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Mad Dash: Jeff Gordon wanted different car number than iconic 24 (NBC on Yahoo Sports)

Jeff Gordon has been a NASCAR legend for years, and yet we'd still never heard this random tidbit. It turns out that the iconic No. 24 that has become synonymous in the sport with Gordon isn't the number he wanted when he first broke into the series. Speaking at a promotional event this week, Gordon said there's one number he's always loved, but it wasn't available when he made the leap to the big time. FOX Sports has the details:

"When I was racing when I was younger, one of the cars that I had was No.