As a young boy I met JC Agajanian ,big hat and cigar, and he became an idle of mine. I like that he brought rookies to the speedway each year and made some big name drivers in his 98. One was named Rufus (parnelli jones). We also started racing in 1998 so the number just had to be 98.

When I was racin karts I got #15 from my uncle's sprintcar/supermodified he owned back in the 60's

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My dad ran the number B-61 on his 55 chevy. It was after a 1961 B model Mack truck. Last year we started running a Kenyon Midget and because Mel ran the 61 we went with my dads last late model number of 96.

He has A LOT of funny stories to tell. Love that guy! Walking history book too!

Growing up in SoCal in the 50's & 60's with the last name Jones, Rufus just had to be my hero too. When it was time to pick a number I thought there were too many 98's already so I went back a few years in Parnelli's career and landed on the number he carried on the Vel's Ford T-bird Modified.

Jim Jones
Montpelier Midget #97

27, From Don Thompson

I am going back to #74. I ran it my Rookie year in Sprint Cars, in 2001. This number goes back to watching one of my childhood heroes, Rich Vogler, in the Bob Lowe #74. R.I.P. Rapid Rich!

My Soap Box Derby # back in the 60`s...

9 was my dads baseball number my baseball number the day mom was born and the day I was born so why not one more 9 lol

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Anthony Joseph Foyt