What is your race number and why? (Split topic)

Damn! You have had a rough life.

Nah, I've recovered well enough that I am the only one that still notices it When I used to have a sticky memory, heard things once, and remembered it. I now need to go through stuff 3-4 times to remember it. The fine motorics in my right arm have never been an issue, never been handy or an artist in my life. I would've liked to learn guitar and piano, but hey, you cannot have it all. And the speaking thing is also only noticeable for myself, as my main language works fine as I speak it every day, and people just put my English down to not being a native English speaker, even though it frustrates me.
After all I have a job, a better half, a home, both my parents, all my uncles, aunts, cousins etc. alive. It's not been a rough life. I should've worn a helmet when biking, but that wasn't "cool".

I've felt the nervousness of sitting in a kart 7 months after the accident, thinking "ok, the doctors adviced me not to... I haven't done any physical training for 7 months. Can I do this?" and succeded. I've had the enormous happiness from overcoming it, and getting a 2nd place just a year after it happened. I cannot, and will not complain. I've had, and I have a great life! 

Enough about me though!

It's not something I talk a lot about really, it's all a bit "oooh, feel a bit sorry for me", when in reality it's not. I had great experiences in racing, I still do some racing when I have the chance (did a 6hr race a month ago), but as #77 was my breakthrough number, I felt #86 needed some explanation, not just "another number I had at least 1 podium with".

It is also unlucky in China as it sounds similar to the word for "death". The luckiest numbers there are 8 and 88.

Nice!

23, the sum of the numbers of my birth year,

69, to shake up the establishment. 

I always remember Nicky Hayden's reasons for picking that number - (paraphrasing) "you can still identify it when my bike is upside down".

I would choose 8 if available. That's the number I had in class register for in my primary and secondary school for 9 years. It was the number I was identifying myself with during my adolescence. As later in my life no other number would be of any particular significance to me, I think I would go with 8.

As 8 is right now taken by Grosjean (LOL, I hadn't even remembered before I checked) I have no idea what I would go with. 88 seems to be taken too (by Kubica for 2019, according to this https://en.wikipedia..._driver_numbers ). Tough luck.

Edited by Anderis, 05 December 2018 - 21:36.

I raced with 27 whenever I could, but often going into a new series that number was already taken. I always wanted 27 because of Gilles, my boyhood hero, but two other people I have always rated and admired also ended up running with this number - Casey Stoner and Hulkenberg - so this number will always be very special to me. 

When 27 wasn't available I raced with 4, 36, 44 & 55 for no particular reason & 888 (Craig Lowndes)

Once upon a time I was young enough, and good enough to race with the number 1 for a season  - oh for those days. 

I would go with #97. I have a thing for prime numbers and I like number 7.

If that would be taken, #73 or #17 would do.

Edited by RainyAfterlifeDaylight, 05 December 2018 - 23:03.

Nah, I've recovered well enough that I am the only one that still notices it When I used to have a sticky memory, heard things once, and remembered it. I now need to go through stuff 3-4 times to remember it. The fine motorics in my right arm have never been an issue, never been handy or an artist in my life. I would've liked to learn guitar and piano, but hey, you cannot have it all. And the speaking thing is also only noticeable for myself, as my main language works fine as I speak it every day, and people just put my English down to not being a native English speaker, even though it frustrates me.
After all I have a job, a better half, a home, both my parents, all my uncles, aunts, cousins etc. alive. It's not been a rough life. I should've worn a helmet when biking, but that wasn't "cool".
I've felt the nervousness of sitting in a kart 7 months after the accident, thinking "ok, the doctors adviced me not to... I haven't done any physical training for 7 months. Can I do this?" and succeded. I've had the enormous happiness from overcoming it, and getting a 2nd place just a year after it happened. I cannot, and will not complain. I've had, and I have a great life! 
Enough about me though!
 
It's not something I talk a lot about really, it's all a bit "oooh, feel a bit sorry for me", when in reality it's not. I had great experiences in racing, I still do some racing when I have the chance (did a 6hr race a month ago), but as #77 was my breakthrough number, I felt #86 needed some explanation, not just "another number I had at least 1 podium with".

23, the sum of the numbers of my birth year,

Obviously for me it would be 99.
Jp

Obviously 42 because it's the answer to the ultimate question.

75 - the numbers in my pin

Since 5 and 55 are taken, I'd go with 15. No real reason, other than I've always liked 5. Maybe that's because of Mario's championship in '78.

Edited by Rob G, 06 December 2018 - 00:46.

#6 

Why? This guy. Granted, I'd probably end up cursed with all the potential but none of the deserved results but alas. Loved watching him growing up.

or

#23

The GOAT.

I'd go with #10. It was my first number as a baseball player, but I'd go with it now more because of this bad mf ...

I've run the #99 on several karts and cars (car - singular) of mine in honor of Greg Moore. 

The shine was taken off it somewhat when Sutil ran it in F1. Meh. 

Edited by Peat, 06 December 2018 - 07:54.

I'd go with #10. It was my first number as a baseball player, but I'd go with it now more because of this bad mf ...

#10 

it's the playmakers number.

Pele, Maradona, Platini, Zidane, Messi,...

Edited by blacky, 06 December 2018 - 08:09.

I'd go with #10. It was my first number as a baseball player, but I'd go with it now more because of this bad mf ...
 
...

35 

The number of my house growing up and it can replace the E and S in my surname for branding! 

Really annoyed me that I couldn't use it in F1 2018 this year with Sirotkin running it... 

#10 
 
it's the playmakers number.
 
Pele, Maradona, Platini, Zidane, Messi,...

Have you haver seen a more beautiful number than this? I dare you to tell otherwise 

It started with Alesi and grew up from there.

I would take #16 because it's my date of birth and has always been my "lucky" number.

In the F1 mobile game, I use #61 as Leclerc has #16, but #61 is also appropriate for me as it's the house number that I grew up in.

81 would be my date of birth, and 18 the housenumber I grew up in

I don't get this, please explain! 

The number reads the same right side up and upside down.

Yes, I understand all about Abu Dhabi, but didn't figure the race would be forgotten ~that~ soon 

Most likely 46 - Rossi.

Though I took 51 in F1 career mode, but more because I raced with pseudonym with initials S.I.

#10 

 

it's the playmakers number.

 

Pele, Maradona, Platini, Zidane, Messi,...

Indeed. & VY was the ultimate playmaker...

Vince??!?

My pick for UT QB would be Major. Just for the name.

Major? Cool name, but VY did things Major could only dream about, & is easily the best Texas QB ever and one of the GOATs ever in college football. Just off the top of my head I can think of at least 6 Texas QBs I'd rank ahead of Major. Major was very smart & savvy, but small, slow (esp after the knee injuries), weak-armed, & kind of a dick by most accounts. Major in his prime probably wouldn't start ahead of current Texas QB Sam Ehlinger.

Major does have a certain subset of very devout fans (many here call them 'cultists') despite really inconsistent play when he was at UT. Kind of a 'great white hope' sort of thing. But his star has faded quite a bit in Austin after the intern fiasco and some coaching blunders.

Edited by AustinF1, 06 December 2018 - 15:29.

Who are those people? Its a racing forum, not a "naming random people" forum.
 

The thread title is "What is your racing number and why?"

The 'why' needn't have anything at all to do with racing.

Bingo.

 

Yeah, I'd only choose numbers that add to 3, 6 or 9. 7 is my overall expression number, and it's been near to me my whole life. And it's the number of one of my favorite Tarot cards: The Chariot. That would be amazing if used in a Racing context.

2 is a feminine number of sharing, and is also the number of one of myother  fav cards: The High Priestess.

So, Expression ( 7 ), Sharing ( 2 ); giving back to the world through my passion. Masculine and Feminine in union.

The main reason though is that I have my Sun at 7 degrees Virgo and in my 2nd House. Also, I have a prominent 72 degree angle aspect between my Virgo Mars and Cancer Jupiter natal placements. That's called a Quintile: one fifth ( Martian number ) of a full 360 circle. That thing would mirror success if expressed outwardly.

 

The main Motorsport reason is that I have a soft spot for the history behind #27. But I'd wear it backwards, make it a more personal homage.

It's also 3 ( my main number ) added to 69. Ayoooooo

 

This is also the 27th page of this thread. Ayoooooo x2

Mind.  Reeling.

#53, because I happened to be in the 53rd board of my study association. Nothing to do with Herbie, but I did root for Rossi for the brief time he was in F1. I even took a selfie with the number at the Singapore GP pit when I visited in April 2016 (the numbers were still all above the pitboxes).

What's the highest number allowed?

No mate you can't have 80085

5.

Used to be #5.

Then it became #22 as that was the number I got in the Grand Prix 3 league (send in your replays! Good old times.) I participated in around ... 2001 or so.

I stuck with that for a while in games like Live for Speed, but I don't think I've had much reason to pick a number in the last couple of years. Most racing games I try these days don't even seem to offer the option, and I don't really mind either way.

Edited by Nonesuch, 07 December 2018 - 11:02.

51. It's the card number I had when I used to clock in at work. I've always made an excuse to take that number with me wherever possible.

The forum entry list as it stands.

0 cheekybru

00 karl100589

4 RainyAfterlifeDaylight

5 Boing 2

6 teejay

7 Afterburner

8 Anderis

10 AustinF1

15 Rob G

16 midgrid

22 Nonesuch

23 messy

26 noriaki

27 MikeV1987

30 ckolcz

32 Frood

33 Beri

34 Ivanhoe

35 Grandmastashi

37 Maximilian

42 Buddy Holly

43 PayasYouRace

46 Bleu

51 Burai

53 Yoran

69 potmotr

71 August

72 OvDrone

73 andrewlee

75 ensign14

77 Myrvold

81 bibliophagos

83 Garndell

84 stewie

85 taz

93 MadYarpen

97 f1paul

99 jonpollak

Not on the list? That's because someone beat you to it and you didn't provide a second or third choice.

There's 38 of us on the list, so get ready for Friday morning pre-qualifying. (Mods are exempt and go straight to FP1).

OFFICIAL PROTEST: 7 for me, 9 only if 7 is unavailable.

OFFICIAL PROTEST: 7 for me, 9 only if 7 is unavailable.

Apologies for how I interpreted your post. I'll change it.

Obviously for me it would be 99.
Jp

Hot

Jp

Edited by krapmeister, 11 November 2021 - 21:46.

The forum entry list as it stands.

I thought I had answered in this thread previously, and I had.

I was sure I had some pictures from the race in mention that made me go for #77, but only found the podium. Disappointing! 

Could easily be 27 though for the reasons given above, plus AJ's number.

Edited by GreenMachine, 12 November 2021 - 02:10.

#98. Because there is only one #99 - and it definitely isn't JP. (Sorry Jon! )

And the best I could possibly achieve was to become an Almost-Greg.

Do all of you cringe on old posts of yours ?

I sure do!

I always use 78 where I can.

Although I would use 1 if I was champion.

Do all of you cringe on old posts of yours ?

I sure do!

Nope. At least not the ones in this thread.

It all still applies actually... and I've tried, but failed to learn both piano and guitar. Oh well...

Edited by Myrvold, 11 November 2021 - 22:45.

Edited by Alfisti, 11 November 2021 - 23:02.