By David G. Firestone
A few years ago, I wrote a column discussing how the teams in the NASCAR Cup Series lean, and I’m going to revisit that. Number designs are an important detail in American auto racing, especially NASCAR, where the number is used on all of the merchandise sold to fans. The number is an identity for the driver and for the fans. While I was watching the Camping World RV Sales 301, for some reason, I noticed that the majority of the car number are slanted. As the race went on, I noticed that almost all of them were slanted towards the rear of the car on the driver side, as if being pushed back by the wind. Some were straight, and some were leaning towards the front.
I decided to look at all active Cup Series Teams that have raced, or tempted to race one race in 2026 season. All of these will be sorted by driver side door number. We start with the numbers leaning towards the rear:
Now we move on to teams that have perfectly straight numbers.:
Finally, we move to teas with numbers leaning towards the front:
Personally, I like the forward leaning numbers best, though straight numbers work well too, since they aren’t often used.
Now, this was a filler column, as I’m working on a project for next week that, while historical accurate, will also be a little controversial, See you then!
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