GrayJ12 Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 I've been thinking about this the past few weeks. Motorsports (like IndyCar, F1, NASCAR, ISMA, etc.) are in an interesting position where their sponsors can dictate what number a car can run. Here are a few examples I've thought of: Dario Franchitti - drove #50 for the 2012 Indy 500 (which he won) to celebrate the 50th university of Target: Dave Blaney/Clint Bowyer/Casey Mears - all drove the 07 in the late 2000's in the NASCAR Cup Series, corresponding to their sponsorship with Jack Daniels: Does anyone have any other instances of this happening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpygremlin Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 For the 2011 All-Star race, Jimmie Johnson ran the #5 for Lowe's because of some 5% off special Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpygremlin Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Kamui Kobayashi ran the 50 at COTA in honor of Mobil 1's 50th anniversary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpygremlin Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Somewhat sponsor-dictated, but Ricky Craven ran the 50 car in 1998 because Budweiser was the official beer of NASCAR and NASCAR was celebrating their 50th anniversary that year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sky1324 Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 In the Xfinity series: Quote the user formerly known as cdclt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjarvie Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 13 hours ago, sky1324 said: In the Xfinity series: That's his normal number. So that just happened to be a coincidence. But the ones I can remember is Kyle Busch running 75 in the all star race for M&M's 75th anniversary and there was a Best Buy car that was 66 because that was the year it was founded. To the original poster, I didn't know Target had a university, let alone one that had been around for 50 years, Do they have an athletic program? I'm curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 18 hours ago, mjarvie said: To the original poster, I didn't know Target had a university, let alone one that had been around for 50 years, Do they have an athletic program? I'm curious. You read it wrong, the number 50 was to celebrate the 50th university of Target. Apparently, Target has 50 universities. I'm assuming some are older than others. As far as I know, none of them have athletic programs which is a shame because that logo would look sharp on a football helmet. Quote All roads lead to Dollar General. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Germanshepherd Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 On 5/28/2024 at 8:49 AM, GrayJ12 said: Dave Blaney/Clint Bowyer/Casey Mears - all drove the 07 in the late 2000's in the NASCAR Cup Series, corresponding to their sponsorship with Jack Daniels: Does anyone have any other instances of this happening? When I was a kid I thought that car was number “Upside Down 20” Quote i have unquantifiable corpses on my conscience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjarvie Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 4 hours ago, infrared41 said: You read it wrong, the number 50 was to celebrate the 50th university of Target. Apparently, Target has 50 universities. I'm assuming some are older than others. As far as I know, none of them have athletic programs which is a shame because that logo would look sharp on a football helmet. Well, whatever they teach at these Target universities it apparently isn't customer service or how to look professional. I swear Target is just filled with a bunch of people wandering around looking like they grabbed their clothes from dirty clothes pile and threw them on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont care Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 There was Michael Waltrips 99 Aaron’s dream machine that was kind of a thing for Aaron’s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 M&M’s celebrating 75 years at the 2016 All Star Race 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAWeaver Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 On 5/28/2024 at 8:49 AM, GrayJ12 said: I've been thinking about this the past few weeks. Motorsports (like IndyCar, F1, NASCAR, ISMA, etc.) are in an interesting position where their sponsors can dictate what number a car can run. Here are a few examples I've thought of: Dario Franchitti - drove #50 for the 2012 Indy 500 (which he won) to celebrate the 50th university of Target: Dave Blaney/Clint Bowyer/Casey Mears - all drove the 07 in the late 2000's in the NASCAR Cup Series, corresponding to their sponsorship with Jack Daniels: Does anyone have any other instances of this happening? On a similar note to Franchitti's Target anniversary car, Bill Elliott ran a special #50 during the 2012 Daytona 500 in honor of Walmart's 50th anniversary: Other than the recent TMT/AmeriVet entries, it seems like the #50 is typically used for one-off anniversary cars (except for when Hendrick rebranded the 25 to the 50 in '98 for the full season). Quote @loganaweaver - Twitter / @loganaweaver - Instagram / Nike Vapor Untouchable Football Template / Logan's Logos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpygremlin Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 1 hour ago, LAWeaver said: On a similar note to Franchitti's Target anniversary car, Bill Elliott ran a special #50 during the 2012 Daytona 500 in honor of Walmart's 50th anniversary: Other than the recent TMT/AmeriVet entries, it seems like the #50 is typically used for one-off anniversary cars (except for when Hendrick rebranded the 25 to the 50 in '98 for the full season). It went wonderfully... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAWeaver Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Robby Gordon also ran the #83 Red Bull Chevy during one of the Busch Series' trips down to Mexico. The 83 was in reference to Red Bull's cans being 8.3 ounces (notice the small red decimal between the two numbers): Later on when Red Bull fielded their own Cup Series program, they debuted with the numbers 83 and 84 (yes, Red Bull also has 8.4 oz cans). Quote @loganaweaver - Twitter / @loganaweaver - Instagram / Nike Vapor Untouchable Football Template / Logan's Logos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomba Tomba Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Quote If you read on the card you'll be cheating on your heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpygremlin Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 14 hours ago, Bomba Tomba said: This Mobil 1 car is just coincidentally numbered 1. Tricon Garage has run the number since 2021 with Hailie Deegan, which was before the Mobil 1 sponsorship was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomba Tomba Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 I know, it's just one of my favorite examples of number/sponsor matching 1 Quote If you read on the card you'll be cheating on your heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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