Jimmie Johnson celebrates Earth Day by painting his race car green

What's this, NASCAR is going eco-friendly?

Must be true. I unearthed this gem on the ESPN site this morning;

JIMMIE GOES GREEN: Jimmie Johnson's No. 48 will be dressed in pewter-like green on Sunday, the first in a series of new color combinations to pay tribute to American muscle cars.

The color is technically called "Mountain Green," and was one of General Motors' classic color combinations from 1967, appearing on every model of passenger car except the Corvette.
Johnson's team chose the greenish color to coincide with Earth Day, which is Sunday.


So we're paying tribute to Earth Day and the American muscle car simultaneously?


Only in America!


Now that the NASCAR folks have got in touch with their inner tree-huggers, what other surprises can we expect?


May be the Sierra Club  will sign up to sponsor a car. 


Here comes Montoya in the World Wildlife Fund Toyota... can he get by the International Climate Change Institute Chevrolet of Clint Boyer?


It's a beautiful thing!