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5/15/13, 9:08 PM   #1
Number On Your Car
kidrock
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How did you come up with your number for your race car?
 
5/15/13, 10:10 PM   #2
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Assigned to me by NBL (National Bicycle League...BMX), assigned to me during a county fair motorcycle race, middle # assigned to my SSN, so I had templates and used it during go kart racing & TQ racing...78 used through the years.
 
5/15/13, 10:15 PM   #3
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I use 44B. 44 was my Dad's high school basketball number. I added the B after a night where I was one of 3 #44s parked side by side by side at Paragon.
 
5/15/13, 10:36 PM   #4
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I called the track to register and asked what numbers were left. She said the lowest numbers left were 2 10 & 23. I said 23 it is.

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5/16/13, 8:43 AM   #5
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Funny as it sounds growing up as a kid my brother and I watched days of thunder almost every week before our race so i run the #46 for Cole Trickle
 
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5/16/13, 9:39 AM   #6
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I've always ran 93 because of the year I was born and it just stuck. Changed it to 93B when I moved up to mini sprints to avoid confusion and to correspond with my last name. Has a nice ring to it now though I think

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5/16/13, 10:02 AM   #7
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my dad drove a wrecker for my uncle when his was a kid and 38 was his wrecker number
 
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5/16/13, 10:12 AM   #8
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my dads race cars was the duece. when i raced motocross my number changed every year depending on my rank but the H after the number was always there so put them togather 2H was born 28 years ago dangit im getting old. LOL
 
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5/16/13, 10:18 AM   #9
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My grandfather started running the "lightning 2" on his modifieds and super modifieds in the 1950's and 1960's, my dad ran the number 2 (along with 72, my grandpa's alternate number) when racing go-karts in the 1960's and 1970's so when I started running quarter midgets in 1985 I started running the 2 (with and without the lightning bolt) and have run it ever since. Now to honor the memory of my grandfather I run (and always will) the "lightning 2" exactly the way he did on his cars maintaining the original font and colors.
 
5/16/13, 10:59 AM   #10
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Bad Dad 54
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Story has it Michigan Hall of Famer Wayne Landon got his number by starting out as number 88. Well it was about the same Olds came out w/ the 88. So there was a lot of 88 out there. Wayne got out the paint & made it a 83, if you ever get a chance to meet Wayne he usually has his wife nearby. Neat couple
 
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