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Post by Canadianfan on Dec 1, 2018 19:48:39 GMT -5
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Post by Canadianfan on Dec 4, 2018 16:04:19 GMT -5
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Post by Chad's Hair Plugs on Dec 4, 2018 16:41:13 GMT -5
I was really hoping that Ganassi would go back to #40 with Jamie leaving. Oh well.
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Post by AndersonWhitt on Dec 4, 2018 19:06:56 GMT -5
I was really hoping that Ganassi would go back to #40 with Jamie leaving. Oh well. It sounds like they probably will for Jamie's Daytona 500 car. And now they've arguably had more success with the #1 than they did with the #40. (The #40 has 5 wins and the #1 has 4, but the #1 has a Daytona 500 and a Brickyard 400 in the same year, while the #40 has no crown jewel wins with Ganassi.) |
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Post by AndersonWhitt on Dec 4, 2018 19:08:50 GMT -5
I also just realized that McMurray's wins in the #1 were all under the Earnhardt-Ganassi name (and his last win was in the last restrictor plate race for a team with Earnhardt in the name).
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Post by JSPorts on Dec 4, 2018 22:11:38 GMT -5
The #1 isn't a Ganassi number, but then again neither is the #40. #40 was inherited from SABCO in 2001, while #1 was inherited from Earnhardt in 2009 (as EGR) and in 2014 (as CGR.)
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Post by AndersonWhitt on Dec 5, 2018 2:47:30 GMT -5
The #1 isn't a Ganassi number, but then again neither is the #40. #40 was inherited from SABCO in 2001, while #1 was inherited from Earnhardt in 2009 (as EGR) and in 2014 (as CGR.) I guess the only full-time number that originated with Ganassi was the #41 (plus the #39, #30, and #04 part-time), although they were all inspired by the #40. The #42, #40, and #01 were used by Sabco before 2000, and the #46 was used only by Sabco. Ganassi also used the #09 at Sonoma 2003 for Scott Pruett, in partnership with James Finch. Also, the #42 was probably used by Sabco due to Kyle (and Lee) Petty's history with it, and the #46 likely came from a team Stacy Compton drove a couple of races for in 1996 (with First Union). |
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Post by Canadianfan on Dec 5, 2018 19:34:14 GMT -5
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Post by sean on Dec 5, 2018 21:11:49 GMT -5
The #1 isn't a Ganassi number, but then again neither is the #40. #40 was inherited from SABCO in 2001, while #1 was inherited from Earnhardt in 2009 (as EGR) and in 2014 (as CGR.) I guess the only full-time number that originated with Ganassi was the #41 (plus the #39, #30, and #04 part-time), although they were all inspired by the #40. The #42, #40, and #01 were used by Sabco before 2000, and the #46 was used only by Sabco. Ganassi also used the #09 at Sonoma 2003 for Scott Pruett, in partnership with James Finch. Also, the #42 was probably used due to Kyle and Lee Petty's history with it, and the #46 likely came from a team Stacy Compton drove a couple of races for in 1996 (with First Union). They brought back the #42 I would assume because it was SABCO's main number with Kyle Petty and Nemechek and Sabates was still on the company letterhead and it was still available. They just stopped using it for a while after Irwin's death. |
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Post by AndersonWhitt on Dec 6, 2018 2:30:14 GMT -5
I guess the only full-time number that originated with Ganassi was the #41 (plus the #39, #30, and #04 part-time), although they were all inspired by the #40. The #42, #40, and #01 were used by Sabco before 2000, and the #46 was used only by Sabco. Ganassi also used the #09 at Sonoma 2003 for Scott Pruett, in partnership with James Finch. Also, the #42 was probably used due to Kyle and Lee Petty's history with it, and the #46 likely came from a team Stacy Compton drove a couple of races for in 1996 (with First Union). They brought back the #42 I would assume because it was SABCO's main number with Kyle Petty and Nemechek and Sabates was still on the company letterhead and it was still available. They just stopped using it for a while after Irwin's death. It definitely worked out well. The #42 became their best-performing car from 2003-2009, and again in most years since Kyle Larson came. |
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Post by Canadianfan on Dec 6, 2018 11:17:59 GMT -5
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Post by Canadianfan on Dec 6, 2018 14:12:12 GMT -5
No changes from this year.
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Post by Canadianfan on Dec 6, 2018 14:16:46 GMT -5
More black in 2019 with the addition of two spikes.
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Post by JSPorts on Dec 6, 2018 14:55:32 GMT -5
That DiBenedetto scheme looks alright. I prefer the 2011-2017 number font the team used, though.
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Post by Canadianfan on Dec 6, 2018 17:14:28 GMT -5
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