2007-03-11 12:12:10 · 15 answers · asked by lampie 3 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ NASCAR
The team owner owns the car number, the driver owns the sponsorship, therefore, when Jarrett went with Michael Waltrip he took the UPS sponsorship with him, but the car number 88 stayed with Robert Yates Racing. The number 44 was available and Waltrip selected that as one of his car numbers for his new team.
2007-03-11 18:21:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Robert Yates Racing owns the #88. DJ does care what number, car, or even team he is racing for.. the 20 mil from Toyota and MWR is just his retirement plan. He has made a career out of driving around in the middle of the pack collecting sponsor money. When this is done, we will not have to see him anymore, except in the booth.
rubbin is racin
2007-03-12 06:54:58 · answer #2 · answered by T from Texas 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because Robert Yates Racing owns the #88.
2007-03-11 12:16:21 · answer #3 · answered by bigmac43212 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
New team ,new car.
Robert Yates Racing owns the rights to the 88 number.
2007-03-11 12:37:21 · answer #4 · answered by blakree 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cause robert yates owns the 88 car. Jarrett left yates.
2007-03-11 18:36:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So Dale Jarrett had changed to Robert Yates Racing to Michael Waltrip Racing. Ricky Rudd had replaced him, that's because he changed to UPS to Snickers.
2007-03-12 09:29:02 · answer #6 · answered by Destiny H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The car Number is owned by the team owner not the driver, He left his team to go and have a frustrating season driving Toyotas, only hired him because he could keep his sponsor and he has available Past Champions Provisionals he can use to get Toyota into a few races this year anyhow
2007-03-12 16:54:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
he changed race teams so he had to change his number yates owns the #88 and would not give that number to waltrip racing so they put #44 on the car
2007-03-11 14:28:57 · answer #8 · answered by Billy S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Changed rides. Some numbers are owned by the team, not the driver, so, by him leaving a certian team, he may not have been able to take the number with him. It has happened to a few drivers, Micheal Waltrip, Elliot Sadler, Casey Mears to name a few.
2007-03-11 14:11:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because he switched teams, from Robert Yates Racing team to Micheal Waltrip Racing and the 88 number wasn't going to go with him at all.....
2007-03-12 03:10:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋