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Jeff Gordon and the No. 46 car? The marriage that almost was

Published Jan. 7, 2015 5:24 p.m. ET

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That's 761 career starts in NASCAR's premier division, all with the same number. It turns out, however, that original plans actually called for Gordon to have another number: The No. 46.

Evernham's story goes that Gordon apparently was originally supposed to be assigned the 46 as his permanent number, but a licensing stipulation involving the No. 46 car driven by actor Tom Cruise in the 1990s hit movie "Days of Thunder" stood in the way of Gordon ever campaigning the number. So the No. 24 it was. And has been all these years.

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