Aric Almirola currently drives the #43 car. Prior to Almirola, A.J. Allmendinger used that number from 2010 through 2011.
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Nascar began their Strictly Stock Series in 1949. During that season, the number 3 was used by a handful of different drivers including Bill Snowden, Johnny Rogers and AlWagoner. There were only 8 races during the 1949 season.
Richard Childress holds the rights from Nascar to the #3. Nascar owns the car numbers and leases them out to the teams each season.
Dale Sr's GM Goodwrench black number 3 car made its debut at Daytona International Speedway, for the 1988 Daytona 500.
If you want to be technical about it, NASCAR owns every number.
The numbers are licensed to each team, and Richard Childress Racing licenses the 3.
Dale Earnhardt Sr. drove the black #3 GM Goodwrench car from 1988 up until his death in the 2001 Daytona 500.