You Always Knew Who Sponsored The Car By The Paint Scheme

[adi(os)]

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[mattf765]

http://www.indycals.net/faq/paint.html

check this out!

Very VERY cool!

[thehairpin]

Which ones? The non-descript white & blue ones or the dual green ones??


IMO, the only "iconic" KOOL liveries were the blue/silver/white for Dario & the green/silver/white for PT. Take the large KOOL logos off standard Team Green Reynards & its typical CART/Indycar layout: white tub, green side pods/wings with some gold accents.

The green ones stood out in the IRL pretty well. Wouldn't have stood out as well if the KOOL cars were in the IRL, but they weren't.

[Ernest Miller]

Thanks for all the input. I think the Domino's Pizza Car that others have mentioned was a good solid paint scheme that let you know who was sponsoring the car without looking at the lettering. Ernest

[Djski442]

The green ones stood out in the IRL pretty well. Wouldn't have stood out as well if the KOOL cars were in the IRL, but they weren't.

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[marc sproule]

There are a lot of the paint schemes mentioned here in my Champ Car set.....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/4668198...7623324227456/

[thehairpin]

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The Kool cars had a similar white/green color scheme and they would've been hard to tell apart from a distance.

[Dizzle114]

Really people? Look no further...

[Sea Fury]

STP
Valvoline
Marlboro
Player's
GoDaddy
Menard's
Pennzoil

And in F1, John Player Special (my favorite of them all).

[Ernest Miller]

Really people? Look no further...

What is Quick Trim? Never heard of it. Ernest

[pdas1996]

Hot Wheels. Any sport it was in, you knew it by the track being on the car.

[race chaser]

Sugaripe Prunes

Oh, did I date myself...

Hey, that was always one of my favorites. Don't remember the reason for the sponsorship, if it was the car owner, or a friend of the car owner, but as a kid, I was entertained by it.

[atrackforumfan]

Russell Brookes and the Andrews Heat for Hire rally cars. The yellow/red/blue horizontal bands started as a compromise between Andrews and another sponsor (IIRC, they flipped a coin to see whose color would be on top). The other sponsor left, but Brookes and Andrews liked the look and stayed with it for years. It became so well known that they could make a joke like translating "Heat for Hire" to Welsh in Wales, here.

[atrackforumfan]

Hey, that was always one of my favorites. Don't remember the reason for the sponsorship, if it was the car owner, or a friend of the car owner, but as a kid, I was entertained by it.

Sugaripe was owner Jerry O'Connell's business.

Cobre Tire was owner Bob Fletcher's business.

Interscope was Ted Field's business, separate from the family's department stores (which is too bad, because I thought they created a great image on the track, but you couldn't buy Interscope Diet Cola or an Interscope AM/FM Radio; it was his own movie and music production company writing off his hobby as a tax deduction--IIRC, you can see a picture of the Interscope Batmobile at the end of a Bill and Ted movie produced by Interscope).

Alex Foods, Alex Morales

Leader Card/Cards (now Leader Paper Products) is the Wilke family business.

Kraco, Maury Kraines.

[atrackforumfan]

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[Glenn]

What is Quick Trim? Never heard of it. Ernest

That's because you are skinny.

[atrackforumfan]

It's a floor wax AND a dessert topping!

[Rick Jones]

Here are some cars that you instantly know the sponsor when you see the car.
http://[URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/502/indymontage.jpg/][/URL] Uploaded with ImageShack.us
These are digital creations that I have made from photos that I have taken or from digitally rendering them from scratch such at the Jorgansen Eagle, Sugar Ripe Lightning, and the Porsche's.

[fivehundred2go]

Danny Sullivan's Gold/white Millers
Joe Leonard's Samsonite
Mario's Essex
Al Sr's/Mario's Winston
Hanks/Bryan's Belond Spl.
Revson/Rutherford/Hulme/Williams Gulf McLaren

[Ernest Miller]

Here are some cars that you instantly know the sponsor when you see the car.

These are digital creations that I have made from photos that I have taken or from digitally rendering them from scratch such at the Jorgansen Eagle, Sugar Ripe Lightning, and the Porsche's.

Rick, This is certainly subjective but about half of your examples don't pass the test with me. Ernest

[Rick Jones]

Rick, This is certainly subjective but about half of your examples don't pass the test with me. Ernest

Why?
The Sunoco color's scheme went from 1969-1973.
The Quaker State green was easy to pick out because green had most always been a taboo color at Indy.
The Sugar Ripe scheme was around from about 1970 to mid seventies.
The Interscope cars had the same look from 1979 to 1987.
The Jorgensen baby blue was unique and a winner it first year, and it returned in 1976. A possible weak selection by your standards.
The Fosters Porsche looked like a Fosters can in is scheme.
The Johnny Lightning cars with their lightning bolts were iconic and this car is one of the first cars to be sponsored by a product that was not really a racing related product.
The Valvoline car was also iconic and had a long run with subtle variations, same with the 7-11 and Texaco cars. The Rislone car had two years and a scheme that complimented their brand quite well.
The Pennzoil cars were at Indy from 1979 into the 1990's, longer than the iconic Marboro livery.
The Players scheme was short lived at Indy but was directly linked to their product appearance.
The Sheraton Thompson special is the weakest of my collection without a doubt, but because it was Foyt, when you saw that car, which fans saw quite a lot, you knew it was the Sheraton Thompson Special.
The Ken Paul car, possibly another weak example that I posted, but it was a metallic blue car at a time when most car were base white.
Half? No way!

[Danicafan]

You always know the GoDaddy car.... Beautiful green.

[atrackforumfan]

Why?
The Sunoco color's scheme ....

Pretty much spot-on descriptions, Rick. Jorgensen, S-T, and K-P aren't retail products, so there isn't a brand image that is carried over to the car for the average fan. I would put Interscope in the same bucket. Interscope and Sheraton-Thompson (both the 64 and 67 Indy winning colors) were good looks that identified the same driver for a few years, so they did give the driver and his car a clear image.

[Ernest Miller]

Why?
The Sunoco color's scheme went from 1969-1973.
The Quaker State green was easy to pick out because green had most always been a taboo color at Indy.
The Sugar Ripe scheme was around from about 1970 to mid seventies.
The Interscope cars had the same look from 1979 to 1987.
The Jorgensen baby blue was unique and a winner it first year, and it returned in 1976. A possible weak selection by your standards.
The Fosters Porsche looked like a Fosters can in is scheme.
The Johnny Lightning cars with their lightning bolts were iconic and this car is one of the first cars to be sponsored by a product that was not really a racing related product.
The Valvoline car was also iconic and had a long run with subtle variations, same with the 7-11 and Texaco cars. The Rislone car had two years and a scheme that complimented their brand quite well.
The Pennzoil cars were at Indy from 1979 into the 1990's, longer than the iconic Marboro livery.
The Players scheme was short lived at Indy but was directly linked to their product appearance.
The Sheraton Thompson special is the weakest of my collection without a doubt, but because it was Foyt, when you saw that car, which fans saw quite a lot, you knew it was the Sheraton Thompson Special.
The Ken Paul car, possibly another weak example that I posted, but it was a metallic blue car at a time when most car were base white.
Half? No way!

Rick, All beautiful cars. But this is what I was getting at. If you just look at the paint scheme and not the decals, you would have an idea of what product the car was representing. Raul Boesel's Duracell car reminded you of a Duracell battery. Same colors as a Duracell battery. Same with the Pennzoil car and the motor oil. I just don't see that with half of your cars but I'm glad you contributed to the thread. Really enjoyed looking at some of the older cars. Ernest

[aowzone]

Here are some cars that you instantly know the sponsor when you see the car.
http://[URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/502/indymontage.jpg/][/URL] Uploaded with ImageShack.us
These are digital creations that I have made from photos that I have taken or from digitally rendering them from scratch such at the Jorgansen Eagle, Sugar Ripe Lightning, and the Porsche's.

always liked seeing these, Rick

[abacab]

When I was young (first saw them in 2000), I thought those black Havoline cars were one of the coolest I ever saw... I still do, as a matter of fact . When Newman/Haas lost that sponsorship it just didn't feel right anymore. Those cars were badass.

[Nigel Red5]

Up close you could see the Pennzoil cars had a beautiful, deep pearlesence finish. Loved it. I also loved the lightning bolt Ganassi cars.

The one I never understood was the red and white Miller paint scheme on Danny Sullivan's "spin and win" car. The colors had nothing to do with the product.

I did LOVE the MGD cars - very cool color scheme.

Yeah, actually it did. It was part of their flag waving marketing back then. There havebeen red and white versions of the Miller label for decades. I drank the hell outa of Miller back then. All of the sports they sponsored ran the "Miller American" red white and gold paint scheme with a single star.

[Sea Fury]

Why?
The Sunoco color's scheme went from 1969-1973.

I think the Sunoco pain scheme was different in '73 when Penske and MD ran the Eagle.

[Nigel Red5]

When I was young (first saw them in 2000), I thought those black Havoline cars were one of the coolest I ever saw... I still do, as a matter of fact . When Newman/Haas lost that sponsorship it just didn't feel right anymore. Those cars were badass.

Whether it was Texaco itself or Havoline Oils, I totally agree! Shorty's car just didn't look right with Chevron logos.



We haven't had Texaco(or Chevron)stations around here in several years now. They were all changed to Shell.

[atrackforumfan]

I think the Sunoco pain scheme was different in '73 when Penske and MD ran the Eagle.

Different on Donohue's Eagle. Gary B's 1973 McLaren was solid blue with yellow pinstripes and some red trim.