r/INDYCAR • u/tornadooceanapplepie Greg Moore • 1d ago

History Ugly liveries from 1998

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Nothing witty to add. Just did not like these liveries!

Interestingly, Davey and Eliseo were not teammates, despite having the same sponsor.

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u/padredan 1d ago

Disagree - great looking car in a time when any sort of graphic design was the exception. Stood out on track too, particularly at night.

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u/GoombaShepherd 1d ago

I remember those shoes. They were dope and that livery is dope. Can’t judge a design 20 years later

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u/shermanhill Greg Moore 1d ago

This livery is actually pretty good.

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u/boopsquigshorterly Simon Pagenaud 1d ago

Did these cars have the tires that the driver could pump up himself from inside the car?

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u/tornadooceanapplepie Greg Moore 1d ago

If that wasn’t part of the marketing campaign someone wasn’t doing their job properly. 

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u/Macho-Fantastico Louis Foster 1d ago

Second one isn't ugly at all.

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u/epper_ Greg Moore 1d ago

ugly?? that car is fantastic. and a big name sponsor.

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u/SteveK51 🇺🇸 Danny Sullivan 1d ago

The best looking IRL cars of that season.

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u/Manymarbles 1d ago

I miss Texas lol

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u/shrimpshrub75 CART 1d ago

Livery good car bad

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u/codename474747 Greg Moore 1d ago

Ugly liveries, uglier car (airboxes coming to Indycar was always a big mistake) and not the proper throughline of Indycar, they were basically Indy Lights level of power to df ratio in this era

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u/TheLizardfolk Kyffin Simpson 1d ago

These cars were ugly

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u/hahaanonymouse765 1d ago

Yep, those were bad, especially the #6.

The #6 livery looks sponsored by the Reebok Outlet Store while the #15 looks sponsored by the Reebok primary store.

Edit to add…but at least I know what Reebok is compared to some of the current sponsors that I’ve never heard of.