NASCAR's throwback weekend at Darlington is going to look very very different this year.

That is according to NASCAR insider and FOX Sports' Bob Pockrass, who reports that the stock car racing series will not ask teams to run throwback paint schemes on their cars when the sport hits the track in March.

NASCAR's throwback weekend celebrates the series' fine history, with drivers across the field running modern takes on vintage paint schemes in honor of some of the sport's finest drivers, with 2025 having marked the 10th anniversary of the event.

Since its inception, Darlington Raceway has hosted throwback weekend annually, although it used to be held when the Southern 500 took place. This, however, was changed when Darlington was given a spring race, and the Southern 500 became a playoff race.

Now, fans looking forward to its 11th iteration are set to be disappointed. Although Pockrass reports that NASCAR will still celebrate the sport's history and alumni with a parade and appearances by former drivers.

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Throwback weekend changes

Teams will still be free to run throwback tributes if they wish. However, it is unclear why NASCAR has decided not to ask them to do so this time around.

It could have something to do with the backlash that the event has faced in recent years though.

In 2025, only half of the Cup Series field actually took part and ran with a throwback paint scheme, and even some who did run with one, like Chase Elliott, were tired of the concept.

“I thought it lost it [its luster] about four or five years ago,” Elliott told the media ahead of last year's race. “So I was way too early to that conversation, I think.

"Not to be a downer but...I joked about this before, years ago, but like, if we kept going down the road, we're gonna be throwing it back to me in like 2018.

“So, at some point, I think we got to chill on it a little bit.

"I think we've rode the horse to death, and we tend to do that a little bit too much.”

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