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October 26, 2005
In the News: Michael Waltrip (10/26)
So I'm listening to an interview on XM with Mike Brown, general manager of Bill Davis Racing in relation to BDR's release of Scott Wimmer and Claire B. Lang asked him whether they were going to have two full time teams in 2006. Brown says yes, that they will have the #22 Caterpillar as well as the #55 Napa, which spills the beans on a bit of news that many Michael Waltrip fans were waiting anxiously to know - what his car number will be next season. It was widely assumed that it would be #23 which BDR has used for their second car a few times this season. But Michael has previously mentioned a fondness for those double numbers and his cars at Michael Waltrip Racing are the #99 and #00. So it's not suprising that they would opt for #55.
There is a connection to the #23 though as 2+3=5. There's a lot of symbolism behind the #5 and it means many things in many cultures. But five is commonly associated with being the number of the center, as it is the center of the nine numbers. It is therefore symbolic of harmony and balance and is often used to symbolize the human body, order and perfection and sometimes the will of god. I couldn't possibly go through all the different things that five has come to symbolize and some I wouldn't want to mention anyway as in a few cultures it is an unlucky number. But in other cultures it is a good number and occassionally a lucky number. The center, harmony and perfection are themes that come up often so I'll go with those and say that 55 will be a good number for Michael.
There was also a brief mention that Best Western is going to hold an auction for a pizza party for 25 people with pizza delivered by Michael in his race car. All proceeds would benefit hurricane Kartrina victims. That sounds like something I might be interested in bidding on, though I'm sure it will go for far more money than I'm willing to bid but when I checked I can't find anything on it on the Best Western site or in their auction listings on Ebay but I'll have to keep an eye out for it. Gee, I wonder if the pizza Michael would be delivering would be Domino's?
Posted by silverdsl at October 26, 2005 10:40 PM