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I don't know if a team is allowed to permanently "retire" a number. Perhaps if teams were allowed to retire numbers at will, Michael Waltrip would be driving

"The #4837 NAPA Chevy Monte Carlo".

When Richard Petty's #43 was "retired" it wasput away  for one season only. I understand what D.E.'s contribution to NASCAR was,  but as a person was his life worth more than Adam Petty, Kenny Irwin, Or Neil Bonnet?

Maybe I'm completely off-base on this, y'all don't kill me.

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Kenny Irwin's #42 was not retired. Felix Sabattus and Chip Gannassi own it, They are simply opting not to use it at this time.

It's my understanding that once a number is purchased by a team from NASCAR, it is theirs. I'm sure that NASCAR has some constraints on the purchase and use of team numbers (or we'd end up with huge numbers like I mentioned earlier), but I'm sure in a case like this, they give car owners some leeway.

This is just my best guess on this subject, any help out there?

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