Team Penske and Hertz will debut a new livery on the #22 Ford Mustang driven by Joey Logano for the upcoming NASCAR Xfinity Series event at Darlington Raceway on Saturday, Sept. 5. As part of the overall throwback weekend at Darlington Raceway, the car’s new paint scheme will be an ode to the famed Hertz / Shelby GT350H “Rent-A-Racer” program from the 1960s and will feature a black scheme with gold racing stripes. Nearly 50 years ago, Carroll Shelby and The Hertz Corporation devised a popular plan to help get select high-performance, special-edition Shelby Mustangs into the hands of rental customers who also happened to be car enthusiasts. Ford supplied the new Mustangs with V-8 engines and mostly automatic transmissions while Shelby added extra performance and style, and Hertz gave the public access to the kind of unique driving experience that one would normally only find on a racetrack. Today, the story of the Shelby/Hertz “Rent-A-Racer” is legendary, and existing Shelby GT350H Mustangs are among the most sought-after collector cars in the world. Darlington is celebrating its race weekend with a retro feel across the board – including a special pre-race concert, unique logos, throwback souvenirs and more. A number of teams in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series will run throwback paint schemes throughout the weekend.(Team Penske), see an image of the car on the #22 team paint schemes page.(8-31-2015)
