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1990 Alan Kulwicki 7
- STOCK CAR RacersReunion. (Source: stockcar.racersreunion.com)
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Awhile ago, ‘Whale Otay, apparently it was several years
ago, as Holy Black Holes Batman! Alas, I was surfing le internetz as always in
pursuit of the next superlative No Fenders ‘BLOB story... When I came across a
poll taken upon whether or not Gran Primo Piloto’s should be allowed to keep
their preferred car number instead of having it dictated by the finishing order
of the participating F1 Constructors from the previous season...
As the topic isn’t new, as I know I’ve read similar topics
on Oil Pressure along with having touched upon numerology myself from
time-2-time...
Thus, I came across this long lost linkage casting adrift in
the No Fenders Wormhole Vortex when looking for ‘Somme-thun riveting to post
upon Ye ‘BLOB thingy in order to be able to try catching up upon the hours ‘N
hours of television waiting in thy queue after returning from Oregon - whilst your
humble scribe tries poondin’ away upon the keyboard without my stubby ‘lil
nucel’s getting’ in duh ways - as my brain seems to be in ADHD mode upon trying
to decide what story to tackle first?
AnyHoo, two current thought bubbles occurred from finding
this long lost gem. One, obviously Indy Cars most recent winner, thee Mayor ‘O
Hinchtown, aka James Hinchcliffe or simply ‘Hinch, who’s having truly a
breakout season, now having won his third race this year, car number is in homage
to the late, great ‘Kuhnaidiun driver Gilles Villeneuve, eh? As I’m not sure,
but seem to think that son Jacques also ran I-T in CART?
As ‘Hinch’s current form makes me think of another (CART)
racing driver who ultimately won an IndyCar championship after his immortal
Spin ‘N Win victory at Mother Speedway! As ‘Ol Hollywood, nee Danny Sullivan
scored an impressive three wins in his formative days as a Doug Shierson racing
driver whilst piloting the Domino’s pizza-mobile...
The second tiny thought bubble, did somebody say tiny
Bubbles? Oh Never Mind! As although he’s definitely NOT my first choice for
IndyCar champion, nevertheless you’ve gotta be impressed by the job current
Champ’ Ryan Hunter-Reay’s doing, right?
As I’m guessing that he could become the first defending
champion running the exalted No. 1 on his racecar to win consecutive titles
since Rick Mears did so back in the early 1980’s?
As I can only think of the last two consecutive title
winners being Sam ‘I AM Hornish, Jr. (2001-02) and El Zorro, nee Alex Zanardi;
(1997-98) who both ironically ran the No. 4, albeit not sure ‘bout Zanardi’s
’98 campaign, while Hornish kept the No. 4 plate in deference to Panther
Racing’s co-owner Jimmy ‘WHAH!
Harbaugh’s NFL jersey number...
OOPS! May be Gil de Ferran actually won consecutive Vanderbilt
Cups for The Captain (Roger Penske) wearing the No. 1 plate between 2000-01?
And for reasons unknown, whilst trying to find a decent
image of Hinch’s No. 27 the number seven of the late, great Alan Kulwicki
popped into mind - as I suppose IndyCar could have the best of both worlds by
having drivers keep their respective chosen numbers with the ability to run the
Numero Uno plate before reverting back to said number?
And BTW Randall, thy Moniker King; NO! I was an H-U-G-E
FAN of the No. 7 ‘Wayback in the Kulwicki Days long before Queen Danicker came
along! As who couldn’t be a fan of somebody who did Polish victory laps, eh? Although
I suppose Danica’s better looking, right? Hya!
