My opinion on every Darlington throwback: 2021 edition

 

00- Quin Houff: This is a fantastic throwback, it matches the original (mostly).

Final Score: 9/10

3- Austin Dillon: It's not often that you see a Fireball Roberts throwback.

Final Score: 10/10

4- Kevin Harvick: Jesus H. Christ Harvick is old.

Final Score: 10/10

5- Kyle Larson: Isn't he a little young to be throwing back to himself? Yes, yes he is.

Final Score: 5/10

6- Ryan Newman: This looks like a regular scheme.

Final Score: 4/10

7- Corey Lajoie: They even got the sponsor!

Final Score: 10/10

8- Tyler Reddick: I like the Marty Robbins colors.

Final Score: 10/10

9- Chase Elliott: Meh, the Underbird is a bit overdone at this point.

Final Score: 6/10

10- Aric Almirola: I like seeing flames on a racecar.

Final Score: 9/10

11- Denny Hamlin: Rigging the fan vote automatically docks 3 points. Sorry, I don't make the rules.

Final Score: 5/10

12- Ryan Blaney: See my comment on Larson's scheme.

Final Score: 6/10

14- Chase Briscoe: It took the SHR 14 team this long to do an A.J. Foyt throwback?

Final Score: 10/10

15- James Davison: Aussie aussie aussie! Oi oi oi!

Final Score: 8/10

18- Kyle Busch: No.

Final Score: 3/10

19- Martin Truex Jr.: I can't forgive the fact that the secondary color is wrong.

Final Score: 4/10

22- Joey Logano: This is solid, I like Mario Andretti throwbacks.

Final Score: 9/10

23- Bubba Wallace: Not a surprising pick, but the lack of a surprise isn't a bad thing.

Final Score: 7/10

24- William Byron: Like I said about the Fireball car, we don't get a lot of Neil Bonnett throwbacks.

Final Score: 9/10

34- Michael McDowell: A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

Final Score: 9/10

37- Ryan Preece: A bit of a random pick, but ok.

Final Score: 7/10

38- Anthony "Fast Pasta" Alfredo: 2021 is clearly the Alan Kulwicki year.

Final Score: 8/10

41- Cole Custer: Not a throwback, but this will be my happy mother's day wish to all the moms out there. And also WHY ARE WE RACING ON MOTHER'S DAY? NO OTHER SPORT IS DOING THIS! WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS! WHY?

Paint Scheme Final Score: 10/10, Race Date Final Score: negative infinity.

42- Ross Chastain: The original scheme had a random-ass square around the M on the hood, the throwback doesn't. And that fact disappoints me.

Final Score: 9/10

43- Erik Jones: YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! Finally a 43 throwback that isn't to a Petty!

Final Score: 10/10

47- Ricky Stenhouse Jr: They had the balls to call this a throwback? What a f*cking joke! They didn't even put effort into it!

Final Score: 0/10

48- Alex Bowman: I like it. It's nice to see a driver throwback to their crew chief's driving career.

Final Score: 10/10

51- Cody Ware: MIKEY!

Final Score: 7/10

52- Josh Bilicki: As I said in the 2019 throwback review, we don't get a lot of Lennie Pond throwbacks.

Final Score: 9/10

77- Justin Haley: Another pleasant surprise with this Robert Pressley throwback.

Final Score: 10/10

78- B.J. McLeod: About damn time we got a Joe Weatherly throwback, he's a two-time champion. He deserves more respect!

Final Score: 10/10

99- Daniel Suarez: Just as I thought we wouldn't get an old logo "throwback". It's colorful though, so I'll give it some credit.

Final Score: 8/10

Well that's it. Happy Mother's Day. Hopefully I'll start posting more often, but don't get your hopes up.