Car number revealed for Buescher’s JTG ride in 2017 – Nascar

JTG Daugherty Racing revealed the car number Monday for its new team and incoming driver Chris Buescher — No. 37.

The expanding operation — owned by Jodi and Tad Geschickter with former NBA star Brad Daugherty — tweeted out an image of the numerals Monday afternoon. The team had previously announced its two-car effort in NASCAR’s premier series for 2017, with Buescher named as the second driver Nov. 29 through an arrangement with Roush Fenway Racing.

The combination of numbers borrows from a pair of sources. The number 3 features the same typeface as the stylized numeral made famous by Richard Childress Racing, which shares a technical alliance with JTG Daugherty. The number 7 carries over from JTG Daugherty’s founding team, the No. 47 Chevrolet driven by AJ Allmendinger.

The BIG Reveal… You have been asking and guessing what car # @Chris_Buescher will be driving in 2017, it will be the #37. #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/WcLl3JWIv8

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JTG Daugherty Racing (@JTGRacing)
December 12, 2016

The No. 37 has not been used in NASCAR’s top division since the 2014 season, when multiple drivers campaigned a part-time entry for Tommy Baldwin Racing. The car number is credited with just one victory in 486 premier-series efforts — a win by NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Isaac on Columbia Speedway’s half-mile dirt track on April 18, 1968.