Military Paint Schemes
New variations on the military paint schemes have also been used throughout the years. The United States Army began sponsoring the 01 car owned by Dale Earnhardt Incorporated full time in 2003. For major anniversaries, the cars used a special camouflage design. The Army then went to Dale Earnhardt, Inc. for two seasons before joining Stewart Haas Racing in 2009 and is the primary sponsor of Ryan Newman's #39 for half the season as of now.
Although the schemes were not military based, several cars used patriotic paint schemes at Dover in 2001, the first race after the September 11th Attacks.
Often die-cast replicas of the paint scheme cars are produced for the collector market.
Read more about this topic: Special Paint Schemes In Racing Cars
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