Johnny Benson will be carrying a revised look into next season's NASCAR Winston Cup series, following sponsor Valvoline's decision to rework the paint scheme on the 𒉰ಌ#10 Pontiac.

The 2001 season saw Valvoline embark on a landmark campaign to become the first ma൩jor consumer products company in history to own a NASCAR Winston ✃Cup team, sharing ownership of the #10 Pontiac along with Nelson Bowers, Read Morton, and Tom Beard, the owners of MB2 Motorsports.

The classic blue, white and red livery has been tweaked to give the Pontiac a fresh look, although the basic scheme remains largel♉y unaltered. The front of the car will still be predominantly white, with the large Valvoline 'V' adorning the bonnet, but the rear end gets a touch more red in the design made public today [Tuesday].

"I really like what Valvoline came up𝓰 with," 😼Benson said, "This new scheme gives our team its own identity, plus I think our fans are really going to like it. It's a little bit different than what the Valvoline car has looked like in the past, but I think everyone likes the change."

Benson's new paint scheme will make its first appearance on a race track at Daytona in February, where the six-year veteran willꦗ sport a set of mainly red over💎alls. Jim Rocco, senior vice-president of Valvoline, admitted that he had reviewed over a dozen different designs commissioned by the oil company before settling on the one now carried by the #10 team.

"We took our time and listened to a lot of people," Rocco said, "This was a tough decisio🌟n, but we wanted something that wou☂ld please our millions of customers, race fans, and our race team."

Although #10 entry has become synonymous with Valvoline during the 2001 season, 🅰Benson also campaigned on behalf of Eagle One, Zerex and Max-Life, and sported speciality paint schemes featuring James Dean and various employee designs. This policy✤ will continue in 2002, with some speciality schemes that will be announced later in the year.