{"id":18200,"date":"2018-03-16T12:51:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T16:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=18200"},"modified":"2018-03-16T12:52:26","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T16:52:26","slug":"shr-reveals-kurt-buschs-2018-darlington-paint-scheme-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2018\/03\/16\/shr-reveals-kurt-buschs-2018-darlington-paint-scheme-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"SHR reveals Kurt Busch&#8217;s 2018 Darlington paint scheme (Photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18201\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch4-1024x652.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch4-1024x652.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch4-594x378.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch4-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch4-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch4-85x54.jpg 85w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch4.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fifth-teen years ago Kurt Busch lost a race to Ricky Craven at Darlington Raceway by just 0.002 seconds. It remains the closest finish in the Monster Energy Cup Series, matched only by the 2011 Aaron&#8217;s 499 at Talladega.<\/p>\n<p>Now Stewart-Haas Racing has released rendered photos of what Busch&#8217;s 2018 Darlington throwback paint scheme will look like. To no surprise the car is modeled after the Taurus Busch finished second in on March 16, 2003.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Players:\u00a0<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2018\/03\/16\/ricky-craven-and-kurt-busch-relive-iconic-darlington-race-15-years-later\/\">Busch and Craven relive 2003 Darlington race<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the sponsorship of Sharpie is gone and the number has changed, Busch&#8217;s No. 41 Ford Fusion will bare similar colors and fonts to that of the No. 97 he drove in the Carolina Dodger Dealers 400.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-18200 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch2-300x191.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch2-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch2-594x378.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch2-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch2-1024x652.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch2-85x54.jpg 85w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch2.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch3-300x191.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch3-300x191.jpg 300w, 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https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch7-1024x652.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch7-85x54.jpg 85w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch7.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch5-300x191.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch5-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch5-594x378.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch5-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch5-1024x652.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch5-85x54.jpg 85w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch5.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch6.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch6-300x191.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch6-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch6-594x378.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch6-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch6-1024x652.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch6-85x54.jpg 85w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch6.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/buschcraven-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/buschcraven-1-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/buschcraven-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/buschcraven-1-594x334.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/buschcraven-1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch1-300x191.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch1-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch1-594x378.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch1-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch1-1024x652.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch1-85x54.jpg 85w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch1.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch8.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch8-300x191.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch8-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch8-594x378.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch8-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch8-1024x652.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch8-85x54.jpg 85w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/busch8.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It&#8217;s amazing to think that Busch has 29 Monster Energy Cup Series victories, including the 2017 Daytona 500, as well as a 2004 Series championship and yet the race fans remember the most was one in which he finished second.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifth-teen years ago Kurt Busch lost a race to Ricky Craven at Darlington Raceway by just 0.002 seconds. It remains the closest finish in the Monster Energy Cup Series, matched only by the 2011 Aaron&#8217;s 499 at Talladega. Now Stewart-Haas Racing has released rendered photos of what Busch&#8217;s 2018 Darlington throwback paint scheme will look [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[180,372],"coauthors":[675],"class_list":{"0":"post-18200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cup-series","8":"tag-darlington-raceway","9":"tag-kurt-busch"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18200"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=18200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}