Hendrick Motorsports will not be able to purchase the No. 8 from Dale Earnhardt Inc., nor is DEI allowed to sell it to Hendrick or any other team.
NASCAR on Monday reiterated its long-standing policy that the sanctioning body owns and assigns all car numbers, and spokesman Ramsey Poston said a team cannot sell its car number to another team on its own accord.
“NASCAR owns the numbers and licenses them to teams on an annual basis,” Poston said. “A team may allow another team to use the number for that year pending NASCAR’s approval.” The numbers, however, are not for sale, Poston said.
Poston said each year a team submits numbers it wishes to use. If a team has been using that number, it is generally reissued. If a team chooses to relinquish the number, the number returns to NASCAR and it will assign it to another team that has requested it. NASCAR plays no role in why or how a team decides to no longer request a number’s use.
Asked if a team could make a financial arrangement with another team to encourage it to give up the use of a number, Poston said NASCAR would discourage such arrangements.
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ha, they can’t discourage a financial agreement they don’t know about.
What’s the old saying?, What goes on behind closed doors!
i hope nascar gets a cramp from flexin that big muscle of theres ..i am so sick of nascar ..every day it is something different.shut the f***k up and race and let the teams make those millon dollar decisions
So trade the #5 for the #8
you actually tihnk NASCARS not gonna step in and be like hey theresa were taking the 8 from u b/c it belongs with JR and its better for our sport and fans if he stays in it..yea they will..
hmm.. and they waited so long to tell us this because….
I didnt know how the process of numbers were distrubuted
but we’ve been talking about the selling and buying of the 8 for how long.
Nascar should have said something sooner about how the process worked
Kaydee, when Dale announced he was moving to Hendrick, NASCAR made light of the fact that they issue the numbers, and how they issue the numbers (on Dialed In with Claire B. Lang).
On another note, If enough stink is made (by the fans) than maybe NASCAR would issue the number to the new team with out any deals being made. Personally I don’t care what number he drives, or who he drives for, or what is on the side of the car it is the driver i pull for.
Nascar cant stop a deal being made that would have DEI give up its clame to use the #8 and if it becomes available hendrick can apply for it befor the season starts. What Nascar is saying is that they own the #8 so DEI cant just sell it to Hendrick and it be his the # has to be available for use and has to be applied for to use by a team
If I remember correctly didn’t Sr get the number 8 from another team the had the rights to it. The number 8 is known as Jr’s number and was his grandfathers number he should be able to use it.
does the drama ever end? i think they should just trade the 5 for the 8 thats fair i think
Dang! I shouldn’t have got that #8 tattoo after all!!
Kaydee… It was discussed, on here atleast, back a couple of weeks ago… The first paragraph is straight out of the elusive rule book and the second is the author of the article’s own commentary.
“20-3.11 of the rule book — (2) All NASCAR Nextel Cup Series car numbers are owned by and will be assigned by NASCAR for use by the car owner. Car numbers are not transferable or assignable by the car owner. Numbers on a car competing in the Series must correspond with the car owner’s license that is one file at NASCAR headquarters, unless otherwise authorized by NASCAR.
“Nope, NASCAR isn’t going to play this numbers game. If Hendrick and DEI come to an agreement, NASCAR most likely would agree to swap the numbers. If not, the sanctioning body could open up a can of worms by making the switch without everyone being on the same page.”
Well, can’t DEI choose to relinquish the number at the end of this season and then Hendrick request it?
If DEI, mainly Teresa, is willing to do that obviously.
Think of all the #8 Bud merch that will become obsolete once the transition has been made! Any word about Bud staying his primary sponser?
There is nothing to sell or swap…Nascar owns the numbers and assigns them to the teams.
Go JEFF gordan AND HMS
personally i think that jr should get different # so he can start fresh with HMS new team, new # get out from under shadow of DEI granted fans will have to buy new stuff but think of how fast the stuff will sell everybody will want to be 1st person to buy that die cast, hat etc
Wow, this is a bunch of crap and NASCAR Officials are really flexing their muscles here. This is rediculious. I hope something works out for Jr. to have the number eight with him. We will have to see with what is in the rule book and what happens with the number then I guess and lets all hope that NASCAR does the right thing!
Let Jr. keep his # 8–
Melling sold the number 9
Nascar should just let the deal go through as a last favor to Dale Sr since he wanted Jr to have the #8 and they owe him that much.
Well I’m not a Dale Jr fan, but I do think he deserves his number 8 to go with him to Hendrick team. So as Riki Rachtman would say….FREE THE EIGHT!!!!
more nascar drama!
so then let’s not make it such a
big dramatic affair and just listen to the
fans and do what’s right!
son of a biscuit eatter! let’s stop the drama queen
rituals
more nascar drama!
so then let’s not make it such a
big dramatic affair and just listen to the
fans and do what’s right!
son of a biscuit eatter! let’s stop the drama queen
rituals
What is best for NASCAR to to let the teams figure it out. The best thing would be a totally new number, and sell some new merchandise.
I’m not a Jr. fan but I think NASCAR should let Jr. keep the 8 for the sake of all those fans who got the #8 tatoos
Let jr. keep #8. Dale Sr. Wanted him to have it.
gee’s that was his granddad’s # 8 i think that by family and earnhardts hystory jr is owner of that car. i think they should let the fans decide to keep the 8 or not . hell with the contract let my man have his #8 ..does everyone agree
dale i am with you no matter what car you drive and what number you drive , you are my man i watch at ever race .his dad would want him to drive that 8 for him and his granddad so nascar hell with the contract let him keep it..
I am a HUGE Dale Jr fan and I feel he made the “#8″ what it is today and that this #
belongs in the family…..as said previously, his grandfather drove it and Dale Sr. gave
it to Dale Jr. To me Teresa is NOT A TRUE EARNHARDT, she is by name only and that can
be changed back to her maiden name…….Dale Jr IS AN EARNHARDT through and through
and NO ONE NOT EVEN TERESA can take that from him……I don’t know about anyone else
but I think she is a STIFF ASS WITCH with a B.
i think that its soo true teresa is not a real earnhardt i believe what no1dalejrfan4ever says its sooo true….shes only a earnhardt thru marriage thats it but otherwise shes not a earnhardt and i think that dale jr deserves 2 keep the car 8 that hes been drivin 4 all these years….its his dads company that he should stay in and all…i think the reason y he wants 2 leave his cuz his step mom is treatin him like hes not part of the family well he is a TRUE EARNHARDT NOT TERESA!!!dale we back u up on u keepin ur car!!! i am a major fan of him…..