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As I understand it, it is customary in car racing for each car in a race to show a different number, always 1 or 2 digits, such as the "5" on the car at right.
No matter whether the numbers are painted on, or are wraps, it seems as though changing them would involve a fair amount of work. And notice how in the photo the advertisements are close enough to the number "5" that a 2-digit number wouldn't fit. Also, I have the impression I've heard of race-car drivers who have particular numbers associated with them, though I'm not sure about that.
So who does assign the numbers? And are there any rules that say that this car entering a race can keep the number "5" that it already has on it, and therefore that car also showing a "5" will have to change it, or that sort of thing? -- 76.71.6.254 ( talk) 23:07, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
Thanks, folks. That seems to cover it, at least for those organizations. For Formula 1, the wording "selects by ballot" is odd; I suppose it's a translation error for "selects by lot". But although the /en/ in the Formula 1 URL suggests that English is only one of two or more languages provided on the web site, it won't show me any others to check on it. -- 76.71.6.254 ( talk) 01:33, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
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As I understand it, it is customary in car racing for each car in a race to show a different number, always 1 or 2 digits, such as the "5" on the car at right.
No matter whether the numbers are painted on, or are wraps, it seems as though changing them would involve a fair amount of work. And notice how in the photo the advertisements are close enough to the number "5" that a 2-digit number wouldn't fit. Also, I have the impression I've heard of race-car drivers who have particular numbers associated with them, though I'm not sure about that.
So who does assign the numbers? And are there any rules that say that this car entering a race can keep the number "5" that it already has on it, and therefore that car also showing a "5" will have to change it, or that sort of thing? -- 76.71.6.254 ( talk) 23:07, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
Thanks, folks. That seems to cover it, at least for those organizations. For Formula 1, the wording "selects by ballot" is odd; I suppose it's a translation error for "selects by lot". But although the /en/ in the Formula 1 URL suggests that English is only one of two or more languages provided on the web site, it won't show me any others to check on it. -- 76.71.6.254 ( talk) 01:33, 3 April 2017 (UTC)