48 - The number was chosen for Jimmie Johnson, who has won the last three Cup championships, because it was double the number of Gordon, who co-owns Johnson’s car with Hendrick.
Jimmie Lewallen, Ray Duhigg, Bob Welborn, Sam McQuagg and Cecil Gordon (no relation to Jeff) are some other No. 24 has competed in 1,126 races with 545 of those belonging to Gordon. 24 was the closest available for Jeff Gordon, who claims all of its 81 victories. 24 - Rick Hendrick wanted to secure a number close to his other two cars at that time (No. Cup rookie Joey Logano is in the car this year. 20 prior to Stewart include Marvin Panch, who posted a victory in 1961, and Rob Moroso, the 1990 Rookie-of-the-Year. 20, which was the next even number after JGR’s original No. 20 - It is simply the number Stewart began racing with when he entered the Cup Series. Labonte won the only championship in the No.
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Early drivers included Dick Johnson, Benny Parsons and Tommy Ellis. 18 has made 31 trips to Victory Lane with Bobby Labonte’s 21 leading the way with Kyle Busch (eighth) and Jarrett (two) trailing.
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18 - JGR selected it in 1992 because it had been Dale Jarrett’s number during his first full Cup season (1987). Flock (14), McGriff (four), Paschal (seven) and Allison (one) accounted for the 26 wins. Prior to Coo Coo Marlin, Fonty Flock, Herschel McGriff, Billy Myers, Jim Paschal and Bobby Allison were among the drivers of the No.
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Greg Pollex revived the number late in 2004 with Andretti as the driver while DEI and Mark Simo also used 14 sporadically in the late 1990s. Ron Hornaday Jr., Stacy Compton, Mike Wallace and Foyt’s grandson Larry were the primary drivers for Foyt through 2004. 14 before Foyt returned with Rick Mast in 2000. Billy Hagan then put Terry Labonte and Andretti in his No. 14, Foyt drove under the number as owner/driver from 1983 through 1990. In between the two Marlin stints in the No. 14 when he signed with Ginn in 2006, primarily as a tribute to his father Coo Coo Marlin, who ran the number on the circuit from 1972 through mid-1979. 14 has not been employed since Ginn Motorsports merged with Dale Earnhardt Inc. Foyt, for the number of his newly formed Stewart-Haas Racing. 14 - Tony Stewart looked to his motorsports hero, A.J. Yeley in the car before Hamlin took over in 2005. JGR brought the number back in 2004, running Jason Leffler, Terry Labonte and J.J. Brett Bodine bought the team from Johnson in 1995, running as owner/driver until 2003. Terry Labonte, Geoffrey Bodine and Bill Elliott all posted victories the No. Yarborough and Waltrip both drove for Junior Johnson and Associates.
Darrell Waltrip had 43 wins between 19 and all three of his championships. Junior Johnson posted 11 victories between 19, Ned Jarrett (1959-1965) went to Victory Lane 49 times and won the championship twice (19) and Cale Yarborough (1973-1980) won 55 races while claiming all three of his championships. 11 owns the second-most victories (184) and starts (1,621) in Cup history. 11 - While there’s no significance to the number from Denny Hamlin’s perspective (the team was in existence before he came to it), the number is significant to Joe Gibbs Racing President J.D. 3 since Earnhardt was killed on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. 3, Childress drove the car from 1976 through August 1981. Before Earnhardt took the wheel of the No. 3, including Dick Rathmann, David Pearson, Junior Johnson, Buck Baker, Buddy Baker, Cale Yarborough and Charlie Glotzbach. Prior to Earnhardt, several notable drivers piloted the No. 3 driven by Dale Earnhardt for Richard Childress Racing from 1981 through 2001.
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