One of my biggest gripes I have is the lack of character the cars have. I can remember that back in the 80s and 90s the cars looked more like their respective makes. The noses on the cars looked like real grills and not painted or decalled on. Somone posted the ridiculousness of decalled headlights. I agree. What I am about to say is blasphemous to the stock car community and I realize I might get some heat for this. I apologize for those I may offend. I went to the 12 Hours of Sebring and enjoyed it. Aside from the prototype cars I was happy to see that in the GT Class the Ford GT-R and the Chevy Corvette looked like the real cars. It just blows my mind that those cars seem more stock then the cars that were racing at Bristol that weekend. Unlike the painted headlights, these were real. Real brake lights and real headlights. Even the cars sounded different. The Corvette had a loud low pitched growl. The cars in NASCAR lack character unfortunately lack character. Not even the one race paint schemes can hide it which brings me to my next point.

I don't know about you all but I am finding I cannot identify a driver because at times the paint jobs keep changing every week for some of these guys. In an age where Primary sponsors are not sponsoring a whole season this makes for a tough time trying to watch a race and keep track which car is what. Also makes for a tough time at the T-shirt trailer. Why do I want to waste my money on a shirt if the paint job on the car is always changing? I long for the days when it was easy to identify drivers with respective colors and sponsors.

Petty-STP(Blue and Red)

Earnhardt-Goodwrench(Black and Silver)

Elliott-Coors(RED)

Mark Martin-Strohs (Navy Blue)

Rick Wilson-Kodak (YELLOW)

Does not get anymore basic then that.

We went from that to

Earnhardt-National Guard(Blue and White)

-AMP (White and Green)

Harvick-Bud (Black)

-Jimmy Johns(White and black)

Tony Stewart--OH BOY. This is where it gets crazy

Mobil 1/Office Depot--Red and black

Office Depot/Mobil 1-Black and White

Burger King (3 races just to annoy and confuse me)White and blue

Kyle Busch. This one annoys me to no end. All i will say just say this

Interstate with 2 different Schemes

Snickers

Combos

M&Ms, not to mention the different kinds of M&Ms

Double Mint Gum

Pedigree

Carl Edwards

Scotts-TWO DIFFERENT SCHEMES

Aflac

Subway

Kelloggs

My favorite, JOEY LAGANO

-HOME DEPOT AND ONE PAINT SCHEME!!!!!

I won't even buy anymore diecasts or t-shirts anymore because the paint jobs keep changing.l