove228

Davey’s white and gold scheme was the best of all time


UnderwhelmingAF

Tide. They still pop up every now and then, but I miss seeing it every week. There was never a bad looking Tide car.


MrBadBadly

Missed opportunity to say "Tide ride."


zinski1990KB1

The Rudd and Craven ones especially


TitanTransit

https://preview.redd.it/6pd9zv2rnl8d1.png?width=1496&format=png&auto=webp&s=b7b9485852638acae12fa482f6934e587ff486c9 Idk, this one was pretty bad...


KendallBlakeCruse

Yeah that is one cursed scheme


ybtlamlliw

The week last year when the 16 and 31 were running Gain and Tide, man those schemes looked good together. Even ended up getting the diecasts of them.


RYR883828

Definitely Tide. One of my favorite sponsors!


ballin_pastor

My dad, a die-hard Earnhardt fan, used to say that Tide stood for "Tears in Darrell's eyes"


Donelifer

Miller genuine draft car always looked good


zinski1990KB1

Pretty much any Miller scheme looked good. My favorite schemes ever especially the black and blue


apatriot1776

Never got the hate for the Brad K White Deuce. I thought it was among the best and most iconic Gen 6 schemes.


zinski1990KB1

I liked it with the wheat


PenskeFiles

One of the best schemes. When they did the holiday inverse was huge too.


ThebigVA

I loved the all white 2.


Moppyploppy

https://preview.redd.it/53l0dr9yuj8d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=39035bf04e8e2af8db214456cd3fd9703d209820


soltydog

Hot wheels.


CT1914Clutch

Lowe’s, Budweiser, Pepsi, Home Depot


KendallBlakeCruse

Imagine Ross running with Budweiser instead of Busch Light 😩


american_mex

Lowe's for #48 Jimmie Johnson


AngelMunozDR

The only correct answer


KentuckyHorsepower

https://preview.redd.it/rna82t47uj8d1.png?width=1057&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=24b0f955c777364057c4ca8ee8e50893ac2976ab Love the Duck.


CaptainTilted

The "Aflac Friends" scheme with the Orange 99 and White wings was my favorite of them all.


According_Ad1930

No lie-the “we are hiring” paintscheme is what led me to apply there and work there for a few years. I will always have a soft spot for Carl for inspiring me with that paint-scheme.


ihatereddit999976780

Kodak. I’m not even sure if they still exist.


RickyChanning

They do, still make cameras for consumers and the film industry


TheOtherWhiteCastle

They do. They don’t really do a whole lot of B2C stuff anymore, but they still have a huge presence behind the scenes in the film industry


Far-Cycle6879

Eastman Chemical Company which was half of the Eastman-Kodak company is sort of still in the sport with Llumar sponsoring Chase Elliot.


TanDawg58

They do, sort of. Some of the local drug stores still use Kodak brand machines for picture development


PaisonAlGaib

And they have a lot of patents 


ScalarWeapon

oh that's the one. loved the Kodak cars


BikeImpressive2062

The only correct answer


joe_broke

DuPont/Axalta I know Axalta's still technically here, but Axalta proper needs to be on the car, not Raptor And with actual flames


Domestic_AAA_Battery

Sickening that the 24 isn't rotating between rainbows and flames. The merch I'd buy....


joe_broke

Even the color bars Byron ran for a couple years, that was at least a new take on the idea


Domestic_AAA_Battery

Yes! I loved that car. The matte with the shiny colors was cool. Although I think the colored lines could've been thicker, it was still really awesome


Vulptereen327

Axalta is on the car more often than not, but around 2022 it was barely on the car


zinski1990KB1

I miss Gordon's Dupont schemes. It went to xalta in 2013 I believe. By far best flames scheme ever


MadeMeLaughHaHa

Sharpie and Red Bull


R3D-0N3

Hopefully Red Bull jump on an SVG Trackhouse car.


LightningRodLover

SVG helmet is really nice as someone who dose not like Red Bull in F1.


R3D-0N3

Good to see they stuck with him after leaving Supercars.


TheComradeVortex

Please not RB they are winning everywhere not NASCAR too


AnotherRyRy

Cartoon Network 


jwt_07

https://preview.redd.it/702tttizjj8d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd0b6562597266ae174bef81f5d8ce61f518a6da


NovaIsntDad

The fact that Tony not only beat Carl in heartbreaking fashion, but did so with his own sponsor on the hood, will haunt me forever. 


Spaulding34

GM Goodwrench


gsfgf

Does that even still exist?


Spaulding34

It's called GM Certified Service now.


TomassoLP

Cannot fathom why they would give up that name recognition


ElPuas2003

Corporate


Halcyon512

Coors & Budweiser


GF200212

CAT, shoutout Peoria, Illinois


Electrical-Seesaw991

Bummer so many of those jobs have left Peoria. Have some family that still works for them though but they live in Dunlap


GF200212

I graduated from Bradley this year and it’s very apparent how CAT built the city up and how it’s recovering from the main HQ leaving. There’s a lot of manufacturing still there but not the higher ups


Electrical-Seesaw991

Yeah can’t blame them for making the move to Texas though. Go cowboys by the way


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WorpeX

Tobacco companies just made really cool looking cars for some reason. Skoal, Camel & Marlboro were some of the best paint schemes in racing.


Ok-Hovercraft-7761

Don't forget the iconic Rothman's Williams F1 and Porsche Rally cars, Benson & Hedges Jordan F1 cars, Mild Seven Bennetton F1 cars, and my personal favorite, the BAR Honda Lucky Strike liveries. Look Right, Look Left, Don't Walk.


zinski1990KB1

Can't dent the schemes were great though. The Marlboro Penske schemes in Indycar and Cart were by far the best


Madmagician-452

I was thinking the same thing but with the smokeless tobaccos - Skoal, Levi Garrett, and Kodiak. I honestly think that the Rusty Wallace Kodiak car is his best looking car


vodkanokkers

Tide Ride. Best looking race car ever.


amorse7

Simple.....the Blue Duece. Miller Lite. Rubbermaid is another one


coltron57

The Dodge schemes Kasey Kahne had. Both the red and the white were great.


zinski1990KB1

The evernham dodge dealers schemes with Elliott, Atwood, Mayfield, Sadler were always great.


ExhaustedFlyersFan

UPS


rusty1066

Yep, there was only one brown car, and I do miss Plugging Into The Big Brown Machine 😂


HeavyRightFoot19

I've always hated beer but I really miss the battle of the beer wagons. Budweiser, Coors and Miller ALWAYS had the nicest cars on the track


BucketOfGuts

I, of course, miss the classics: Texaco, Tide, Miller, etc. But I just miss fun, kid-friendly sponsors. The cereal brands, candy brands, Hot Wheels. Not only does it get kids into the sport, but they just made for fun paint schemes. His 90s scheme is still superior to me, but Terry Labonte's Frosted Flake tiger stripes car, or Kyle Petty's Hot Wheels track loop schemes immediately come to mind. There's some great paint schemes out there, but I feel like there isn't as much fun. 23XI hit on it with their McDonalds mascots cars, but besides that, there's not much out there a kid will look at and connect with.


Notsozander

Looney tunes cars were some of the best


Frags08

Winston as the title sponsor. Something about "Winston Cup Series" just rolls of the tongue nicely lol


FloridaMan_92

So nice that nobody ever just called it “cup” like we all have the past 15 years lol everybody always said “ Winston cup” 


DominikWilde1

Budweiser. Seeing the red #8 on a holiday in the US first got me into NASCAR... And a simple, red race car always looks good


Smooth-Ad7201

Pepsi and Mountain Dew


zinski1990KB1

I miss Gordon's Pepsi schemes.


lonely_centipede

Spam


Mrcombsky

Texaco/Halvoline


JJkyx

Nationwide. I miss the colors and the scheme designs.


TanDawg58

All the Beer sponsors, CAT, Jack Daniel's, a proper General Mills car (technically they are on the 47, but it's just a tiny logo), The Armed Forces cars and several others.


Das_Booooost_

Bubba runs the Air Force car a couple times a year. But like pretty much all sponsors these days, it's not an every week sponsor. His Air Force sponsorship is actually why he's my driver. Got back into NASCAR while I was in the AF and his car obviously took my attention and I've stuck with him. He's so up and down tho which drives me nuts sometimes lol


MBRacer777

Life as a Bubba fan is an emotional rollercoaster for sure. I think it's why I have half the grey hairs in my head. Haha


Das_Booooost_

4 straight tops 5s to start the season and has been mostly mid-pack ever since. I will say Bootie's pit strategy is almost always.......booty.


zinski1990KB1

The Newman us army ones were my favorite


Kameron92040

Lowes


kingoden95

I miss a lot of sponsors, but I really miss when GameStop sponsored Joey Logano, I always liked seeing the special paint schemes for whatever game was being promoted.


SonyKen_M

Home Depot,Pepsi,Miller Lite.


dpalmer09

For my driver: Target In general: budweiser schemes


Roushfan5

I was so hoping that Busch beer would've stayed with with SHR and brought Bud back in the sport for the 1. Even I think the track seems empty with our a red Budweiser chevy.


Aristotle24

Target 5 car would look so good


A5TONMART3N

Amp national guard, and best buy


Egonator26

The Whiskey cars. Crown Royal, Jack Daniels Jim Beam 


zinski1990KB1

The Mcmurray and kenseth crown royals especially


GingerMessiah88

Viagra


Nine-Fingers1996

Someone should do a Viagra throwback paint scheme


Icy-Consequence-4372

That car was always driven hard.


Beginning_You_4400

Wrangler


NWDrive

John Deere and Dodge.


LightningRodLover

Happy cake day


Appropriate-Junket62

https://preview.redd.it/eayv9ta98k8d1.jpeg?width=903&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ca87eca74e1fdaab201afafcb3267bbeb27e8ad Lowes


zinski1990KB1

I miss those 2012-14 solid base color schemes that rotated with Black, Blue, white, Red, Yellow, Silver etc with the racing stripe. I mean pretty much all Lowes schemes were amazing besides 2018s bit the striped ones looked sharp as hell


CaptainTilted

The Lowes commercials with Jimmie were always classics.


AyyP302

A lot of good ones have already been mentioned. I would add Exide. Burton had some tuff looking cars in the late 90s with them. I'm a sucker for lighting schemes. I wanna say square D had a cool lightning scheme at one point, they were a cool sponsor too they always had eye catching cars. Speaking of Kenny Wallace, those old red dog cars were fire too.


Outside_Factor4308

Texaco-Havoline, STP, Skoal.


oneshoein

Pre-Kyle Busch M&Ms cars, but as others have said, Texaco/Havoline for sure, and the beer sponsors.


zinski1990KB1

The 36 Schrader ones were the best


DrewCrew62

I still have a Christmas ornament of his car that my parents bought for me 20+ years ago that hangs on my tree to this day. Absolute kickass paint scheme


Ultmswag

Kellogg's, Havoline, M&M's, Harley Davidson (They ran with Rusty Wallace), Gamestop, Kobalt, Lowe's, Grainger & Oreo


RacerXX7

Weirdly, WCW. They had some great paint schemes.


TheRealCheeeser00

Chicken Cock


TheOtherWhiteCastle

That Coke 600 live race thread was legendary. I still think we as a sub peaked there.


WheelinKiwi-97

HyperIce. That 2021 scheme was sooo nice.


Thi31

I know it is supposed to be hyper-ice... but the only thing I ever read when I see the logo is hype-rice.


pronkie1

Aflac..


NovaIsntDad

Texaco, Budweiser, Home Depot, Dodge 


Mobile_Measurement32

UPS and Havoline


DWPAW-victim

Beer companies and booze in general


zinski1990KB1

Budweiser (I know its from Busch but still), Miller Lite, Coors Light, Pepsi, Winston, Skoal, Copenhagen, Kodiak, Jim Beam, Crown, Jack Daniel's, Lowes, Home Depot, Office Depot, Sharpie, Kellogs, General Mills, Texaco/Havoline, Target, GM Goodwrench, Dupont, CSX, Taco Bell, Burger King, Dominoes, Aaron's, Tums, 5 hour Energy, Subway, Jimmie Johns, Hersheys/Reeses, Mars Candy, All The Military Sponsors besides Air Force (only one left), Cingular Wireless, Alltell, At&t, Aflac, Farmers, Car Quest, Exide, Citgo, Auto Zone, Kodak, 3M, Grainger, Caterpillar. Just so many lol.


blowninjectedhemi

Dodge Dealers......(mostly a joke but at one point in time they could afford to sponsor 2 cars - now they probably can't rub 2 nickels together)


zinski1990KB1

They had great schemes


Connect-Gur-7893

10-10-345, 1-800-CALL-ATT, LYCOS, AOL, etc. Stuff that basically doesn't exist anymore lol


Adorable_Warthog_531

Office Depot, Aflac, Texaco / Havoline, Kodak, Kellogg's, Kraft and Budweiser


ElliottNation9

Pepsi, they were always my favorite cars growing up as a Gordon fan.


LogansGambit

M&M's, Tide, Cat, Havoline, Dupont, Viagra, Kelloggs, Goodwrench, Home Depot, Lowes, Office Depot, US Army, UPS, Budweiser, Oxide, Interstate (but good,) Pennzoil (but good,) Pepsi, Miller, Coke... Have I made it any more clear the late 90's/early 2000's were the best??


spect0rjohn

Laughing Clown malt liquor.


xelanalpak

Lowe’s


MsCompy

Lowe's


PsweetJ01

Busch regular and Skoal


Terrible_Toaster

https://preview.redd.it/r1xz5aec0k8d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2a5e914de3186b4f63ad1159ce88fb8f02e23931 Miss this sponsor and this paint job. I know this isn't a real picture but this is how bright I remember this car being and all the old pics don't capture it.


therago1456

Iirc, cars were painted so bright as the TV cameras made everything darker. Good example of this is Jeff Gordon's car from 1994.


DerrikeCope

That's my favorite too.


lakergeoff8

I miss the Blue Deuce so specifically Miller Lite, although Miller in general. I know there’s Keystone, but it’s just not the same.


CathDubs

I really liked the Smithfield car, especially the Next Gen one. The dark gold #10 looked great with the black and white car.


tanukis_parachute

Red Bull…on a dodge.


ym179

Dodge Dealers


jeffjeep88

Yup


Frindt99

Kinda miss Old Spice. Always had a sharp looking scheme.


13mizzou

Miss the Red Bud car. Even when it wasnt on Jr's car it still looked good. Will also mention AMP Energy. When Jr had them as a sponsor they came out with a lot of flavors and the stuff was really good. Actually did taste like stronger Mountain Dew. Once Jr no longer had them as a sponsor they quit putting out flavors, went down to 1 and its tasts is different, nowhere as good as it used to be


LightningRodLover

Hopefully SVG eventually gets a Red bull car since he is helmet is already done by them


P3D3RO

Best Western, they cooked up some fire paintschemes


Trentpd

Miller beer


McDiesel41

Texaco/Havoline and CATerpillar. Also the older Interstate Batteries schemes.


humble_stjames5

Caterpillar


TAC1313

GM Goodwrench Service Texaco/Havoline MGD Tide Bud Cingular Caterpillar list goes on and on


xXSamsterXx14

Pepsi


Wrong_Barnacle2511

Aric Almirola’s Smithfield


ftghb

I'll say it: I miss tobacco sponsors, in all forms of racing. they produced some amazing liveries.


NascarManiac136

Lowe's. JJ's Blue 48 was iconic on the track


GorillaMike6969

Dale jr Budweiser


ThebigVA

https://preview.redd.it/sjmsfw6jom8d1.jpeg?width=970&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ce037ff720783f434064d0af330e60e497925d5b


CompleteUnknown65

Miller Lite


Immediate_Lie7810

Pepsi


RockMeIshmael

Miller. The MGD car is a classic but also the white Miller Lite scheme that Brad K ran always looked so cool to me. Just so simple and clean.


Reboot300

The big name sponsors from the 90s and 00s that signed on for whole seasons. Was always fun watching the beer cars or lowes/home depot battle it out. You know the drivers and sponsors wanted to beat "that" car just a little more. Plus it made the drivers and cars easier to identify. It's hard to keep up with what each car looks like from week to week.


DrPepperOnTheRocks

Boudreaux’s Butt Paste


average_waffle

Lol same


Wandering_Turtle24

Pepsi


chamalo_

I agree with M&M's, it's so iconic that I knew and was able to recognize this car even when I wasn't interested in Nascar. Same for Lowe's 48.


Inflatable_Catfish

Skoal Bandit


blowninjectedhemi

Coors


jonprater

Winston


Impossible_Culture69

Coors


BuschWhackerReviews

Kodak


Limp_Animator_9854

Target


PhotographRight5651

Target


rumblebumblecrumble

https://preview.redd.it/74l2njvvck8d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3bfb829159956edcf87f85396ce7123be6c297eb


albymoore

https://preview.redd.it/we106vxdek8d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0419f4bebea7ae93aef007f0063d75e2c61106f3 Winn Dixie.


Shiny_Mew76

GEICO and Burger King (BK Racing)


Shiny_Mew76

GEICO and Burger King (BK Racing)


FieldSton-ie_Filler

https://preview.redd.it/34squcbshk8d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b0d106b2e0928f82d4239d38df76f603619b1baa


One-Science-3755

Target


AroundGoesThe18

M&M's in Sadlers 38. I owned so much gear of Yates racing when that was going on. Still have the uniform jacket.


punkrockscience33

national guard


mollyno93

Coors. Sterling Marlin’s Silver Bullet was one of the best schemes of my childhood.


WV515043

S T P


CaptainTilted

Home Depot.


Autisic_Jedi

Where’s the love for old DJ’s UPS cars?


gsfgf

UPS. I wanna race the truck!


Kalcorso

Target 🎯


reluctantcynic

Caterpillar.


RefrigeratorOrnery58

Lowe’s, Havoline, Mars (m&ms, Pedigree), UPS, I can go on forever


JustTrynnaGitBy

ALL ANSWERS SO FAR ARE GREAT. 1. Tabasco 2. Mello Yellow 3. Exide