NASCAR Cup, Xfinity throwback schemes at Darlington Raceway

A look at the Cup and Xfinity throwback schemes this weekend at Darlington Raceway.

NASCAR Cup Series

2 – Austin Cindric

Cindric’s car will pay tribute to the design used by Dale Earnhardt in 1979 and 1980. Earnhardt won Rookie of the Year honors in 1979 and scored the first of his seven championships in 1980.

4 – Noah Gragson

Gragson’s car pays tribute to the car Dale Earnhardt Jr. drove in his first start in NASCAR.

5 – Kyle Larson

The scheme on Larson’s car mirrors the scheme on Terry Labonte’s car when he won the 2003 Southern 500 at Darlington, his final Cup victory.

Photo: Hendrick Motorsports

9 – Chase Elliott

Elliott’s car honors Ken Schrader’s car at Hendrick Motorsports in the early 1990s.

Photo: Hendrick Motorsports

10 – Ty Dillon

Dillon’s car pays tribute to Patty Moise’s 1989 Daytona car.

11 – Denny Hamlin

Hamlin’s car pays tribute to NASCAR Hall of Famer Carl Edwards’ car from the mid 2000s.

12 – Ryan Blaney

Blaney pays tribute to the car his father drove to a win in the 2006 Xfinity race at Charlotte.

20 – Christopher Bell

Bell is honoring his racing mentor, sprint car driver Rick Ferkel with a scheme that pays tribute to one of Ferkel’s schemes. Ferkel was an original member of the World of Outlaws and Bell credits Ferkel with giving him his introduction and break into sprint car racing.

21 – Josh Berry

Berry’s car pays tribute to the 1965 car Jim Clark drove to the Indianapolis 500 win. The Wood Brothers pitted that car.

22 – Joey Logano

Logano’s car pays tribute to Cale Yarborough’s 1976 car.

24 – William Byron

Byron will drive the car that looks similar to what Jeff Gordon drove in what was scheduled to be his final Cup start in 2015 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Photo: Hendrick Motorsports

34 – Todd Gilliland

Gilliland’s car pays tribute to Ray Fox, an early nominee to the NASCAR Hall of Fame, who was a mechanic, engine builder, car owner and later a NASCAR inspector in his career. Fox is the first of four generations of family members in the sport. His great grandson, Justin Fox, is a tire changer on the No. 34 car.

Photo: Front Row Motorsports

Front Row Motorsports will honor Ray Fox, whose great-grandson is a pit crew member on the No. 34 team.

38 – Zane Smith

His car sports a vintage logo for Long John Silver’s.

41 – Cole Custer

Haas Factory Team’s scheme on Cole Custer’s car throws it back to the Jimmy Spencer scheme from the early 2000s.

42 – John Hunter Nemechek

He pays tribute to the BellSouth scheme on his father’s No. 42 car from the 1998 Cup season.

43 – Erik Jones

His car goes back to the 1998 paint scheme for the No. 43 car of John Andretti.

48 – Alex Bowman

Bowman will drive a scheme that is based off of the car Jimmie Johnson drove to the win at Darlington in 2012, giving Hendrick Motorsports its 200th career Cup victory.

Photo: Hendrick Motorsports

51 – Cody Ware

Ware’s car will pay tribute to the car Ward Burton raced during his Cup career.

Xfinity Series

1 – Carson Kvapil

His car pays tribute to the 2010 Bass Pro Shops No. 1 that Jamie McMurray drove. McMurray won the Daytona 500, Brickyard 400 and Charlotte fall race that year.

4 – Parker Retzlaff

His car pays tribute to the Ernie Irvan paint scheme of the 1990s.

7 – Justin Allgaier

His car pays tribute to heritage of sponsor Brandt Professional Agriculture.

8 – Sammy Smith

This car pays tribute to the 2003 car Tony Stewart drove for JR Motorsports.

10 – Daniel Dye

His car resembles the No. 45 Spree car Adam Petty drove in 1999.

18 – William Sawalich

His car honors Kyle Busch’s car from the 2016 Xfinity season.

19 – Christopher Bell

Bell’s car pays tribute to his racing mentor Rick Ferkel’s sprint car design.

20 – Brandon Jones

Jones’ car celebrates Matt Kenseth’s black-and-yellow Dollar General paint scheme when he race at JGR.

25 – Harrison Burton

His car pays tribute to his father Jeff Burton’s CITGO car.

26 – Dean Thompson

His car goes back to the Irwin Tools scheme Jamie McMurray raced in the late 2000s.

27 – Jeb Burton

His car pays tribute to his father Ward’s scheme in Ward’s 1994 Cup debut.

28 – Kyle Sieg

39 – Ryan Sieg

Both RSS cars that pay tribute to Robert Yates Racing. The No. 28 honors Ricky Rudd’s car. The No. 39 car honors Dale Jarrett’s car.

41 – Sam Mayer

Mayer’s car pays tribute to the scheme Kurt Busch won the Daytona with in 2017.

42 – Anthony Alfredo

His car honors Jamie McMurray’s 2005 Coors Light Cup car.

44 – Brennan Poole

45 – Mason Massey

Poole’s car goes back to a 2001 paint scheme Jeff Gordon ran. Massey’s Alpha Prime Racing car pays tribute to Jimmy Spencer’s 1999 car.

48 – Nick Sanchez

His car throws back to the scheme on Bobby Unser’s car that he won the 1975 Indianapolis 500 with, the second of Unser’s three Indy 500 wins.

Photo: Big Machine Racing

51 – Jeremy Clements

His car celebrates the 1985 car Harry Gant drove.

70 – Leland Honeyman Jr.

His car celebrates Jeff Green’s car in Green’s Xfinity championship season in 2000.

71 – Ryan Ellis

His car is a throwback to one of Ellis’ Legend Car schemes.

88 – Connor Zilisch

His car honors Buddy Baker and the scheme on his car in 1987.

99 – Matt DiBenedetto

His car celebrates Jeff Burton’s Exide scheme.