And that it's white on orange and not yellow doesn't hurt either

Joey Logano stepped into the ride vacated by Tony Stewart at the end of the 2008 season. Home Depot remained on as the primary sponsor, and here we see part of the payback for doing soa plug for the home improvement center every time Logano comes to his pits. And that it's white on orange, and not yellow, doesn't hurt either.. FedEx partnered with Joe Gibbs Racing and has been the No 11 team's sponsor for quite a few years now. Even though Denny Hamlin's cars are generally black with a secondary color linked to a division he is representing that week, black doesn't make for a great color to pick out of a crowd. A company in direct competition with FedEx (from the last slide), the UPS sign takes advantage of a few different design elements to make it stand outa lesser used combination of colors (brown & a darker yellow) as well as a distinctive shape.

Even the pattern of holes cut in the sign (to allow wind to blow through without whipping the sign around) can be useful for a driver looking for his pit sign amongst all the chaos that is pit road.. That both of Tony Stewart's main sponsors share a primary color (red) that is not as prevalent as those used on most signs on pit road was a big help for this design.Not only could he put both of his main sponsor logos on the sign in their original colors, but he could do so in a color usually used to signify "stop.". Although not necessarily done in one of the most eye-popping colors (white on dark blue), the sign used by Jimmie Johnson and his No. 48 team uses that distinction along with an unusual shape to aid him in his hunt. Given how often the team ends up with a great qualifying effort and thus their pick of pit stalls, choosing the same ones time and again makes it all the easier. Unfortunately, I'm not sure this sign was actually used by the No 13 team at the Pepsi 500. But it's use of the sponsor's "mascot" and name, the colors that go with those things, and the overall shape makes it a good choice for differentiating itself from the signs around it..

Some signs just fit a driver to a "T." In this case that "T" could stand for the "Tasmanian Devil," the nickname for Aussie/Tasmanian driver Marcos Ambrose.This sign was one of the more original, but it was not in use as a yellow number "47" was dangling over their pit box. Another highly recognizable symbol for a sponsor appears in this rather bright sign Carl Edwards and the No. 99 team have a close association this year with their sponsor Aflac, so a sign with some sponsor identification couldn't hurt. And although pink might not be one of Aflac's primary advertising colors, it does stand out on pit road. This one stood out today in the pit box rather than over the wall, but couldn't be missed by those walking by. Tony the tiger was not hanging above the pit stall at the Pepsi 500 (the bright yellow "5" was), but he stood guard aside the pit box where his green outline, unique shape, and highly recognizable character caught the attention of many. Clint Bowyer's new No.