Until now, Gordon was probably the only driver among the all-time winners who had driven only one car number in the Cup Series. That's a broad statement, but only 192 of Richard Petty's 200 Cup wins came in the 43. He posted two wins in the 42 and six in the 41.
David Pearson is famous for driving the 17 and the 21, but he drove other numbers as well. Cale Yarborough produced only 55 of his 83 Cup wins in the No. 11 cars. Darrell Waltrip is known for 17, but he raced 88 and other numbers. Dale Earnhardt is famous for the 3, but he also drove the 2, the 8 and other numbers.
Rusty Wallace was a big winner in the 2 car, but he won the 1989 championship in the 27.
The 24 has a grand total of 93 victories, all by Gordon. No one else apparently has won driving the 24.
With Gordon going to the 88, this will leave Jimmie Johnson as the lone big-time winner to run one car number his entire career (48 in this case). Unless someone can think of another person as a one-car driver...
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