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Brackets are all the rage in March, and The Daily Downforce is jumping on the bandwagon. Throughout the final days of March, we hosted a paint scheme tournament based on fan voting on X (Formerly Twitter). Take a look at the final results here!

• The tournament featured 16 paint schemes in a single-elimination bracket. Fan voting will lasting for 24 hours for each matchup, with the winner moving on to the next round.
• The tournament took place from Thursday, March 21st through Saturday, March 30th. Round 1 was held over three days from March 21st-23rd, with the Quarterfinals starting on Monday, March, 25th, the Semifinals starting on Wednesday, March 27th, and the Finals starting on Friday, March 29th.
• The paint schemes included were based on submissions from the Daily Downforce panel. We compiled what we consider to be NASCAR’s 16 most iconic paint schemes.

WINNER: Jeff Gordon DuPont

Jeff Gordon’s flamed DuPont scheme carried him to his fourth Championship in 2001 and multiple winning seasons after. This scheme bested Sterling Marlin’s iconic “Silver Bullet” in round one before beating Kyle Busch’s M&M’s scheme in the Semifinals. The scheme then bested two 7-time Champions by beating Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt to take home the crown!

COMPLETED: Round 1 – Left Side

Mark Martin Valvoline (89.6%) Beats Joey Logano Pennzoil (10.4%)

Dale Earnhardt Goodwrench (77.5%) Beats Darrell Waltrip Mtn. Dew (22.5%)

Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s (76.4%) Beats Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com (23.4%)

Matt Kenseth DeWalt (73.1%) Beats Denny Hamlin FedEx (26.9%)

COMPLETED: Round 1 – Right Side

Richard Petty STP (65.5%) Beats Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries (34.5%)

Brad Keselowski “Blue Deuce” (58.6%) Beats Bill Elliott Coors (41.4%)

Kyle Busch M&Ms (60.4%) Beats Darrell Waltrip Tide (39.6%)

Jeff Gordon DuPont Flames (73.1%) Beats Sterling Marlin “Silver Bullet” (26.9%)

COMPLETED: Quarterfinals

Each of these matchups was determined based on the results of round one. These are the final results

Dale Earnhardt Goodwrench (68.9%) Beats Mark Martin Valvoline (31.1%)

Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s (61.4%) Beats Matt Kenseth DeWalt (38.6%)

Richard Petty STP (68.9%) Beats Brad Keselowski “Blue Deuce” (31.1%)

Jeff Gordon DuPont (67.8%) Beats Kyle Busch M&Ms (32.2%)

COMPLETED: Semifinals

Each of these matchups was determined based on the results of the quarterfinals. These are the final results.

Dale Earnhardt Goodwrench (70.4%) Beats Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s (29.6%)

Jeff Gordon DuPont (60%) Beats Richard Petty STP (40%)

COMPLETED: Finals

This matchup was determined based on the results of the semifinals. These are the final results.

Jeff Gordon DuPont (52.8%) Beats Dale Earnhardt Goodwrench (47.2%)

Thank you to everyone for voting in our paint scheme bracket tournament!