NASCAR to allow chrome numbers in 2022

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    NASCAR is set to allow teams the usage of chrome numbers beginning in 2022. It may not be a huge deal to most fans for the sport but opens some different options in the paint scheme design department.

Chrome numbers can be a cool element to a paint scheme, and they are an easy way to generate excitement about a particular car. The buzz over some of the cars with chrome numbers at the test last month proved that it was time for their return.

NASCAR originally banned the use of chrome numbers because of concerns about visibility and how well they contrast with the rest of the car. Now they’ll be allowed again, pending approval from the sanctioning body.

Whether this will be allowed in just the NASCAR Cup Series, or in all three of NASCAR's National Series, we just have to wait on the official approval status and whatever regulations teams will have to follow.