What's Your Racing Number Mean?

[Fast66071]

There was an article in Quad magazine where several pro riders talked about why they had their particular race number. I thought it would be interesting to see why and how the local racers came up with their numbers. 

[Turboderf]

my sons number is 92 his birth year and iam 192 just one faster them him LOL not anymore cool whats your number

[Fast66071]

My number is 71. It was the year I got my first mini bike. I was 8 years old.

Yes, I know I'm old.........

[#21yfz]

Im number 21..i was given that number when i started playing baseball when i was like 10 and kept it threw the years till i decided to start racing,and decided to keep the same number

[Hoosier Daddy]

Mines 07.
Some 15 years ago i went to my first race and someone had the #7 (lucky #7) so I went to 07 and it has just stuck from there..
Ironically, my 7year old, when he was 4 went to his first race but there was another racer with #4 so hes now #04..
funny how both father and son have a zero before the number for the same reason...

[~Demon_Boy250X~]

Well mine might offend some people (hopefully not) but i am number 666 i chose this number because my name is Damian and since i was young people always mentioned my name from The Omen, around late elementary school, early middle school i acquired the nick name "Demon" I am now 15 and still have this nickname so i figured the number 666 would work perfect for me. so far i love it and i think it is pretty cool IMO.

[KD 428]

Mines pretty easy. 428, my DOB april 28th

[CountryBoy]

My racing # is 12. When i used to play atv vs mx uleashed i always use to pick the number 12. No particular reason, just liked it. Lol 

[TRX450R_Racer]

25 the day I was born.

[PLEDGER#76]

Even though I am taking this year off from FTR I still sport the #76 on all my stuff. It was the number my son started racing with and now I sport it proudly too. It will be back in action next season for sure too.....

[TBR]

Lyndon's number is 86. It used to be 89 the first year or so that he raced, which is the year he was born. He changed it to 86 to honor his sister (born in 86) who died of cancer. Pretty special I thought.
I knew Lyndon would not tell this story so I thought I would.

[jayman]

My son is #42.  He wrecked his first quad, the first time out and broke his first bone (two breaks and five fractures) all within a days time.  It was April 2nd (4/2) so he decided to have that number.

My number......(#69).....  I have used that number my whole life so that is the only number I would have on my quad.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Lyndon's number is 86. It used to be 89 the first year or so that he raced, which is the year he was born. He changed it to 86 to honor his sister (born in 86) who died of cancer. Pretty special I thought.
I knew Lyndon would not tell this story so I thought I would.

First of, sorry for your loss. I cant image what it would be like to lose a child.
That is the best reason for a number I could ever think of.

[310R_Dude]

Lyndon's number is 86. It used to be 89 the first year or so that he raced, which is the year he was born. He changed it to 86 to honor his sister (born in 86) who died of cancer. Pretty special I thought.
I knew Lyndon would not tell this story so I thought I would.

He told me that story... you are right, pretty special.

[klutchbuster400]

Mine is 22, somewhat of a mux between doug gust's 55, and Jeremiah jone's 2.
But the real story was that I was listening to the song Hustling while ordering the customized plate, and that part that repeats 22 a billion times came up,so I just went with that.

[SlowJoeRacing]

mine is 92 it was my birth year. my dads is 192 because he thought he was one faster than me but he is wrong that is what he gets for thinking that though

[CountryBoy]

Lyndon's number is 86. It used to be 89 the first year or so that he raced, which is the year he was born. He changed it to 86 to honor his sister (born in 86) who died of cancer. Pretty special I thought.
I knew Lyndon would not tell this story so I thought I would.

Sorry to hear about that. Never even knew Lydon had a sister.

[WOODY_450r]

i had 55 before but didnt like it so i switched to 411 cause its my bday and its pretty cool lol 

[sykolincoln]

mine is 13 becouse bad luck is better then no luck!

[predatorracer8]

mine is 8 because about 8 months to a year ago i had ocd and i remember when i had just started getting it my mom said the #4 in chinese was the number of death so i never use the number 4 for anything still to this day even though i have gotten rid of it. but i thought that if i did something that if i did that same thing over again it would cancel it out(i know its wierd) so i thought 4+4=8(get it 4 two times so the 4 would be canceled out) so thats how i got my number for quadscramble but in harescrambles it is 18(no reason)


jake

[Shawn]

Lyndon's number is 86. It used to be 89 the first year or so that he raced, which is the year he was born. He changed it to 86 to honor his sister (born in 86) who died of cancer. Pretty special I thought.
I knew Lyndon would not tell this story so I thought I would.

I too am sorry for your loss. Now I will pull for Lyndon even more than ever

[svtbolt04]

My number is my brothers birthday, August 23rd = 823. He passed away almost 4 years ago from diabetes.

[koh0001]

Since I'm always upside down... I  use 119 It's close to 911..lol



TBR,  Sorry for your loss..

[CountryBoy]

It alway seems like us racers are racin for someone. Whether it was a loss or maybe an injured rider. Thats what gives me the drive.   Cant wait to see u back on the bike alan.

[Mrs.Nightbreed]

Mike and I only had one quad for both of to race when I signed up to ride the first time. He wanted to run 36 because it was the number his dad had on his dirt track cars and all his jeeps when Mike was growing up. So when we got a second quad for him I kept racing the one with 36 on it and inherited the number. His dad passed away in 2005, now Mike changed his number back to it, so we are both running it.

[ScooterB]

The year I was born 63 and the last two numbers of my bikes ser.#

[TM Motorsports]

#25, because it was how old I was when I built the quad I use to race. No racing any more though. Some girl hit me on a 4 day old cbr1000 and I broke my feamer. WTF, o-well I guess I'll start helping others get to where I wanted to be.


TonyM.

[Mike99KFX]

Mine is #57.  It was my brothers number before he died.  He was 34 and killed in a car accident last year.  I still can't bear to throw a leg over the quad though.  It sits in my garage, I just can't do it. 

[fastrnrik]

Mine is #16. I used that number since my son was 16 months old when I started crashing.... errr.... I mean racing again.

[trx#9]

Mine is #57.  It was my brothers number before he died.  He was 34 and killed in a car accident last year.  I still can't bear to throw a leg over the quad though.  It sits in my garage, I just can't do it. 

I'm sorry for your lost bro, that sucks. I might not know you or your brother but I'm sure he would want you to go on. Give it a try I'm sure it would make him happy up there.

[racingbroke]

my number is (was) 19 because i was born on 9/19/94 at 9 o'clock and weighed 9.9lbs (yeah i was a big baby) i thought the nines were lucky

[#3 LTR450]

Back in the day 86,87 is when I first started racing and my favorite rider was GARY DENTON  and he was #3 so I just picked it and it has been my # in every thing I do, softball or whatever.

[TRX450R_Racer]

My new number is going to be 228 for todays date. Unfortunately my Father had a heart attack and past away today.

[trx#9]

Sorry for your loss bro.  Don't know what else to say thats some crappy news.

[TRX470r]

Frank my deepest condolences goes out to you and your family.

#8 has been my number ever since I was kid. Was my number for all my sports.

[yfz122]

Very sorry to hear that. I lost both my parents to heart attacks one year apart.



I showed up to my very first race without any numbers at all. Somebody gave me a number plate with 122 on it already. My birthday is 1/22/75 so i've been using that number ever since.

[TRX450R_Racer]

Thanks everyone. Today was definitely the worst day of my life.

[RAD 450r]

Sorry to hear that Frank, condolences out to you and your family

#28.....Dont know just have always liked it. Shows up in a alot of random places.

-Ironically Todays date
-Warrick Dunn's Football #, played for Tampa Bay for awhile and now for the Atlanta Falcons, great guy. Used to have his jersey in elementry school and thought it was the coolest thing.
-My City's Firetruck #
-A runway I was very farmiliar with, dads a pilot
- 2, second is the best
- 8, 2008, 08, My graduating year! and hopefully my best year ever.

[qt314nfla]

frank i'm so sorry to hear about your loss.  i can't imagine the pain you are dealing w/.  god wanted him to have his wings.  remember you'll get to be w/ him again later in life!

[gearhead400]

So sorry to hear that frank. 


#14, because 4 was taken. Also after i chose it i remembered its also kdub's # which is pretty cool.

[RTR_380/450R]

My brother is #9
I am #99
My dad is #999

We thought that it would be easier to just buy 9's and keep replacing them when we pressure wash them off.
Or when they fly off from the immense amount of speed that I have.

jt