One thing I hadn’t considered with the switch from group 1 to group 5 is that my car number (#24) might already be reserved in group 5.

Fortunately, Colleen over at the region office sent me an e-mail alerting me to the conflict.  So I checked the permanent number list, and #24 is definitely taken by a Spec Miata driver that also races in ITA. And to make matters worse, for ’07, there were only four numbers unreserved in that group! So I’ve decided to switch to #22 to make sure that I get the same number all year long. It’s available for ’08 in both groups 1 and 5, so that if I want to run both groups, I should be able to get that number and not have to worry about temporary graphics.

NASA doesn’t track permanent numbers at all. But they require unique numbers per-class, not per-group like the SCCA. Must be tough for corner workers and timing & scoring, but I don’t make the rules! Since the classes I could run in NASA are all fairly small, I’ve got a pretty good chance of getting whatever number I choose.

The numbers on the hood were too big anyway, so now I have a good excuse to change them.

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