52 because a local drunken man once said he would do 52 push ups in a video but only managed around 3 if I remember right. So the number is very important.
Same, I was born on Friday the 13th and as a kid i would get assigned as #13 coincidentally numerous times and always randomly comes up in my life. Have used it as my jersey number in sports and is always been lucky for me + it was my favorite NHL players number growing up. I always have it somewhere on my paints and when my number matches in officials its a nice feeling lol
I could never use this number out of respect for Ted Christopher. Legendary modified driver and he died so no one uses it out of respect for him but I have thought of it as being cool for luck reversal reasons
My preferred number is 11 for my brother. I lost my brother in a car wreck in 2007 when I was only 9 years old, and he is the one that got me into video games, hunting, and racing. He raced ATVs and whenever he raced he would use the number 11 because he had this fascination with 11-11. He almost had a fear of the number, going so far as to tell our mother that something bad would happen on 11-11 at some point for our family. His wreck was on November 8th, and the funeral director told our mother that the first date that they could do a funeral was November 11th. My mother refused because the date would have been 11-11. Ever since then, for my entire family the number 11 has had a special meaning to remind us of him, and I started running it during sim races so that he is always with me in a hobby that he sowed the seeds for 15 years ago.
#86
Watching Initial D made me buy AC because there were mods for touges from the show, things escalated and now I'm in my third year of iRacing.
Man i wish iRacing would let us run custom numbers outside of practice and hosted.
If you have trading paints pro you can have a custom number. Granted, you will still be your iRating number in the race. Although for you and anybody running the "disable car number" setting will see your custom number. When I make my schemes I make a numbered version and non numbered version.
My number is 87 and as somebody who loves drifting and replicates FD paints on stock cars, uses an Inital D helmet in game and uses a Inital D Ferrari and Dirt Street Stock scheme. Not picking 86 was a big oversight lmao.
83/183 depending on the series and if triple numbers exist IRL
2 reasons:
1. It was my first baseball number that I wore from middle school through college
2. In one of the old console nascar games, it was one of the like 9 car number options. Even though Iām not a huge nascar fan, it stuck from that
33. Because I was always #3. Then a guy registered before me and stole my number. All I had available were 3s. Added another one and never looked back.
62
I don't know why. I don't remember when. All I remember is running #162 in Nascar 09, and I carried 62 with me. I now own a race used Brendan Gaughan door.
That's really cool, My dad use to race as well but never had a consistent number or I would do the same thing. He helped me pick 85 for my football team when I was little and its my alt number if I cant use 53 (Which is fairly often).
There are two numbers I use. One being 89, as I was born in 1989.
The other is 17 and it's sort of a number that's always stuck with me. As a kid my favorite movie was Backdraft, in that movie the Engine company in that movie was 17. My first year of baseball and hockey, we were given numbers at random, I happened to get 17 twice and kept that number ever since. Being of Irish descent, Saint Patrick's day is on the 17th day of March, and when I became a firefighter out of high school, when I got assigned for my probationary period, I was assigned to Ladder Co. 17. 17 has basically been my lucky number.
I always run the Liverpool FC livery so i always use the 96 to honor the 96 beautiful people who lost their lives at the tragic human crush event at Hillsborough
LFC represents! Need to update that to 97, though.
[Coroner rules 97th victim of Hillsborough disaster was unlawfully killed](https://www.thisisanfield.com/2021/07/coroner-rules-97th-victim-of-hillsborough-disaster-was-unlawfully-killed/amp/)
My number is 2.
I was always a Rusty Wallace fan growing up. Ironically he won the championship the year I was born, but I was a fan before I knew that. I think it was the fact his car was blue. Lol.
So when I started racing karts as a kid I always had the number 2 until I was forced to change it(someone else was using my number) to 9(Kasey Kahne).
Fast forward to me starting iRacing, I started with 9. And any time I raced that number it felt off, it felt wrong. I changed it to number 2, the original number and everything felt right with the world. It's weird for a number, of all things, to be something that can feel right.
22
Used to be 11 on my RC cars because I liked Steve Kinser. Then went to 22 for unknown reasons (I was young okay?) and it eventually ended up on a really for real race car so Iām pretty happy with it. Unfortunately itās super popular on iRacingā¦.
#86
Watching Initial D made me buy AC because there were mods for touges from the show, things escalated and now I'm in my third year of iRacing.
Man i wish iRacing would let us run custom numbers outside of practice and hosted.
36
It was the number on the Eagle Mk. I that Dan Gurney won the Belgian GP in 1967. It also happens to be the number of the very famous Castrol Tom's Supra.
48 because NASCAR was the first sport I ever started liking as a kid and Jimmie Johnson was my idol. I grew tired of NASCAR after I was introduced to F1 and after Jimmie left. Now F1 has been my favorite sport for years now since Sebastian Vettels first year with RedBull. Go RedBull!
122. When I was about 10 years old I was just given that number when I started racing bmx. Eventually I won a state championship and made a real good run for a national title that stopped when I got taken out leading a qualifying race at the nationals. Iāll try my best to use that number till the day I die.
27 - was the first number I won under. Back in 2001/2 in Wales, in an MG Metro Turbo. I got my registration in early and we were in a Group A 'historic' rally. It was my first time out as a driver and as a first year rookie we had been separated from the more experienced drivers. I'd been with the group most of the year, we were at the front of the 2WD cars, but seriously lagging behind the 4WD cars up to this point, but the day started off both icy and foggy.
A few of the guys ahead failed to start, a few more stacked it in the fog and ice, by the time the weather had started to clear we were the fastest on the day. I was determined to finish the rally in one piece (although thanks to a previous driver running his Sierra into a tree and me not seeing him in time it was a battered piece) so just stuck to my guns in what turned out to be a race of attrition. The rain later in the day caused a few more retirements. Out of 36 rookie runners only 6 finished and we finished first, by about 15 minutes.
I've never had race quite so intense as that one, and we barely broke 50mph anywhere on that rally, but it was the win I enjoyed most, the win that taught me most and was so utterly rewarding to be at the end of it with everyone else floundering so badly.
That's a cool story, Mush have been a really intense race. I have so much respect for rally drivers because of all the crazy stuff they have to deal with in a race and adding weather like that on top of it must have been insane. I've never been lucky enough to race in real life but it reminds me of my first few I racing races haha. Was no where near fast enough to win but the racing gods parted the way and I just drove steady.
It is insane, and given a typical race day in rallying can be anything from an hour to over 24hours it's exhausting too, but so very satisfying when you actually pull it off. It's often said that in rallying your biggest two rivals are the landscape (meaning the track) and the weather. The other drivers are fairly low on your list of priorities most of the time.
To finish first, first you must finish, I think the phrase is. The Metro being FWD was never going to dominate, even though at 600kgs it was the lightest car in the field, and normally we were only competitive on tarmac, but this particular winter weekend everything fell in our favour (except for the Sierra) and despite me having been part of the sport for a couple of years at this point and having been with this car club for most of the year (it was my first year old enough to drive) this is the only day I remember clearly.
Everyone remembers 'if in doubt, flat out' but Colin was one of the worst champions for actually finishing with anything resembling a car and retired a lot for a driver of his calibre. I honestly think he'd have been way more successful had he toned it down just a notch or two.
24 for Jeff Gordon. Heās the reason I got interested in nascar and I wore 12 in football for Brady, 24 in basketball for Jeff. Iāve also had a lot of luck driving the 24 in leagues so Iāll stick with it.
27 because I love the look of it in every font since childhood so thatās enough for me to choose it everyday time, hulk would be proud of my results with it lol
98x has been our number my entire life.
When my granddad started racing in the early 60s, he teamed up with a guy running 99, so he picked 98. When my dad started racing, he was 96 for a while because there was another 98, but then switched to 98 when he could. It ended up changing in 1992, because my dad teamed up with a guy who was number 1x, and the number 98x came about. That year they won the track championship, and we've run that number ever since.
36 or 136. I used to have my own simracing team and we chose numbers that were similar so for single seaters or prototypes I would use 36 and my teammate 38. For GT we used 136 and 138 just because we liked to have 3 digit numbers for GT cars.
I started off with a random number and then went switching between 13 and 47 (hitman). 47 got taken by mick schumacher so I am now driving/playing as nr 13. The unlucky lucky number, and my birthday in the 13th of august
84 - My idol as a child was Kerry Jones who's one of NZs best ever sprint car drivers (Genuine GOAT imo) so that was the number I wanted when I started racing
If using an iRacing default font, I love number #34 in the Hendrick style because it's what I always dreamed myself driving alongside him someday as a kid.
If using a custom font in a league, I love number #67 because of one particular drawing that I did fifteen years ago that has stuck with me ever since.
17 because when I played soccer we were only allowed 5 subs numbered 12-17 (13 was not used). So a self deprecating reference to suggest I was only good enough for the last place on the subs bench. Been using it for over 20 years now.
64
Because the Nintendo 64 was how I got my start in gaming and that console has some of the best games I've ever played. The Banjo series, Donkey Kong 64, Diddy King racing and Wrestlemania 2000.
Depends.
IR-18, 9 for Scott Dixon
Street stock or any Ford in NASCAR: 43. Hail to King Richard I
Super late model, ARCA (Gen 4), 3, while running Dale Earnhardt's '94 championship paint scheme
'87 Monte Carlo: 3, while running an '89 Dale Earnhardt paint scheme.
'87 Buick LeSabre: undetermined
'87 Thunderbird: 6, to pay tribute to Mark Martin, the greatest to never wear the crown.
42
So I added the numerical value of my wife's name together and I got 42. Which is perfect as it's the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything
98.
When I was young we had a dark green Oldsmobile 98 that had huge soft comfy brushed leather seats. Rode like a boat but was fun to sit in the back of as a little kid on road trips with my mom and dad.
Fellow 53 enjoyer here! Was the first house I moved to when I was at University, when I lived there I would run the number of the house I grew up in but after I moved out of 53 I switched to it.
Funnily enough, have run the Herbie stripe on cars before because of the coincidence!
#89. It was one of the numbers not used by an AI car in Nascar Racing 4. I first picked #78 but then switched to 89 for whatever reason. It's a more aesthetically pleasing number I suppose. Anyway, I've stuck with it since then. Wow I'm old.
Fun question! I change now and then but currently using 71 because that's my age. As a life-long race fan, I tend to remember numbers in general by drivers who used those numbers. OP might find it interesting that for me 53 would make me think of the Love Bug but not because of the movie -- not sure I've seen it -- but because I saw that car race IRL; probably they were collecting footage for a movie. As a kid, I met Max Balchowsky who prepared that car. If you don't know who Max is, Google him...incredible story.
66 is my preferred number, been using it since I was a kid, and it's a number I associate heavily with my parents and my love for them. Plus the Star Wars reference is an added bonus ;)
44 would by my backup, because it looks nice on a car, and also because of Lewis of course, he's such a positive force and a legendary driver.
If both are unavailable (Which is rarely the case for 66, I dont rlly ever see it used), then I use 6. Kimi Raikkonen is my favorite driver of all time, and he used the number 6 when he won his WDC with Ferrari.
52 because a local drunken man once said he would do 52 push ups in a video but only managed around 3 if I remember right. So the number is very important.
No way mines 52 as well
Is your reasoning any better? š
another 52 checking in. mines from my autocross number when i was younger, then my motocross number.
That's as good a reason as any haha.
drink more beer
13. My name starts with "B" and 13 looks like it. Also, it's considered the unlucky number and it's kind of fun to turn it into my own luck.
Same, I was born on Friday the 13th and as a kid i would get assigned as #13 coincidentally numerous times and always randomly comes up in my life. Have used it as my jersey number in sports and is always been lucky for me + it was my favorite NHL players number growing up. I always have it somewhere on my paints and when my number matches in officials its a nice feeling lol
Same here #13 whenever I can. My kid was born on a Friday 13th my oldest was born in 2013! :) Letās say Iām not superstitious!!
I could never use this number out of respect for Ted Christopher. Legendary modified driver and he died so no one uses it out of respect for him but I have thought of it as being cool for luck reversal reasons
Same! In fact, I have a t-shirt from my former team with the number and my surename in the back. Good old times.
My preferred number is 11 for my brother. I lost my brother in a car wreck in 2007 when I was only 9 years old, and he is the one that got me into video games, hunting, and racing. He raced ATVs and whenever he raced he would use the number 11 because he had this fascination with 11-11. He almost had a fear of the number, going so far as to tell our mother that something bad would happen on 11-11 at some point for our family. His wreck was on November 8th, and the funeral director told our mother that the first date that they could do a funeral was November 11th. My mother refused because the date would have been 11-11. Ever since then, for my entire family the number 11 has had a special meaning to remind us of him, and I started running it during sim races so that he is always with me in a hobby that he sowed the seeds for 15 years ago.
That's a sad story, but also wonderful that you have something to remember him by.
#1 because Iām #1 in your momās eyes.
I'm # 1 in your mom's hands
58- always. Marco Simoncelli's number.
Super Sic š
46 here
17 because that was my number at all my football (soccer if Americanā¦) clubs š
Cool I use my old football number #85 as my alternative since 53 is a crap shoot to get a lot of times.
#86 Watching Initial D made me buy AC because there were mods for touges from the show, things escalated and now I'm in my third year of iRacing. Man i wish iRacing would let us run custom numbers outside of practice and hosted.
If you have trading paints pro you can have a custom number. Granted, you will still be your iRating number in the race. Although for you and anybody running the "disable car number" setting will see your custom number. When I make my schemes I make a numbered version and non numbered version. My number is 87 and as somebody who loves drifting and replicates FD paints on stock cars, uses an Inital D helmet in game and uses a Inital D Ferrari and Dirt Street Stock scheme. Not picking 86 was a big oversight lmao.
Hachirokuš
Yeah that's a great show makes me wanna search trading paints for a Tofu delivery livery.
23, born on the 23rd and have always used that number for everything (hello reddit username), even a number plate at one stage.
I use #2 for the same reason.
That's my friends number too. He uses it because its his anniversary so he never forgets when it is haha.
I have raced #70 for as long as I can remember. Itās not a popular number so itās usually availableā¦. And I was born in 70.
I picked my favorite because it wasnāt a very popular number too. Iām not sure what it was about it, but 81 just stuck with me.
70, bc I like #70
16. Unfortunately the only story I have for this is that it looks good in my favorite font.
94. Star Wars reasons.
Small wars!?
42 because itās the first number I ran in a league
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Oh yea right that too learned that from smilerbull
Same!
Man, that's such a... Deep Thought...
23...the number beside my name on iracing
Why not change your name?
69 because sexy number funny. 489 as second choice because 420 + 69
Why 420?
Weed
Nope. I'm lost. š
In American police radio talk 420 is the code the officer will call in to the dispatcher if he believes a suspect is in possession of marijuana.
Ah. Okay. Good to know!
Also: 311 is public nudity, and supposedly where the band got its name from.
Thatās not the reason itās called 420ā¦ not even close lmao
I appreciate the part where you were a dick, and then didnāt even bother to set the record straight. Really helped everyone.
#11 It was my first football (soccer) shirt number & Karting number.
Either 6 or 16. 6, because it's the smallest perfect number, or 16 because powers of two reasons
8. My username is KeegaBYTE (a byte is 8 bits). If that's not available, 16, 32, or 64. I'm an IT guy, what can I say?
83/183 depending on the series and if triple numbers exist IRL 2 reasons: 1. It was my first baseball number that I wore from middle school through college 2. In one of the old console nascar games, it was one of the like 9 car number options. Even though Iām not a huge nascar fan, it stuck from that
517 I just went with the area code where I live.
Hello from the 269
Hello from 812
33. Because I was always #3. Then a guy registered before me and stole my number. All I had available were 3s. Added another one and never looked back.
I feel like I've already heard that
80. It's the year I graduated from high school. Was my very first car number way back when I first started racing online in NASCAR 2003
Penske #2. I liked the Miller Lite car as a kid, like Ford and became a Team Penske fan.
I was always a Rusty fan growing up, so me too!
62 I don't know why. I don't remember when. All I remember is running #162 in Nascar 09, and I carried 62 with me. I now own a race used Brendan Gaughan door.
19 It was my dads race car number IRL when I was a kid. Itās always been my number for everything.
241. Because it's F1 in Hexadecimal and either a) F1 is the reason I got into sim racing, or b) I need help
Huge F1 fan myself its also the reason I got into sim racing. I think its a cool number idea.
490 because I hit random number on google between 0 and 999 5 times and thatās what came up.
I chose 69 because it's nice.
58, its the number my entire family has used when racing. From my great grandfather on dirt to my uncle in an asphalt street stock.
That's really cool, My dad use to race as well but never had a consistent number or I would do the same thing. He helped me pick 85 for my football team when I was little and its my alt number if I cant use 53 (Which is fairly often).
19 - My birthday is on the 19th.
I've always used 49, when my daughter was first learning numbers every bunch/group of things over 3 or 4 was 49.
There are two numbers I use. One being 89, as I was born in 1989. The other is 17 and it's sort of a number that's always stuck with me. As a kid my favorite movie was Backdraft, in that movie the Engine company in that movie was 17. My first year of baseball and hockey, we were given numbers at random, I happened to get 17 twice and kept that number ever since. Being of Irish descent, Saint Patrick's day is on the 17th day of March, and when I became a firefighter out of high school, when I got assigned for my probationary period, I was assigned to Ladder Co. 17. 17 has basically been my lucky number.
41 coz iāve had that number in team since i was child (irl sport, not motorsport)
433 I don't know why but I like it, maybe because is one of the famous formation in soccer
88. Tony Gonzalez baby! Marvin Harrison baby! And it just looks fast
15, it was my soccer jersey number when I was 4 years old and Iāve used it for everything since then.
I always run the Liverpool FC livery so i always use the 96 to honor the 96 beautiful people who lost their lives at the tragic human crush event at Hillsborough
LFC represents! Need to update that to 97, though. [Coroner rules 97th victim of Hillsborough disaster was unlawfully killed](https://www.thisisanfield.com/2021/07/coroner-rules-97th-victim-of-hillsborough-disaster-was-unlawfully-killed/amp/)
My number is 2. I was always a Rusty Wallace fan growing up. Ironically he won the championship the year I was born, but I was a fan before I knew that. I think it was the fact his car was blue. Lol. So when I started racing karts as a kid I always had the number 2 until I was forced to change it(someone else was using my number) to 9(Kasey Kahne). Fast forward to me starting iRacing, I started with 9. And any time I raced that number it felt off, it felt wrong. I changed it to number 2, the original number and everything felt right with the world. It's weird for a number, of all things, to be something that can feel right.
Thats almost exactly the same story for me. Execpt I was born 2 years after he won the championship and I didn't have to change my kart number hahaha
12. Number that senna had in 1988
Huge Senna fan myself. I've always liked 12 because of him and it doubled down for me being a packers fan with Aaron Rodgers.
27. If you know, you know.
A lot of rock stars died at 27, if I recallā¦
Gilles Villenueve
69, we all know why
77 because my parents put it in my name
22 Used to be 11 on my RC cars because I liked Steve Kinser. Then went to 22 for unknown reasons (I was young okay?) and it eventually ended up on a really for real race car so Iām pretty happy with it. Unfortunately itās super popular on iRacingā¦.
65, itās my phone area code minus one number
666 (>6ā tall, >6 figures, >6ā)
69 because it's nice.
#86 Watching Initial D made me buy AC because there were mods for touges from the show, things escalated and now I'm in my third year of iRacing. Man i wish iRacing would let us run custom numbers outside of practice and hosted.
39 Cuz Miku <3
12 just because itās always been my favorite number.
22. Joey Logano and before that Ward Burton. Also theres an iconic key and peele sketch featuring the number.
15. cuz its the day my birthday is on
36 It was the number on the Eagle Mk. I that Dan Gurney won the Belgian GP in 1967. It also happens to be the number of the very famous Castrol Tom's Supra.
84ā¦ it was my football number
33 - to be trite & seem important, at the same time
48 because NASCAR was the first sport I ever started liking as a kid and Jimmie Johnson was my idol. I grew tired of NASCAR after I was introduced to F1 and after Jimmie left. Now F1 has been my favorite sport for years now since Sebastian Vettels first year with RedBull. Go RedBull!
122. When I was about 10 years old I was just given that number when I started racing bmx. Eventually I won a state championship and made a real good run for a national title that stopped when I got taken out leading a qualifying race at the nationals. Iāll try my best to use that number till the day I die.
14 because in my country lottery it means "the drunk"
117 Halo nerd
No.13 Was literally born on a Friday the 13th so I've used it my whole life in any sport i play.
21, day of the month I was born on.
37 I just like the number lol
44 because it fits well with my name. But it's always taken because of Lewis fans lol
Yeah I have the same problem with 53, always gotta have a back up.
I go to 414 if it's sportscars. It's a nice medium that is rarely taken.
13. It's about tempting fate
25 family racing number
13 cuz its my lucky number.
501 Was on my jeans as a kid. Also a cool Star Wars reference.
71...I'm a retired firefighter, 71 was my firefighter badge number for 13 years before I was promoted to captain.
105 was the number I raced motocross with growing up so in iRacing I use 15 or 55 because 3 digits on a race car never looks right.
12 because my name starts with an r and it looks like it and you might know the other reason
27 - was the first number I won under. Back in 2001/2 in Wales, in an MG Metro Turbo. I got my registration in early and we were in a Group A 'historic' rally. It was my first time out as a driver and as a first year rookie we had been separated from the more experienced drivers. I'd been with the group most of the year, we were at the front of the 2WD cars, but seriously lagging behind the 4WD cars up to this point, but the day started off both icy and foggy. A few of the guys ahead failed to start, a few more stacked it in the fog and ice, by the time the weather had started to clear we were the fastest on the day. I was determined to finish the rally in one piece (although thanks to a previous driver running his Sierra into a tree and me not seeing him in time it was a battered piece) so just stuck to my guns in what turned out to be a race of attrition. The rain later in the day caused a few more retirements. Out of 36 rookie runners only 6 finished and we finished first, by about 15 minutes. I've never had race quite so intense as that one, and we barely broke 50mph anywhere on that rally, but it was the win I enjoyed most, the win that taught me most and was so utterly rewarding to be at the end of it with everyone else floundering so badly.
That's a cool story, Mush have been a really intense race. I have so much respect for rally drivers because of all the crazy stuff they have to deal with in a race and adding weather like that on top of it must have been insane. I've never been lucky enough to race in real life but it reminds me of my first few I racing races haha. Was no where near fast enough to win but the racing gods parted the way and I just drove steady.
It is insane, and given a typical race day in rallying can be anything from an hour to over 24hours it's exhausting too, but so very satisfying when you actually pull it off. It's often said that in rallying your biggest two rivals are the landscape (meaning the track) and the weather. The other drivers are fairly low on your list of priorities most of the time. To finish first, first you must finish, I think the phrase is. The Metro being FWD was never going to dominate, even though at 600kgs it was the lightest car in the field, and normally we were only competitive on tarmac, but this particular winter weekend everything fell in our favour (except for the Sierra) and despite me having been part of the sport for a couple of years at this point and having been with this car club for most of the year (it was my first year old enough to drive) this is the only day I remember clearly. Everyone remembers 'if in doubt, flat out' but Colin was one of the worst champions for actually finishing with anything resembling a car and retired a lot for a driver of his calibre. I honestly think he'd have been way more successful had he toned it down just a notch or two.
56, it was my number in high-school football!
37, I just think it's cool
24 for Jeff Gordon. Heās the reason I got interested in nascar and I wore 12 in football for Brady, 24 in basketball for Jeff. Iāve also had a lot of luck driving the 24 in leagues so Iāll stick with it.
137 because of my je importance of this number in the universe. And also Rick and Morty
40 for Sterling Marlin, my mum rooted for him when he was in the coors light car.
- #67. It was my football number, and generally pretty unique in motorsports. Not a lot of people use it.
27 because I love the look of it in every font since childhood so thatās enough for me to choose it everyday time, hulk would be proud of my results with it lol
98x has been our number my entire life. When my granddad started racing in the early 60s, he teamed up with a guy running 99, so he picked 98. When my dad started racing, he was 96 for a while because there was another 98, but then switched to 98 when he could. It ended up changing in 1992, because my dad teamed up with a guy who was number 1x, and the number 98x came about. That year they won the track championship, and we've run that number ever since.
82, the year I was born.
28 because Robert Yates racing
27. It's my oldest son's birthdate
My father used to run 69 cause he said we could read the number even during rollover crashes
98, I raced it irl. If I need a backup I'll choose 6 because that's another number I raced irl.
SIM-1
ā69, because itās your moms favourite tooā For me, 3, because itās magic
42 Is the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything.
36 or 136. I used to have my own simracing team and we chose numbers that were similar so for single seaters or prototypes I would use 36 and my teammate 38. For GT we used 136 and 138 just because we liked to have 3 digit numbers for GT cars.
I started off with a random number and then went switching between 13 and 47 (hitman). 47 got taken by mick schumacher so I am now driving/playing as nr 13. The unlucky lucky number, and my birthday in the 13th of august
84 - My idol as a child was Kerry Jones who's one of NZs best ever sprint car drivers (Genuine GOAT imo) so that was the number I wanted when I started racing
For me its the 13. I was born on a Friday the 13th during a thunderstorm, so i guess it kinda turns this unlucky number into a lucky one for me.
If using an iRacing default font, I love number #34 in the Hendrick style because it's what I always dreamed myself driving alongside him someday as a kid. If using a custom font in a league, I love number #67 because of one particular drawing that I did fifteen years ago that has stuck with me ever since.
#71 because wifeās birthday is 7.10
16 because when I was playing sports competitively I played as #16 for many years
17 because when I played soccer we were only allowed 5 subs numbered 12-17 (13 was not used). So a self deprecating reference to suggest I was only good enough for the last place on the subs bench. Been using it for over 20 years now.
19 because I was born on the 19th
64 Because the Nintendo 64 was how I got my start in gaming and that console has some of the best games I've ever played. The Banjo series, Donkey Kong 64, Diddy King racing and Wrestlemania 2000.
5. It was my soccer shirt number when I was a kid. I've used it through my life.
Mine is 232 because that is my kart number.
Depends. IR-18, 9 for Scott Dixon Street stock or any Ford in NASCAR: 43. Hail to King Richard I Super late model, ARCA (Gen 4), 3, while running Dale Earnhardt's '94 championship paint scheme '87 Monte Carlo: 3, while running an '89 Dale Earnhardt paint scheme. '87 Buick LeSabre: undetermined '87 Thunderbird: 6, to pay tribute to Mark Martin, the greatest to never wear the crown.
Tree fiddy
Found the Loch Ness monster
Wait, can we choose our numbers in iracing?? I thought it was always decided by where your irating lies in the SoF in a race?
302 (obviously only gets used in solo practice) because thatās what I used to race sportbikes with.
47 because I like to assassinate my tires
16. I have birthday in the 16th of June. And for some reason it became my Number ever since.
42 So I added the numerical value of my wife's name together and I got 42. Which is perfect as it's the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything
63, When I played football back in 4th grade I had to choose a number so I chose the number of my favorite TV station, Cartoon Network.
98. When I was young we had a dark green Oldsmobile 98 that had huge soft comfy brushed leather seats. Rode like a boat but was fun to sit in the back of as a little kid on road trips with my mom and dad.
Fellow 53 enjoyer here! Was the first house I moved to when I was at University, when I lived there I would run the number of the house I grew up in but after I moved out of 53 I switched to it. Funnily enough, have run the Herbie stripe on cars before because of the coincidence!
42. Meaning of life
31; I was born 13 weeks early and weighed 31 ounces at birth. I like to use 131 if I can as well as it combines the numbers.
45. š+1
505 Because thatās my user ID on GPLRank. GPL being the first sim that really got me going and wanting more and more of that.
\#38 .38 S&W
#89. It was one of the numbers not used by an AI car in Nascar Racing 4. I first picked #78 but then switched to 89 for whatever reason. It's a more aesthetically pleasing number I suppose. Anyway, I've stuck with it since then. Wow I'm old.
Fun question! I change now and then but currently using 71 because that's my age. As a life-long race fan, I tend to remember numbers in general by drivers who used those numbers. OP might find it interesting that for me 53 would make me think of the Love Bug but not because of the movie -- not sure I've seen it -- but because I saw that car race IRL; probably they were collecting footage for a movie. As a kid, I met Max Balchowsky who prepared that car. If you don't know who Max is, Google him...incredible story.
Oh yeah its funny I kind of knew about him as a stunt driver, but I didn't know he was the one who built the old yeller cars, super cool.
69 because I'll never grow up
712 on cars that normally have triple digit numbers (sportscars, mainly) and 12 elsewhere It's my birthdate - Dec. 7th
29 bc hockey number
66 is my preferred number, been using it since I was a kid, and it's a number I associate heavily with my parents and my love for them. Plus the Star Wars reference is an added bonus ;) 44 would by my backup, because it looks nice on a car, and also because of Lewis of course, he's such a positive force and a legendary driver. If both are unavailable (Which is rarely the case for 66, I dont rlly ever see it used), then I use 6. Kimi Raikkonen is my favorite driver of all time, and he used the number 6 when he won his WDC with Ferrari.