Jim Clark, Dale Earnhardt... the first retro NASCAR 2025 liveries unveiled

As it has every year for the past ten years, Darlington will host a special NASCAR weekend on April 6, with numerous retro liveries celebrating the history of the discipline... and beyond.

Published 26/03/2025 à 16:28

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Jim Clark, Dale Earnhardt… the first retro NASCAR 2025 liveries unveiled

Austin Cindric – Dale Earnhardt

Winner of the 500 Daytona 2022, Austin Cindric has always been invested in the history of motorsport. For this 2025 edition of Throwback Weekend, he will pay tribute to one of the icons of the sport: Dale Earnhardt. Before driving the legendary No. 3 car, Earnhardt wore the No. 2 for his first seasons. This is an opportunity for Cindric, the current number holder, to use the 1979 and 1980 livery of the seven-time Cup Series champion.

Chase Elliott – Ken Schrader

As is often the case, Hendrick Motorsports is paying homage to previous liveries from the same team. Chase Elliott's No. 9 car will carry the colors of Ken Schrader, one of Hendrick's first drivers, who was at the wheel of the No. 25. While the colors have been slightly modified, the lines are truly recognizable.

Denny Hamlin – Carl Edwards

This is one of the first liveries that makes thirty-somethings feel old! Denny Hamlin will pay tribute to one of his former teammates, Carl Edwards. Runner-up in 2008 and 2011, Edwards regularly rode in the recognizable black, white, and red colors, and Hamlin, himself runner-up, in 2010.

Josh Berry – Jim Clark

Having won for the first time earlier this season in Las Vegas, Josh Berry will be donning the colors of a legend, Jim Clark. Sometimes retro liveries aren't liveries. NASCAR, and that's the case here. But there's still a link between the 500 Indy 1965-winning Lotus and Josh Berry's Wood Brothers team. Indeed, at the time, pit stops weren't commonplace. IndyCar, unlike NASCAR. The Wood brothers worked particularly hard on these phases, and Colin Chapman therefore sought out what he considered to be the best in the field. With the Wood Brothers' mechanics, Jim Clark won the Indianapolis 500, another step towards his historic list of successes in 1965.