<P> Mello Yello was featured in the 1990 NASCAR - based movie Days of Thunder , in which Tom Cruise 's character , Cole Trickle , drove a Mello Yello - sponsored car to victory in the Daytona 500 , although the product name itself is never verbally mentioned in the movie . That livery went on to become a real NASCAR paint scheme the following year , when driver Kyle Petty drove with Mello Yello sponsorship in the Winston Cup Series . He ran four seasons ( 1991 -- 1994 ) with the sponsor before switching over to Coors Light in 1995 . Mello Yello was seen as a sponsor on die - cast toy and collectible cars for both the Days of Thunder # 51 Chevrolet Lumina and Kyle Petty 's # 42 Pontiac Grand Prix . Mello Yello also sponsored the fall Winston Cup race at Charlotte Motor Speedway through 1994 . </P>
<P> Mello Yello was featured in the 1990 NASCAR - based movie Days of Thunder , in which Tom Cruise 's character , Cole Trickle , drove a Mello Yello - sponsored car to victory in the Daytona 500 , although the product name itself is never verbally mentioned in the movie . That livery went on to become a real NASCAR paint scheme the following year , when driver Kyle Petty drove with Mello Yello sponsorship in the Winston Cup Series . He ran four seasons ( 1991 -- 1994 ) with the sponsor before switching over to Coors Light in 1995 . Mello Yello was seen as a sponsor on die - cast toy and collectible cars for both the Days of Thunder # 51 Chevrolet Lumina and Kyle Petty 's # 42 Pontiac Grand Prix . Mello Yello also sponsored the fall Winston Cup race at Charlotte Motor Speedway through 1994 . </P>
who drove the mellow yellow car in nascar
who drove the mellow yellow car in nascar
Kyle Petty
Kyle Petty