Competition Number Size

Mike Taylor 3601 · 07-02-2015, 07:23 AM

Oval track fans related car number to driver not drag racing fans.
My car has legal size that has been on it since 96-97 had thought about down sizing but don't guess I will.
Mike Taylor 3601

Chris1529 · 07-02-2015, 08:28 AM

It seems to me that NHRA has a lot more to worry about than whether somebody has 6" high numbers on their car. If someone in the tower has a question about a car number, there are wonderful inventions called radios that the people working in the staging lanes can use to clarify the number or class designation.

Fans in drag racing could care less about car numbers. There is probably 0 correlation between a driver's car number and their fans. Outside of who carries the number 1 in each class, I feel there is no association between car and car number in drag racing.

What is Force's number, what about Leah Pritchett, or Jason Line?

-now in Nascar, its completely different. People who follow that sport close enough can and do associate car, driver, and car#. ie... Jr 88, Danica 10, Tony 14, etc.

NHRA probably wishes it that way for marketing purposes.

The only thing about a lot of the sportsman cars is the first number that indicates what division they are from. If you like sportsman racing, it is nice to see what different parts of the country racers come from to compete at events outside of their area.

Patric Fox · 07-02-2015, 10:12 AM

I think if they are going to enforce Competition Number size, they have to start with the pro's. Did you ever look how small some of the numbers are on a Pro Stock?

07-02-2015, 07:23 AM	#1
Mike Taylor 3601 VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somerset,Ky Posts: 1,374 Likes: 358 Liked 308 Times in 103 Posts	Re: Competition Number Size Oval track fans related car number to driver not drag racing fans. My car has legal size that has been on it since 96-97 had thought about down sizing but don't guess I will. Mike Taylor 3601

07-02-2015, 08:28 AM	#2
Chris1529 VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: West Virginia Posts: 1,366 Likes: 6 Liked 70 Times in 29 Posts	Re: Competition Number Size It seems to me that NHRA has a lot more to worry about than whether somebody has 6" high numbers on their car. If someone in the tower has a question about a car number, there are wonderful inventions called radios that the people working in the staging lanes can use to clarify the number or class designation. Fans in drag racing could care less about car numbers. There is probably 0 correlation between a driver's car number and their fans. Outside of who carries the number 1 in each class, I feel there is no association between car and car number in drag racing. What is Force's number, what about Leah Pritchett, or Jason Line? -now in Nascar, its completely different. People who follow that sport close enough can and do associate car, driver, and car#. ie... Jr 88, Danica 10, Tony 14, etc. NHRA probably wishes it that way for marketing purposes. The only thing about a lot of the sportsman cars is the first number that indicates what division they are from. If you like sportsman racing, it is nice to see what different parts of the country racers come from to compete at events outside of their area. __________________ Chris Bowman The Mountain State Mustang 1984 Mustang GT350

07-02-2015, 10:12 AM	#3
Patric Fox Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Pottstown,Pa. Posts: 121 Likes: 24 Liked 11 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Competition Number Size I think if they are going to enforce Competition Number size, they have to start with the pro's. Did you ever look how small some of the numbers are on a Pro Stock?