From the time he made his NASCAR Cup Series debut in 2001 until ... seven-time Cup champion won't be using that signature number. The No. 48 still belongs to Hendrick Motorsports and driver ...

Jimmie Johnson is making his long-awaited return to NASCAR this week ... the inverse of that number. Alex Bowman took over Johnson's No. 48 car in 2020, so the legend's longtime number wasn ...

It would seem that Johnson’s 48 would be on the short ... make the artwork and design of the number their intellectual property, establishing a legacy. NASCAR is fine with that.

After Johnson retired from the full-time NASCAR competition at the end of the 2020 season, Alex Bowman, who had driven the #88 number car, switched to the #48 number, and has been driving it ever ...

"When you do have a problem, you are able to trace it back to a certain batch number or to a certain ... In many cases, the No. 48 engine is taken apart under NASCAR's watchful eye.

At first, he drove with the No. 88 on the doors of his NASCAR Chevy racer, before donning the No. 48 in 2021. He has guided the No. 48 Camaro to five victories since assuming the number ...

He hinted that a legacy number, an original JGR number, might just make a comeback soon! In NASCAR, just like in any other sport, numbers are strongly associated with teams and drivers.