Daytona 500 Paint Schemes: All 41 Appears to be like for NASCAR’s 2026 Season Opener

Vibrant reds, flashy purples and so many shades of inexperienced: Virtually each colour on the rainbow will likely be represented in Sunday’s 2026 Daytona 500, the NASCAR Cup Sequence season opener. Plus, first-time Daytona 500 pole sitter Kyle Busch and two-time defending 500 champ William Byron are rocking flames on their Chevrolets with can’t-miss paint schemes. 

Drivers and groups work all offseason to carry the strongest attainable vehicles to Daytona Worldwide Speedway for an opportunity to win The Nice American Race. And that extends to trendy, eye-catching paint schemes that can race across the iconic 2.5-mile Daytona observe on Sunday, beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET on FOX.

For Sunday’s Daytona 500, here is a have a look at all 41 paint schemes within the discipline in numerical order.

Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 

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Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 

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Noah Gragson, No. 4 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford 

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Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 

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Daniel Suárez, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 

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Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 

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Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 

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Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 

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Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

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Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Crew Penske Ford 

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AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 

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Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 

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Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 

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Josh Berry, No. 21 Wooden Brothers Racing Ford 

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Joey Logano, No. 22 Crew Penske Ford 

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Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota 

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William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 

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Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford 

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Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota 

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Zane Smith, No. 38 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford 

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Justin Allgaier, No. 40 JR Motorsports Chevrolet

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Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Manufacturing facility Crew Chevrolet 

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Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Membership Toyota 

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Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota 

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Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 

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Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 

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Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

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Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford

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Casey Mears, No. 66 Storage 66 Ford

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Corey Heim, No. 67 23XI Racing Toyota

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Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 

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Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 

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BJ McLeod, No. 78 Dwell Quick Motorsports Chevrolet

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Jimmie Johnson, No. 84 Legacy Motor Membership Toyota 

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Connor Zilisch, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 

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