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Maybe learn from NASCAR....Josh as a team owner should be able to keep the number...in the future he might hire a rider...but it would still be JH100 racing..saying the number range is "reserved" for euros or riders returning from injury is a cop out...The fact that they let him keep it so long should make it his if he wants it...What did he do to Piss off the AMA?
Fans connect to their favorite drivers via numbers, numbers stay with the team, not the driver
Perhaps no numbers are more meaningful to fans, though, as car numbers. It's how fans spot their favorite drivers on the track, and it instills a sense of loyalty. It's why you see so many Earnhardt fans still holding on to all those "3" shirts.
Those car numbers don't always last an entire career, however.
For example, before the 2013 season, Matt Kenseth had driven the No. 17 for Roush Fenway Racing in every race from 2000-2012 (466 total). When he moved to Joe Gibbs Racing, he did not take the No. 17 with him. Instead, he got in a car with a number already allotted to JGR -- the 20. From 2008-2012, both Tony Stewart and Joey Logano had driven that car.
The numbers aren't owned by teams, though. NASCAR owns all numbers and assigns them to car owners. The sanctioning body maintains the right to revoke or transfer any number at any time.
Because NASCAR owns the rights to all numbers, car owners cannot assign a number they do not have or transfer a number.
Teams can request specific numbers, and NASCAR works with teams and sponsors to try and meet those requests, when able. For example, Richard Petty Motorsports has the rights to the No. 43, which team owner Richard Petty made famous during his legendary NASCAR career.
The numbers NASCAR doles out are good for one year via an owners license; generally, teams are re-issued the same numbers from year to year, if requested. If multiple teams request the same number, the team submitting the first entry form would generally have their request granted, although full-time racing status may also be considered.
Is he taking his videographer Dirtshart with him? I can picture Monster chicks grinding up against Beefeaters now
Allow riders to pick their number (from the ones then "unearned"), but in order for them to keep it for the following year they must earn the right to maintain it (e.g., top xx in combined points, or score points in a certain number of events).
Seems to me like this would take care of the issue of riders squatting on a number, and also provides motivation for riders to earn their digits.
I hope there is something I am missing that makes this scheme (or something similar) impracticable, because the confusion justification seems bogus to me.
The Shop
But how would he market his team as 100 but race with the 57? Just thinking about the marketing strategy there...
I'm sure he's getting a good dollar amount to go to UK, but also gets to take a stand/stab at a system he sees some wrong in.
I have a feeling no matter where he goes (if he maintains the level of social exposure he's built over the last year and a half) he'll be just fine. I think it might actually help him as the next year will have an international (travel based) narrative... he'll be able to go all Ronnie Renner with his freeride videos, capture amazing freeride footage in other countries, and continue to build the persona based career his life has taken.
P.S. When my daughter is old enough to watch racing it will be a lot easier to explain why 800 is racing 5 in the beginning of the race than it is to explain why the AMA suddenly wants to take the #100 away from a guy who is finishing out the last years of his pro career.
Love how the AMA will make shit up on the spot, but is trying to stand behind the integrity of this number thing. Worry about the important stuff I guess...
Jesus
Take a stand Hanny, it's the principle of the thing.
There is a round 20 miles from me ., which I have usually gone to last minute if im not busy , its a good show, but 5 minute races , and not enough of them, plus Freestyle which im over 10 years ago mean its a bit short on race action for me.
It does seem to pull a lot of non moto folk in though , so fair play for that.
Hansen wont be getting rich of racing in the UK.
Pit Row
Considering Dean Wilson is always banging on about being a patriotic Brit I thought we'd see a glimpse of him riding over here too, or is it just the MXdN he's interested in?
And I do have an affinity for #214 (mine) and #174 (dad) but I am sure both of us would have loved to earn a two-digit national number. The 125 SX points didn't count in 1985 and I didn't get in the top twenty of any nationals, so I didn't get a number. So I went to college. Ron Tichenor's dad asked if I was going to renew #214 in '86 because Tichenor was turning pro and he was going places, wearing #214 as a kid, so I gave it up and headed to class.
I get why Hansen's frustrated but I don't get why he kept getting the number some years, that is on the AMA, but there's new people there now and they are tying to manage the numbers better. I also know that Josh was told by the AMA's Kevin Crowther before last season that he was letting him use #100 one more time but then he was going to have to take whatever number he earned for 2016, if he scored points. Not sure how that's "politics," but it is the rule. I do think he's going racing to England for more reasons than just his number, and that's England's gain. Just hope Tommy Searle doesn't show up, because I think he's got a lock on #100 over there.
DC
Edit: O.K., maybe a bit much on the harsh sarcasm, but really, I get the feeling he thinks he's entitled to that number, and here lately, with all the freeloaders in America who feel they're entitled has been rubbing me a bit raw. Seems folks today are forgetting that you get what you earn.
O.K., vent over. Carry on.
Back to geeking out - I see both sides, but not sure what UKAX is going to do to further Josh's "brand"? Surprised he hasn't been doing more of the Australia rounds in the off season, he seemed to like it out there and that series seems to have more credibility. Not to mention, UK at that time of year is a truly horrible place to be. hahaha. He basically wont be able to practice SX the whole time he's here. Even if there were SX tracks at an American standard, they would be flooded or frozen.
I do wish the racing would start though
Josh Hansen's number is no big deal -- a tempest in a teapot -- but it beats thinking about the world at large at this moment and the wicked days ahead for all of us.
DC
If Hansen races monster cup can he use 100?
http://racerxonline.com/2015/12/10/the-list-the-curious-cases-of-100
Any other numbers causing a fuss or confusion, let me know -- the off-season is almost over.
DC
Parker always come to mind when I seen the #100.
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