Important Nascar Drivers Information

Every NASCAR fan waits with baited breath for Sunday to roll around. Just like pro football fans, they anticipate their favorite sport with fervor. Most have a favorite driver like Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt, Jr or Ryan Newman. Each Driver has an assigned NASCAR number so it is easy to watch his progress on the track.

Not all these drivers are full time circuit drivers. Believe it or not, not all NASCAR drivers have sponsors either. The ones listed here that have a blank space for the sponsor are independent and run their own teams.

A couple of the teams share a NASCAR number like Ken Schrader and Jon Wood with #21 & #47. Who uses which number is determined by qualifying time. If both drivers qualify for the same race, the driver with the best time has the choice. The other team gets the other number.

You will also notice that there are some drivers that are assigned to the same number. Like Chad Chaffin and Bill Elliot with #37. The rule is like that with the cars assigned two separate NASCAR numbers with one exception. If both drivers qualify for the same race on the same day, then it is up to the race management to decide who uses which number. Usually, the car with the slower qualifying time has a third number added to their NASCAR number. For instance, with Chaffin and Elliot, one might use #37 and the other will use a three digit number like #137.

Did you know that NASCAR owns the numbers and that once assigned to a specific team, they are considered to be permanent? Sometimes a team will want a specific number that is assigned to another team. NASCAR will not usually get involved with that type of thing, but they have to be asked for permission to open negotiations.

The NASCAR number assigned to a team is more than just an identifier. Numbers are used to run the entire NASCAR system, but the one that everybody remembers and knows is the number on the car. The NASCAR drivers and their NASCAR numbers are also important for marketing purposes.

Look at any sporting goods store and you will always see shirts, toy cars, gloves, glasses and a myriad of other items all identified by your favorite NASCAR driver's name and car number. Since NASCAR owns all those numbers, it is a huge revenue stream for the sports owners. You see, the number not only denotes the driver/team combination, it is also an identifier for NASCAR, who makes it all happen.

The NASCAR team numbers weren't in place until 1948 when the first sanctioned NASCAR event took place on February 15 at Daytona Beach Road Course. Red Bryon won that race and he sported the #22 on his car which he brought over from his pre-NASCAR days.

Stories about numbers in NASCAR are as numerous as the stars in the night sky. Here are a few that are being paraphrased for brevity:

#43 Richard Petty. Now piloted by Bobby LaBonte for Petty Enterprises is the most victorious car number ever. Now sponsored by Betty Crocker.

The #94 car is sponsored by Sunoco and the number is an octane rating.

Originally the #66 car was sponsored by Philips petroleum. Remember Philips 66? Now sponsored by Best Buy/NetZero.

The #1 car was sponsored by the makers of the popular card game "UNO". Hence the relativity of the "1". Now sponsored by Bass Pro Shops.

From 1983 to 1986, Kyle Petty was sponsored by 7-11 and the team used #7 on the car.

So as you can plainly see, the numbers on the cars are an important part of each NASCAR driver team. NASCAR numbers are synonymous with speed, precision and quality. These numbers play an important role in marketing, identification and legacy. They also have significance for the sponsor as well.


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