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F1 teams are assigned numbers based on the highest of their two drivers' finishing position in the previous year's World Driving Championship. The team with the defending champion gets numbers 1 and 2, and so forth down through the standings.
Not sure but in 2005, Nascar #08 was sponsored by WINFUEL/Braun Racing, Driver was Shane Hmiel And nascar owns all the rights to the numbers, so im sure Braun Racing isn't really have control of the number anymore, but there is the #08 Rhino Energy Drink Car that Tony Raines will drive at the 2008 Aarons 499. Im not sure what the team name is. The owners of the racing team have control over the numbers. When Tony Stewart was setting things up for Stewart-Haas Racing, he wanted #4 for Ryan Newman's car. That number is owned by Morgan-McClure Racing and, although they are no longer avtive participants in NASCAR, they would not let Tony have rights to the number. BTW, #4 was the number of Tony's go-kart.
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Matt Kenseth drives the #20 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing.
Joey Logano drives the #20 car in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series for Joe Gibbs Racing.
All the people I know, and I used to race at many tracks, and alot of motorcycle racers watch also, If people like local track racing its a good bet they like Nascar, as far as I know all Nascar drivers came from small tracks. My husband and I sponsor a short tracker and we and about 400 other short track fans travel 1&1/2 minimum to see the racing ======================= A figure quoted by racing journalist Chris Economaki puts the number at 55 million.
Jamie McMurray currently drives the number 1 car for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing.
They currently have a set maximum number of 43 at every race.
Currently the #40 car is not being used in the Nascar Cup Series. Click on the link below to see the other drivers who have driven the #40 car.
These are the current drivers and car numbers for Stewart-Haas Racing:#10 - Danica Patrick#14 - Tony Stewart#39 - Ryan Newman
Martin Truex Jr. drives the #56 car in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Since 1950, 79 drivers have steered the #97. The most frequent is Kurt Busch.