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The Driver Suit Blog-Paint Scheme Tracker-June 25, 2025

By David G. Firestone RICK WARE RACING #01 Corey LaJoie #01 DuraMax/Take 5 Oil Change Chevy Camaro-New scheme for 2025, black with red stripes. B Corey LaJoie #01 AirMedCare Network Ford Mustang-New sponsor for 2025, blue and white with stripes. A Corey LaJoie #01 Schluter Systems Ford Mustang–New scheme for 2025, black with orange shapes. A TRACKHOUSE RACING #1 Ross Chastain #1 Busch Light…

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The Driver Suit Blog-Paint Scheme Tracker-June 21, 2025

By David G. Firestone Ross Chastain #1 Wendy’s Frosty Chevy Camaro-Same scheme as #99, same F grade. Austin Dillon #3 Boot Barn Chevy Camaro-Not bad, but a slight downgrade from last year. A- Noah Gragson #4 Long John Silver’s Ford Mustang-Nothing really changes here. C Ty Dillon #10 Ohio Logistics Chevy Camaro-Bold, unique, has a great color scheme, and not over designed. A Chris Buescher…

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The Driver Suit Blog-Paint Scheme Tracker-June 18, 2025

By David G. Firestone RICK WARE RACING #01 Corey LaJoie #01 DuraMax/Take 5 Oil Change Chevy Camaro-New scheme for 2025, black with red stripes. B Corey LaJoie #01 AirMedCare Network Ford Mustang-New sponsor for 2025, blue and white with stripes. A Corey LaJoie #01 Schluter Systems Ford Mustang–New scheme for 2025, black with orange shapes. A TRACKHOUSE RACING #1 Ross Chastain #1 Busch Light…

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The Driver Suit Blog-Paint Scheme Grades-June 14, 2025

By David G. Firestone Ross Chastain #1 Busch Light Apple Chevy Camaro-I like the color, and it works with the apple motif. A Kyle Busch #8 BetMGM Chevy Camaro-I like the city motif, it’s not over done, and the car has a great look. A Chris Buescher #17 Kroger/Kraft/Artesano Ford Mustang-I like the blue with flower motif. Simple, but bold. A Josh Berry #21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Throwback Ford…

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The Driver Suit Blog-My Thoughts On Kyle Larson and The Double

By David G. Firestone Just a brief column this week, since I have other things to focus on. So I’ve been holding back on this one for a bit, but I’ve been wanting to talk about this for some time. For the last two seasons, Kyle Larson has attempted to run The Double, both the Indy 500 and the Coca Cola 600 on the same day. This has been tried by a number of drivers, with varying degrees of…

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The Driver Suit Blog-Some News Stories This Week

By David G. Firestone So some newsworthy racing stories happened last week. The first of came from the NHRA. I’ll quote the NHRA from their own website: “NHRA has levied a $5,000 fine and deducted 100 championship points from Erica Enders’ score for the use of rear wheels at the Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals that did not meet NHRA’s approved specifications for Pro Stock. Following…

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The Driver Suit Blog-Paint Scheme Tracker-June 11, 2025

By David G. Firestone RICK WARE RACING #01 Corey LaJoie #01 DuraMax/Take 5 Oil Change Chevy Camaro-New scheme for 2025, black with red stripes. B Corey LaJoie #01 AirMedCare Network Ford Mustang-New sponsor for 2025, blue and white with stripes. A Corey LaJoie #01 Schluter Systems Ford Mustang–New scheme for 2025, black with orange shapes. A TRACKHOUSE RACING #1 Ross Chastain #1 Busch Light…

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The Driver Suit Blog-Paint Scheme Grades-June 7, 2025

By David G. Firestone Ross Chastain #1 Busch Country Chevy Camaro-Good design, but the color scheme doesn’t really work with the design scheme. C Austin Dillon #3 Toys for Tots Chevy Camaro-Same scheme as last year, same A grade. Brad Keselowski #6 Solomon Plumbing Ford Mustang-Camo does NOT look good on a race car, and light camo looks even worse. F Justin Haley #7 Garner Trucking Chevy…

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The Driver Suit Blog-The Team Penske Situation

By David G. Firestone During practice for the Indy 500, two Team Penske cars were busted for technical violation. This, in turn, led to the firing of Tim Cindric, IndyCar managing director Ron Ruzewski, and IndyCar general manager Kyle Moyer. Tim Cindric was the highest member of the team to be fired. According to Wikipedia: “Tim Cindric served as the Team Manager for Team Rahal from 1994 to…

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The Driver Suit Blog-Paint Scheme Tracker-June 4, 2025

By David G. Firestone RICK WARE RACING #01 Corey LaJoie #01 DuraMax/Take 5 Oil Change Chevy Camaro-New scheme for 2025, black with red stripes. B Corey LaJoie #01 AirMedCare Network Ford Mustang-New sponsor for 2025, blue and white with stripes. A Corey LaJoie #01 Schluter Systems Ford Mustang–New scheme for 2025, black with orange shapes. A TRACKHOUSE RACING #1 Ross Chastain #1 Busch Light…

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The Driver Suit Blog-Paint Scheme Grades-May 31, 2025

By David G. Firestone Ross Chastain #1 Jockey x Folds of Honor Chevy Camaro-The cutting edge designs aren’t good, and take an A scheme down to a C. Austin Dillon #3 Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Patriotic Chevy Camaro-Not great, but holy hell is this better than camo! C Noah Gragson #4 Rush Truck Centers Patriotic Ford Mustang-It’s not bad, but it is a downgrade from the regular scheme. Changing…

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The Driver Suit Blog-Some Thoughts On Recent WWE Releases

By David G. Firestone So I was going to devote this week’s column to the Team Penske IndyCar cheating situation, but I have a lot more to say than I thought I would, so I will save that for at least next week. I’ve been sitting on this for some time, and I want to discuss this. As is typical in the period after Wrestlemania, WWE has released a number of wrestlers. Those who were released…

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The Driver Suit Blog-Paint Scheme Tracker-May 28, 2025

By David G. Firestone RICK WARE RACING #01 Corey LaJoie #01 DuraMax/Take 5 Oil Change Chevy Camaro-New scheme for 2025, black with red stripes. B Corey LaJoie #01 AirMedCare Network Ford Mustang-New sponsor for 2025, blue and white with stripes. A Corey LaJoie #01 Schluter Systems Ford Mustang–New scheme for 2025, black with orange shapes. A TRACKHOUSE RACING #1 Ross Chastain #1 Busch Light…

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The Driver Suit Blog-Paint Scheme Grades-May 24, 2025

By David G. Firestone Ross Chastain #1 Busch Light Fan Vote Chevy Camaro-Even though I like the color scheme, this is still an F scheme because of how awful it is. Austin Dillon #3 Dow Patriotic Chevy Camaro-Camo just doesn’t work on race cars, and this is another example. F Brad Keselowski #6 Solomon Plumbing Ford Mustang-By itself, this would get a C, because of how over designed it is, but…

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The Driver Suit Blog-Happy Memorial Day!

No column this week, will be back next week.

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The Driver Suit Blog-Paint Scheme Tracker-May 21, 2025

By David G. Firestone RICK WARE RACING #01 Corey LaJoie #01 DuraMax/Take 5 Oil Change Chevy Camaro-New scheme for 2025, black with red stripes. B Corey LaJoie #01 AirMedCare Network Ford Mustang-New sponsor for 2025, blue and white with stripes. A Corey LaJoie #01 Schluter Systems Ford Mustang–New scheme for 2025, black with orange shapes. A TRACKHOUSE RACING #1 Ross Chastain #1 Busch Light…

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The Driver Suit Blog-Paint Scheme Grades-May 17, 2025

By David G. Firestone Austin Cindric #2 Menards/Atlas Ford Mustang-Same scheme as last year, same A- grade. Austin Dillon #3 BetMGM Chevy Camaro-Same scheme as last year, same A grade. Brad Keselowski #6 Kroger/Allegra Ford Mustang-This is giving me Dale Earnhardt 2000 Peter Max vibes, and this gets an F. Chris Buescher #17 Kroger/Kleenex Ford Mustang-A smooth look with a great color scheme…