[oncea3fan]

my point is that dale and treasa use tier money and know how to build DEI, then gave jr. a place to bloom and become famous. how much money did jr pull outta his pocket to biuld DEI.

and how did treasa ruin DEI, she didn't get rid of the eruys to save money, they still had the same equipment after sr. died, heck they won about 15 more races and were dominant on plate tracks. evan waltrip won 2 more races under treasa's control. the sponsors were still there. I 'd just like to see where she did something to hurt the company, and not that she didn't give all to jr. when he asked for it.

[wardfan]

bottom line is when drivers go to another team they don't take the number. I don't hear anybody bellyaching about Mark Martin driving the 01 after having the 6 for so many years.

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by wardfan

bottom line is when drivers go to another team they don't take the number. I don't hear anybody bellyaching about Mark Martin driving the 01 after having the 6 for so many years.

There's a very valid point.

[thunderfoot]

DW didnt take the #88 when he left DiGard or did he take the #11 when he left Juniors team. But he finally got back his #17 after going to Hendricks. So good things can come to those that wait.

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by thunderfoot

DW didnt take the #88 when he left DiGard or did he take the #11 when he left Juniors team. But he finally got back his #17 after going to Hendricks. So good things can come to those that wait.

Another very valid point.

[Bob Tanner]

This is simply beyond funny.

It's only a number! Maybe I'm wrong but however good, or bad, Junior is, as a driver, I doubt if his ability will change one iota whether he drives #8, #88, or #6.225 to the fifth power.

This idea that an person's identity can be tied to a simple number is beyond my meager ability to relate to. The people who got "8" tattooed on their bodies are another matter which I have to idea how THAT thinking goes.

An answer which would preclude this whole sordid affair from reappearing again in the future:

Years ago, when the AAA sanctioned the Champ Car (Indy) Series, the season's points leader was assigned #1 for the following season. I suggest NASCAR take this a step farther (much to the chagrin of the purveyors of the over-priced souvenir schlock stuff) and award the numbers 1 thru 25 to the to 25 finishers in points. IF, for example, Jeffie wins this year, Tony came in second and Junior comes in third, Jeff would drive #1 in 2008, Stewart #2 and Junior #3 (which I'm sure would thrill a lot of fans,

"STUPID IDEA," you say? Sure it is. But is it any sillier than this preoccupation over numbers?

[LSC9901]

I'm thinking that maybe we should switch to letters next year instead of numbers. Far more combinations. I'll take "ZZ" as in Top.

[Racer Duck]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

I'm thinking that maybe we should switch to letters next year instead of numbers. Far more combinations. I'll take "ZZ" as in Top.

Sorry, LSC, BDR (Blaney) already has dibbs on "ZZ" and Billy Gibbons is a car nut (though I don't know how he feels about big machinery)

MWR (Reutimann) has "OO"

DEI (Truex) has "I" and (Martin) "OI"

JGR (Hamlin) has "II" and (Stewart) "ZO" (somehow that seems appropriate)

Yates (Elliott) has "ZI"

"OZ" is up for grabs though I can think of several good candidates...

HMS ought to snap up "PI" for Jr. cause nobody has enough skin to tatoo that number on themselves.

but this brings up another whole area of (almost) duplicates: capital & small letters... the mind boggles

[SteelPhoenyx]

Originally Posted by Racer Duck

HMS ought to snap up "PI" for Jr. cause nobody has enough skin to tatoo that number on themselves.

Yeah, but if you did pi to the 1000th place, it would make one hell of a wraparound tattoo.

[thunderfoot]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

I'm thinking that maybe we should switch to letters next year instead of numbers. Far more combinations. I'll take "ZZ" as in Top.

Thats pretty hip there LSC. And here I thot you were an old fart.

[LSC9901]

Originally Posted by thunderfoot

Thats pretty hip there LSC. And here I thot you were an old fart.

I am .....