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Clubroom => Competition => Topic started by: jurado on October 03, 2011, 07:00:43 pm

Title: Why did Casey Stoner choose number 27 ?
Post by: jurado on October 03, 2011, 07:00:43 pm

Anyone knows ??

Title: Re: Why did Casey Stoner choose number 27 ?
Post by: mx250 on October 03, 2011, 07:08:22 pm

Quote from: jurado on October 03, 2011, 07:00:43 pm

Anyone knows ??

As far as I know it was the number allocated to him when he first went into MotoGP. I don't think it has any particular significance.

Title: Re: Why did Casey Stoner choose number 27 ?
Post by: JohnnyO on October 03, 2011, 08:05:53 pm

Casey has been using #27 since he first raced 125 GP's in 2002. Maybe it was his number in Dirt Track?

Title: Re: Why did Casey Stoner choose number 27 ?
Post by: tony27 on October 03, 2011, 08:29:50 pm

I seem to remember it was something to do with having the same manager as Danni Pedrosa when he started out, there was a third rider with his number in the sequence as well.
I stand to be corrected though

Title: Re: Why did Casey Stoner choose number 27 ?
Post by: supersenior 50 on October 03, 2011, 09:42:44 pm

Casey,s early DT number was I think 166

Title: Re: Why did Casey Stoner choose number 27 ?
Post by: Nathan S on October 03, 2011, 10:04:03 pm

My birthday.

True story.

Title: Re: Why did Casey Stoner choose number 27 ?
Post by: GMC on October 03, 2011, 10:52:20 pm

Quote from: Nathan S on October 03, 2011, 10:04:03 pm

My birthday.

True story.

Hmmm same here.

Title: Re: Why did Casey Stoner choose number 27 ?
Post by: oz555ktm on October 03, 2011, 10:58:04 pm

  Hay thats funny it my Birthday to

Title: Re: Why did Casey Stoner choose number 27 ?
Post by: gra1961 on October 04, 2011, 07:47:02 am

possibly when mick doohan started in gps in 89 he had 27 as he was caseys idol perhaps that is why he chose that number

Title: Re: Why did Casey Stoner choose number 27 ?
Post by: vmx42 on October 04, 2011, 07:52:28 am

…or maybe both Doohan and Stoner were Alan Jones fans?  ;)

Title: Re: Why did Casey Stoner choose number 27 ?
Post by: monaro308 on October 04, 2011, 10:48:53 am

I always had #11 in karting which was great and being a tightarse i only had to keep spare #1 stickers  :D
That changed when i did a CIK meeting in Geelong and an arsehole from NSW had #11 in my class as well and wouldn't
change it even though the hosting state driver (me)had the priviledge of using their registered number.

So i had to go buy 3 x #7 stickers because i couldn't be bothered argueing with the idiot.
He lovetapped me on the straight and my front wheel ripped his numbers on his side pod and you have to display your numbers
in all the races,so before the next race i could hear him asking around for #1 stickers as the parts van had run out of stickers.
As he came closer he was still asking the question and i yelled out "yeah,here are 2 #1's for ya!" and gave him 2 birdies ;D  ;D ;D ;D

Anyways....i think Stoner did mention years ago about Doohan having the number etc etc like gra1961 said

Title: Re: Why did Casey Stoner choose number 27 ?
Post by: STW996 on October 06, 2011, 06:18:06 pm

I think you will find the number was run in the Spanish 125 championship, note that Dani is 26, Tony Elias is 24 and both did that championship at the same time as Casey. Seems to work fine for him.

Title: Re: Why did Casey Stoner choose number 27 ?
Post by: allan hughes on October 06, 2011, 09:11:22 pm

WHEN CASEY RACED AT NORTH BRISBANE TITLES
HE WAS 166
27 WAS ALAN JONES RACE NUMBER