Yes. Richard Petty first drove the #43 car in 1959 and it was his primary number throughout his career.
Aric Almirola
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Todd Bodine
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.
The #28 car hasn't been used in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series since March 22, 2009. Yates Racing was the last team to use the #28. They have since merged with Richard Petty Motorports.
The NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson is not dead. He races in the number 48 car in the NASCAR races.
In the NASCAR Sprint Cup series the driver of this number is Bobby Labonte. This year 2009 season. He is ranked at 28th 498 points behind the leader at the time of this question.
There was no #22 in NASCAR during the 2009 Sprint Cup season. The last driver to drive the #22 was Dave Blaney in 2008. In 2012, A.J. Allmendinger drove the #22 for the first 17 races. After Allmendinger's suspension, Sam Hornish Jr. became the driver of the #22 car.
Michael Waltrip was the driver of the number 15 car in NASCAR in 2013.
Jimmie Johnson, driver of the number 48 Lowes Chevrolet, won the NASCAR championship this year. Chad Knaus was his crew chief.
David Stremme currently drives the #30 car in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Jeff Gordon drives the number 24 car in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
In 1999, Mike Skinner drove the #31 car in the Nascar Cup Series.
Currently, the #12 car is not being driven in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series.