At Corio Design our mission is to continue a long time tradition of designing and creating original styled racing stripes the way they were done from the beginning. Racing stripes, also called "Le Mans" stripes, were originally applied to race cars to help identify them in the field during races, and to help a driver realign a spun-out car with the track. Racing stripes were applied to the Cunning
ham team's race cars beginning in 1951. Usually two parallel blue stripes running from front to rear in the center of the white body, they helped spectators identify the cars during races. These evolved from the traditional FIA registered US Racing colors of a white body and blue chassis which dated from when racing cars had the chassis exposed. The two blue stripes were a symbolic echo of the chassis colors. From the 1960s, stripes have sometimes been applied to road cars as well as racing cars. Such cars as the Renault 8 Gordini had stripes fitted as standard or they were applied as a mild form of customizing. They were also common on Cobras, Mustangs, Camaros, Corvettes, Chargers, Challengers, Ferraris, Porsches, and many other sports, muscle and race cars. Arrangements include one or more stripes on the hood, roof, and trunk; stripes on the sides; and stripes that cross the hood or trunk and continue along the sides. They were sometimes referred to as "go-faster stripes". In 1996 a pair of 8-inch wide stripes was used on the Dodge Viper GTS, starting a revival of the fashion. They are sometimes referred to as "Viper Stripes".
