HICKORY, N.C. — He didn’t win in it, but every NASCAR fan remembers Dale Earnhardt’s day-glo red paint scheme that featured Taz from the Looney Tunes.
For the 2000 Daytona 500, Earnhardt’s team ditched his traditional black Goodwrench Plus scheme, painted the car red and slapped Taz on the hood of his Chevrolet Monte Carlo. The popular and erratic cartoon character was part of a GM Goodwrench ad campaign at the time. A trailblazer in NASCAR merchandising, there were soon Earnhardt hats and diecasts featuring Taz that his loyal fans flocked to.
The seven-time Winston Cup champion drove well in the Taz car at Daytona that day, running in
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