This year's eighth annual Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America's Center in Downtown St. Louis gives drivers and teams good reason to bring special, unique liveries to Dirt Late Model racing's greatest indoor spectacle Dec. 5-7.

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For the first time in event history, FloRacing has teamed up with Gateway event organizers to present a Best Appearing Car Award for both the Super Late Model and Modified divisions where a $1,000 prize goes to the winner of each division.

Voting for the Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals Best Appearing Car Award kicks off on FloRacing on Friday, Dec. 6 once every car from both divisions enters for competition. Voting concludes on Sunday, Dec. 8 and the winner will be announced on FloRacing and Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals social media channels on Monday, Dec. 9.

A panel of FloRacing and Castrol Gateway Dirt Nationals officials will select the top-10 cars from each division that'll be eligible for the award prior to the fan vote, then the results will be up to the fans to decide. Once voting begins, fans can visit FloRacing and vote up to four times a day.

For an early look at some of the paint schemes up for best-appearing car at the indoor spectacle, see below. Drivers are listed in alphabetical order by first name.

2024 Gateway Dirt Nationals Late Model Paint Schemes

(Dirt Late Model paint scheme's taking part in Dec. 5-6's $5,000-to-win prelims ahead of Dec. 7's 40-lap, $30,000-to-win finale)

Amelia Eisenschenk

Bob Gardner

Bobby Pierce — Rudolph The Red-Nosed Race Car

Brandon Overton — NAPA Themed

Brandon Sheppard

Chris Simpson — PBR Themed

Evan Koehler 

Jacob Magee — Lightning Magee

Jonathan Davenport — Dirty Dollar Ranch Themed

Ricky Thornton Jr.

Rusty Schlenk

Ryan Gustin — Bloomquist Tribute

Ryan Montgomery — 'Send It!' 

Ryan Unzicker

Steve Sheppard

Tyler Carpenter

Tyler Erb — USA Themed

2024 Gateway Dirt Nationals Modified Paint Schemes

(Dirt Late Model paint scheme's taking part in Dec. 5-6's $3,000-to-win prelims ahead of Dec. 7's 30-lap, $10,000-to-win finale)

Charlie Mefford — Bloomquist 1988 World 100 Tribute

Jeff Larson — Gulf Themed

Mike McKinney — Sinclair Themed