These Drivers Have the Most Paint Schemes in NASCAR 25

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Getting the attention of the NASCAR fanbase can be hard. After all, great race finishes and winning can only get drivers so far in connecting with those at home.

That’s why some drivers look to add a bit of flair to their name through sheer personality or even by making sure they are always piloting a slick-looking race car.

It’s through these small components, like popular paint schemes, that fans can connect with their favorite drivers, collecting diecast models of their favorite eye-catching design or piloting their favorite car to victory lane in a NASCAR video game.

This past year, iRacing Studios launched their first-ever NASCAR console game, NASCAR 25, breaking a stretch dating back to 2021 in which NASCAR fans did not have a new NASCAR video game to play.

From the start, iRacing made it clear that a major part of this new NASCAR game was downloadable content, with the developer planning multiple DLC packs to allow fans to load up on paint schemes from their favorite drivers.

Of course, when it came to the most prominent showing of paint schemes in NASCAR 25’s roster page, some drivers stood out more than the rest, with a few drivers even sporting ten or more paint schemes for fans to choose from.

In fact, the three drivers to hit the mark of ten or more paint schemes in NASCAR 25 all represent the NASCAR Xfinity Series in-game.

Coming in third on this list is fan-favorite driver Parker Retzlaff, whose No. 4 team tallied ten total paint schemes in NASCAR 25, with a healthy showing for his sponsors and a good-looking throwback scheme as part of the game’s November DLC.

The driver in second place is another fan favorite, former series champion and six-time NASCAR Xfinity Series Most Popular Driver Justin Allgaier, who brings in a total of 14 paint schemes to the NASCAR Xfinity Series in NASCAR 25.

But the driver who has the honor of having the most paint schemes in NASCAR 25 might be a real surprise to some, as fellow fan-favorite Ryan Ellis and his former No. 71 team at DGM Racing contributed a total of 19 different paint schemes to iRacing’s first-ever NASCAR console game.

Ellis’ massive presence in NASCAR 25 blows away his fellow O’Reilly Series competition and even some of the top names in the NASCAR Cup Series, like Larson, Elliott, and Hamlin, who all failed to crack the top three.

Beyond the fun of this statistic, some fans have taken Ellis’ status in NASCAR 25 as a sign of good things to come from iRacing, pointing out that the developer is showing a willingness to break the mold of focusing on bonus paint schemes for drivers at the top level of the sport, and give a new look to diehard fan favorites like Ellis.

To most of these diehard fans of the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series, Ellis’ status as the top dog of NASCAR 25 Paint Schemes is no surprise, as last season, he and his sponsors combined for an impressive lineup of unique primary and one-off looks that stole the show on multiple race weekends.

Some standouts from last season include his neon-inspired Rich Mar Florist paint scheme at Nashville Superspeedway, his football-themed Tablo TV ride from Kansas Speedway, or even the Halloween-themed Southern Elevator car he drove at the fall Martinsville race weekend.

All these paint schemes, alongside a whole host of others, made their way into his lineup of 19 total paint schemes in NASCAR 25.

Funnily enough, when iRacing released the game in mid-October, Ellis had only a handful of paint schemes, with just one base paint scheme and one additional look in the game’s first DLC pack.

But by the time November rolled around, NASCAR 25’s second DLC pack opened the floodgates for Ellis, with iRacing dropping five additional looks for the No. 71, including a throwback paint scheme from the 2025 Darlington throwback race weekend.

But Ellis’s footprint in NASCAR 25 kept growing even after the second DLC pack, with the team adding 12 more paint schemes to their lineup through NASCAR 25’s third DLC pack in December, including those fan-favorite paint schemes mentioned above, with some other heavy hitters from 2026.

After this DLC pack’s release, the NASCAR community took notice of Ellis’ impressive presence in the game, with some joking online that the pack should have been called something along the lines of the ‘Ryan Ellis Expansion Pack’.

Now, as of press time, iRacing has yet to make any formal announcement about the next game in its line of NASCAR console games.

But, when all is said and done, expect Ellis to be leading the way in the paint scheme department once again with his new No. 02 ride at Young’s Motorsports, as the new combo of driver and team has already gotten a jump on the new season with some fresh looks.

This weekend, Ellis and sponsor Tablo TV are debuting their first of what is likely many specialty paint schemes for the 2026 season, with a Las Vegas-style paint scheme for the first NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race of the season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

The green flag for Saturday’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is set to drop at 5:30 PM ET, with The CW carrying flag-to-flag coverage.

As always, for those interested in watching the race on The CW, it just so happens that Ellis’s sponsor Tablo TV is one of the best ways to watch the NASCAR OAP Series on The CW, giving race fans the chance to watch whenever, however they want, from the comfort of their home.

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