Buzzards.Someone was waiting?
Is there a team that still actually paints the cars?
Weren't all of Gordon's and now JR's Axalta cars painted?Is there a team that still actually paints the cars?
I cant remember if we had that discussion in this forum or I was on another.Wrapping saves weight.
Laugh at that if you like.
How about labor saving?I cant remember if we had that discussion in this forum or I was on another.
But we figured out, with assistance from forum members who worked in the garages, that the difference in weight was moot.
From JTG Daughtry racing 2 years ago:Those cars will never see a race.
How about labor saving?
I understand and to be truthful never understood why the wrap in the first place. It would come in handing if you had to repair a car at the track to fix a wall scraping.From JTG Daughtry racing 2 years ago:
We actually paint the vast majority of our cars. Of the 36 races this season we will have wrapped our cars for about 10 races, the rest are painted. Wraps cost about $1400-$2000 per car installed or $2800-4000 per race plus a crash kit of another $500-700 (depending on vinyl supplier/installer prices).
Most of our paint schemes feature our custom blue and white cars, where we change the vinyl color of the pin striping and door numbers, most of the rest of the non-blue/white cars are wrapped. One exception being our Daytona 500 Kroger car which we painted.
Wrapping cars is much more expensive than painting. Most Cup teams have a sponsorship deal with the paint manufacturers that negate most of the costs associated with paint/supplies. Technically wrapped cars weigh about 2-3 lbs more than a painted car, that trend reverses if you don't completely strip the paint/bondo between touch-ups.
Most body wraps weigh on average about 9 pounds less than a paint job with full decals, McKenzie said.
My real comment is those cars shown, (48 and SHR) for 2017 will never race looking like that.
No Monster logo on the windshield or driver's name on the back. I would venture to say they were done before the sponsor was settled. Either way they won't race looking like that.I don't understand what you mean here.
Yes, yes it is, well, not sure on the grill area, but best looking out of the three makes in my opinion.View attachment 23217 2018 Camry. Great looking car.
Wow, crazy how bland and dated the SS body looks after you look at the Camrys above.
The new DeWalt scheme is the best they've had in years.
The 22 is an ironic paint scheme with an old school vibe, and I love it. I for one hope it doesn't change for a long, long time. JMO.On an unrelated note, the 22 scheme is going to remain unchanged for 2017. Think about that. The Shell/Pennzoil scheme has been the same since Kurt started running with it in 2011. And the scheme has been adopted in the past couple years for Joey's other sponsors, and even sometimes Brad has the same design with part-time sponsors and their corresponding colors too. I never liked the design to begin with, and at this point it's like man, haven't they squeezed all the juice out of this fruit yet?
The 22 is an ironic paint scheme with an old school vibe, and I love it. I for one hope it doesn't change for a long, long time. JMO.