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Old May 9, 2008 | 07:50 AM
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Default Why did you choose your Autocross/Road Racing number?

Mine is 51. Ever since I saw Days of Thunder back when I was like seven, I have been in love with the #51 Exxon car.





Bit of trivia: Kyle Busch races a similarly-livieried truck in the NASCAR CTS as a tribute to Bobby Hamilton. Bobby Hamilton drove the movie car back in 1990 for Hendrick Motorsports, but died of neck cancer in 2007. I hate Kyle Busch, but I thought that was a nice gesture.

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Old May 9, 2008 | 07:59 AM
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Old baseball number sort of followed me everywhere 19
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Old May 9, 2008 | 08:27 AM
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People often say it's an unlucky number, so it grew on me when I was young. Plus Dan Marino from the Dophins (my fav football team) had it as his number.

# 13
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Old May 9, 2008 | 09:31 AM
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91 is the year the car was made. Makes it easy to remember even for my feeble mind...
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Old May 9, 2008 | 09:47 AM
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Mine is my B day. #78

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Old May 9, 2008 | 09:59 AM
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I really don't have a reason for choosing mine, I do need to get some magnetic numbers though.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 10:20 AM
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Mine helps me remember my wife's birthday. 129 (December 9)
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Old May 9, 2008 | 10:28 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EdoMoto &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Mine is my B day. #78</TD></TR></TABLE>
Do the calendars in Armenia really have months with that many days?
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Old May 9, 2008 | 10:47 AM
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Magic Johnson = 32.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 11:16 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by granracing &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">People often say it's an unlucky number, so it grew on me when I was young.
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ditto
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Old May 9, 2008 | 11:21 AM
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when I was a kid, my parents used to take me to the local carnival. One time they have me a quarter to play on one of those games where you put your $ on a number, then they spin a big wheel, and if it hits your number you win... (aka roulette) well, I played 12, and I won! Ever since, 12 has been my lucky number
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Old May 9, 2008 | 12:02 PM
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Well I'm a co-driver so I got stuck with 100+my driver's number so I'm 110AS also known as DFL-AS.

BTW I saw you running last Sunday. I was like "WTF? Is that an Infiniti?"
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Old May 9, 2008 | 01:20 PM
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Number given to me at my first event = 102. I thought it was appropriate, as that marked my descent into madness.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 01:48 PM
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#66, it was that or #69. You can see why I chose the first one.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 02:34 PM
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Yeah, 69 is just retarded. It really irritates me when I see d-bags with that number. On the other hand, "66" I think of Rte. 66, which is appropriate and cool
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Old May 9, 2008 | 03:29 PM
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since my car is primarialy a drift car i run 666 except in the NASA arizona region who wont let me have that number. this is the conversation i had at the registration table

woman: what number would you like?
me: 666 please
woman: what?
me: 666, the number of the beast. it fits my car, trust me.
woman: i cant give you that number...its just not right...
me: no seriously, its just a number.
woman: pick another one
me: ok ill take 999 then
woman: very funny, heres 473. have a good day joe

maybe it will change since im the drift director now hahaha
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Old May 9, 2008 | 03:29 PM
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we get the occasional noob with 420 on his window, sometimes 666, and even more scary, 777.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 05:11 PM
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Wish mine was 79 keep trying every year to get it but i comprosmised with 70
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Old May 9, 2008 | 06:40 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by granracing &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">People often say it's an unlucky number, # 13 </TD></TR></TABLE>

I agree. It is getting harder to get at track events. May change to 14, my son's birthday; Jan. 4.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 07:16 PM
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Lucky 13


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Old May 9, 2008 | 08:10 PM
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My first track event i had 8008. Made with blue painters tape, the squared numbers looked like it spelled BOOB. Now that I look back on it, I realize how retarted it was.

Now I use 330 (my gf's b-day, March 30th)
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Old May 9, 2008 | 09:06 PM
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#50
old basketball number from highschool
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Old May 10, 2008 | 12:36 AM
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When I first started racing I was #20...don't know why
Then I was #44...football # that I always liked
Then I was #74...my birth year
Then I was #47...birth year backwards
Then I was #10...birth date
Then I went back to #47 (see above)

Finally I think I'm gonna settle with #27....This is why: (sorry for the size )

My daughter's birthday
7/27/07
or I guess I can use #7, or #07, or.......


Modified by vtecjj at 1:42 AM 5/10/2008
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Old May 10, 2008 | 04:08 AM
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From someone who doesn't like babies all that much, that is one cute little girl you have there
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Old May 10, 2008 | 10:01 AM
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It was a low number, I like to be in the first heat, and easy to cut out of magnet sheet.
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