[jrussell]

It's a variation on a theme above.....
When I ordered my car, this is the story related to me concerning the stripes. When teams raced multiple cars and there were penalties for pulling into the wrong pit, different colors were used for each driver/car/crew since you can visually differentiate a flash of color while numbers are just a blur. I have seen various pictures of Carroll Shelby's team cars in which the stripes "appear" to be different colors (tough to tell in black & white), so it sounds plausible. Anyway, when Doug Reed explained it to me when I ordered my car in 1999 it sounded good to me, and I liked the look anyway. My car is in my photo gallery.
John Russell
SPF #586, with yellow stripes & currently running a hard top.