What Is Your Race Number?

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I'll go first!!

My number is 47. It dates back to my aviation days. At one point I was what they call a Collateral Duty Inspector (CDI). At the time all CDI's were issued a number, I was issued 47. When you inspected work that required a CDI you would just write your number down on the form. That was your signature. The number just stuck over the years and it's become part of me. If I put a number on a car it's 47, if I use a number in a sports game it's 47, and if anyone asks me my favorite number it's always 47.
 
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117.. I carried that number all 12 years as an MX racer from 1971 to 1983. It is wonderful to have the opportunity to still be able to line up and race against other folks at my age. 66 now
 
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F1's numbers game: The iconic 27 - The Race

Number 27 in F1: Made legendary by Gilles Villeneuve, used heroically by Nigel Mansell and Jean Alesi, taken to titles by Alan Jones and Ayrton Senna
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I'm 27 as well because it was my first number in hockey, as well as Gilles.

Fun tidbit if you add the days of my birthday (16th), my late father's (9th) and my mom's (2nd) you get a total of 27.
 
Year of birth... and a nice number in my eyes.
 

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33, but since Max uses it I chose 34 in the F1 games. Otherwise 33, since it’s the number in my PSN ID. I suppose I might go back and forth between 33/34, so I sort of have two numbers.
 
Lately, I've been using 51 for most of them. If I do a livery based on an actual race car, I'll use the number from the real car. But if it's something I made up, I'll use 51.

My favorite number is 3, though. But it has nothing to do with Dale Earnhardt. I don't not like him, it's just been my favorite number since before I even knew who he really was (not that I was ever that much into NASCAR).
 
34, which was also my number in basketball, football, and motocross. If it happens to be taken, my backup numbers are 20 (Manu Ginobili jersey number) or 86 (my number in football before I switched from receiver to running back and started wearing #34).
 
I run double 9's! All my life 99 has randomly popped up on personal paperwork, equipment, license plates.
 
12, 14, 98 or 5 are the numbers I typically race with.
12 because I associate it with Senna's numbers when he was driving the Lotus 97T or the McLaren MP4/4, 14 because it represents my birthday (1st of April), 98 for the year I was born, and 5 because it's my favourite number.
Yeah, I'm not that picky :D
 
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