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Car number and sponsor / owner connections

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I've been sitting on this one for a few days to see if others would post it. Because no one has, I'll add it now. Bobby Allison ran a #49 Ford Mustang Grand American in 1971 in a couple of events where the GA cars were allowed to compete with the GN ones. He won in the car at Bowman-Gray in the Myers Brothers 250 - the race from the oft-told story where NASCAR didn't recognize him as the winner of a GN race. Didn't then - and hasn't today.

The car was owned by Melvin Joseph - who also designed and built Dover's speedway. Number 49 was his declared lucky number for reasons outlined here: www.melvinjoseph.com/component/content/article/39-what-is-49.html

I actually didn't know this trivia until several days ago. I had wondered about it and finally e-mailed Bobby's daughter, Bonnie about it. She was kind enough to point me to this a-ha! moment.

From J.C. Hayes Collection

From Kevin Andrews Collection

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Yep. Good one. And Dave Blaney before him.

Source: www.zeilersmarket.com/pictures.html

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This one was right under my nose. Happened just this year in the summer Daytona race, and I'd just about forgotten about it.

50 - Bill Elliott - Wal-Mart's 50th Anniversary

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Yes, I believe that's the Figure 8 tr ... I mean, the quarter-mi ... wait, PIT ROAD at Nashville's fairgrounds speedway.

While Ed's car didn't have room for a 5 digit number based on his sponsor, Tim Flock had room on his car for a 3 digit one as it related to his car owner's Mercury Outboard Motors product line. (from Harvey Tollison's collection )

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Thought of 3 more...

93 - Dave Blaney - Amoco Ultimate 93 octane

2 - Bobby Allison - CAM2 Penske Mercury (though Bobby ran 2 many times before)

(from J.C. Hayes collection )

22 - Stan Barrett - original Skoal Bandit with number matching co-owner Burt Reynold's jersey number in his movie The Longest Yard (from Jerry Bushmire's collection )

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While I didn't limit the discussion to ANY series, I'll bridge the gap between Busch and Cup with the set-up by Dave Fulton and NASCAR's 50th anniversary in 1998.

For the 98 season, Hendrick changed its long-standing number of the 25 team to 50 to commemorate NASCAR's 50th anniversary. The car was raced by committee: Ricky Craven, Randy LaJoie and Wally Dallenbach Jr.

While the use of the number was tied to the sanctioning body, most assuredly the sponsor was OK with the swap for that year. Having 3 different drivers behind the wheel that season? Ehh, probably not.

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You got that right. I've seen too many of PKL's responses to attend that pity party. LOL

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13 - Jerry Nadeau - colors were nod to Miami Dolphins and number was for co-owner Dan Marino's jersey number

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Great minds think alike - they just post 2 minutes apart. LOL

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Glad you recalled this one. In my mind, I was trying to put Cale and 98 together - but it was with RCA / John Andretti. And I knew that wasn't right. The Bojangles 98 cents promotion is on the mark - and that spicy chicken biscuit remains my favorite fast food breakfast item. *stomach rumble*