No. If Nascar did this it would mean that most numbers would be retired and we would be seeing 3 cars on the track.
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Jeff Gordon drives the number 24 car in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
No. Bill Elliott has never driven the number 8 car in any of the Nascar Series.
On a whole, NASCAR doesn't retire numbers. They have done so only once. This was in the Whelen Modified Tour, in honor of Richie Evans the #61 was retired.As far as any number being retired in NASCAR's top three series, the closest has been the #3. After Dale Earnhardt Sr's death in 2001, only his son, Dale Jr., drove the #3 car in the Nationwide Series on two occasions.Only time will tell if the #3 will again be used in the Cup Series. Dale Sr. drove for Richard Childress and now Childress has two grandsons (Austin and Ty Dillon) who use the #3 in the Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series. In 2014, Austin is expected to run full-time in the Cup Series.
No car number has ever been retired--the number belongs to the team--or reverts back to NASCAR to be re-issued. Dale's Number 3 is not retired, and it would be up to RCR to use the number again or not.
Currently, Paul Menard drives the #27 car in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Currently, there is no driver using the #17 car in the Nascar Nationwide Series. It is used full-time by Matt Kenseth in the Sprint Cup Series.
Greg Biffle currently drives the #16 car in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Martin Truex Jr. drives the #56 car in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Currently, Kasey Kahne drives the #5 Chevrolet SS for Hendrick Motorsports in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
The Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet carries the #1 and is driven by Jamie McMurray in the Nascar Cup Series.
No one, except on the rare occasions when the number is brought onto the track for Dale, Jr to drive. It was retired after Dale Sr's death. This applies to Sprint Cup only. In the NASCAR Nationwide series, Austin Dillon, Richard Childress grandson drives the #3.