Favorite race car livery?

I like a lot of race paint schemes, but if I had to pick a favorite. I have to go old school Hotwheels.

4 pages and no drag cars?

Iconic

Hopefully not too off topic - I think the best liveries make the car instantly recognizable at a glance, even at speed. Gulf, Martini and even simple Shelby stripes, achieve that goal. Jeff Gordon's DuPont car in NASCAR fits that description. What I'm wondering is whether those examples were instantly recognizable when they were first used, or did they only become so after time? I'm having a hard time thinking of current day, "new" liveries that meet that description. So maybe my premise is flawed.

In reply to klb67:

If 'current' schemes stayed the same for more than a few races it might be more likely that a single recognizable one would stick. However, with the ease of changing livery due to wraps and the fact that teams are chasing smaller and smaller sponsors the livery gets changed more often than they used to, leading to less consistent and less iconic liveries.
The previous may be most easily seen with current NASCAR organizations changing 'paint schemes' every weekend.

if we're talking instantly recognizable, I look no further than Darrell Waltrip. Could you mistake that car for anyone else's?

Appleseed wrote: 4 pages and no drag cars?

Drag racing is for engine builders not drivers

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I like this one as I actually worked on it once it was sold by Roush Racing to a private owner.

In reply to Nick (Bo) Comstock:

Oooooohhhhhh!

"Simple" liveries like Gulf, JPS, and Petty. For more Nascar like big logo, anything from Castrol, particularly Force racing.

I don't know that it's iconic, but among modern liveries I really like Patrick Dempsey's 2015 Le Mans car:

mad_machine wrote: Still a big fan of the graphics on the Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo when they went racing in Group 5 before they had sponsorship

I saw those race when I was a kid. Yeah, great choice.

One of my favorite factory team liveries.

Always liked the Greenwood 'Vettes:

Nick (Bo) Comstock wrote:

mazdeuce wrote: I need a race van.

You have one

I love all the millen love here, you will all enjoy it when my 2 build threads collide :)

Karacticus wrote: In reply to fasted58: I always liked that scheme on the TR7s

I especially like them when they're TR-8's!

I love the Gulf racing livery, especially on the Ford GT-40's. They're amazing...

Now you guys have me wondering if I could pull off something like the Group 44 livery but with red and yellow to match my Dart's red interior.

Yes, I know the Group 44 '66 Dart was before they added the green striping.

March 83G Red Lobster

Davey Allison's 28 in every iteration but especially the white/gold/red/black

Mine was the mid 80s Bill Elliott Coors car with gold wheels that someone already posted.

Also always loved the BRE livery.