Where'd your number come from?

rhargrave431
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12/7/2017 4:19pm
431. I was helping someone change oil on their truck, and the filter was next to the headers. I burned my arm, and the part number had 431 on it, and it burnt into my arm.
12/7/2017 4:23pm
Was a big NASCAR fan back in the day, was a huge fan of the intimidator which made me a Harvick fan by default. Someone else had 329, so I ended up with 388 for father and son... Funny thing is, I haven't followed NASCAR ever since I started racing, it just isn't that exciting compared to moto!
moto804
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12/7/2017 4:33pm
804 - Wedding date Aug 4th 2001. She changed her last name figured I could change my number! We were supposed to go to Lorettas for our honeymoon but I broke my collarbone at the Regional in Kahoka MO.

Before that various numbers:
110 - handmedown bike from my brother who ran 410. Just took the 4 off and put on a 1.

109 - really looked up to a mechanic at my dad's shop that ran 107 and wanted something that looked closer to that.

105 - when moved up from C to B in 1994 109 was taken so D17 gave me 105.
917rider
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Hephzibah, GA US
12/7/2017 4:33pm
When I was a kid I wanted to be just like my dad , he was #7 so when I started racing he told me to pick a number but it couldn't be his, so I chose #9 after my first born started racing it was his turn to pick and it All lined up, 917 and that just so happens to be his birthday , he quit riding after injury so I took it after that

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motofool
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Sioux City, IA US
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12/7/2017 4:33pm
753 from the NMA for ponca national. Got it in 08 and just kept it after
jemcee
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12/7/2017 5:01pm
When I started on PWs the MA assigned me 210 so I just kept running it until seniors, then I wanted to run a 2 digit cause I was obviously way too factory to run a triple digit!
My brother made his number template he was 91 and said I could use one of his templates but he was only gonna make one more number so I thought 97 looked the coolest..
I was a bit injury prone with 97 so I decided all my bad luck was due to my odd number (as in 'not even' not 'weird')
So I went back to 210 then broke my neck.. So prob shoulda stuck with 97 haha
Bermworm
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12/7/2017 5:18pm
Was number 2 as a minicycle kid took a long hiatus from racing to have a life after teenagerdom then got back into it as a Vet 25 years later hence 252. Plus I ride a 250 2t so it works that way too.
TheWeapon
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12/7/2017 5:31pm
Awesome thread!! I love the stories behind peoples race numbers.

74 was the number assigned to me in my mini bike club when I first joined as a kid, and throughout the years I had various numbers depending on what I was racing at the time (and in Enduros, what class I was running).

I had about 10 years off racing, and recently got back into it, and now I run 874.... the 74 to bring back the passion I had for bikes when I was a kid, and 8 was my friend's race number who died of cancer when he was 18. I feel like carrying his number with me as a tribute also helps re-ignite my passion and remember all the great battles we had as kids
flopper12
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Chillicothe, OH US
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12/7/2017 5:49pm
12 was my soccer jersey # in High School. I graduated in 98 and was on the internet a lot at college, started messing with MX message boards and added my nickname to my #. A lot of racers in my area know me as Flop, and no one else really runs 12 consistently like I do.
RPM68
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DFW, TX US
12/7/2017 5:50pm
I always ran 608 for my b-day, then we bought to big of numbers that didn’t fit my TTR back in 2001, so I became 68. Run 168 always and forever but took 68 to LL.
sumdood
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San Clemente, CA US
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12/7/2017 6:09pm
This year 31. It means last year 30 guys spent more money than me.
tmizz181
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Temple, TX US
12/7/2017 6:34pm
Started with 804 at my first race with District 14 years ago. I was told you had to run your last three digits of you AMA card number. So 804 it was for many year, even after leaving District 14. After joining the Army over 20 years ago, I was assigned my first aircraft as a Chinook Flight Engineer and the last three numbers of the aircraft identifier was 181, had that number ever since.
Forty
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Saint Paul, MN US
12/7/2017 7:20pm
When I moved to A class the district gave me 40. I requested 34 or 8.
omalley
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Snohomish, WA US
12/7/2017 7:25pm
Before I started racing I put 45 on my bikes because Damon Bradshaw was my hero. When I started racing the CMC changed it to 45a. When the AMA took over here (WA), the last three of my AMA number was 975 so I’ve used that since. The only exception was the police and fire games in REno in 2010, where I was assigned 205.
Slaughter612s
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12/7/2017 7:51pm
I rarely post, but this is a cool thread. Like a lot of ppl, my number comes from my daughters birthday. 612. Cheers
12/7/2017 8:09pm
Birthday, July 26 - 726. When I had my AMA pro license 726 was always taken, so I was issued 482 (random) 526 (close to 726) and 789 (Month and birth year). I've since just gone back to 726.
JohnnyT_983
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Dalton, GA US
12/7/2017 8:16pm
I was working at a gym and told a buddy of mine whatever these energy drinks equal out to will be my race number. The total was 9.83 and it was done.
12/7/2017 8:33pm
The last 3 of my AMA number of course.Wink
Giygas
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LA US
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12/7/2017 9:24pm
21 was my football number isn't high school and college. I HATE the look of a three digit number on a number plate.
MelonFan123
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12/7/2017 10:53pm
My number? #123 after arguably the best moto movie of ALL TIME! duh.

Jack_Mehoff
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Golden, CO US
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59th
12/7/2017 10:56pm
58. Was my football number from 4th grade and we went to a couple championships so I stuck it on my bike when I started racing
Tonynz
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12/7/2017 11:35pm
My first ever number was 191, 37 years ago, was what I got allocated, from or organisation NZ ACU, as it was then,
Then ran 33 for awhile, the year I did our nationals back in 2000, got 21 then slowly fell down the order ran 58 for along time. Now 351 cause it is the name of my business Lighting 351. That is my MNZ national and vet number .
12/8/2017 12:09am
I don't race but as a "professionel practice rider" I choose #42 inspired from the book/movie "the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy". For me, dirtbikes and motorcycles in general are the answer to life. Wink
neverwas
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12/8/2017 12:29am
AMA district 36 gave me my number
12/8/2017 1:33am
I ran 92 because of my birth year when I started riding PW's. When I moved up from the B class to A in my 85 days #92 was however already taken. This was the time before pre printed number plates so with all the #9's laying around in the garage it was easiest to just turn it upside down, so I've had 62 since.
Paul333
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Virginia Beach, VA US
12/8/2017 4:55am
Last three of my AMA membership number - 226..
Goulding
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Newfoundland CA
12/8/2017 4:59am
My family had a friend that was paralyzed in a race back in 1992, his number was 41 I used his number as a tribute to him was my excuse when I was 10. The first time I went to a CMRC race they assigned me the number 147 and I ran that for a few years. After about 3 years of being 147 I looked at the calendar and seen that by birthday (February 10) is the 41st day of the year so back I am to 41.
DoubleA
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GB
12/8/2017 5:12am
Ate 60 nuggets at age 12/13, number has been 60 since

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