07 Rule Proposal - stolen idea

[Jeff]

bambam, I'm talking about the overall champions, not class champs.  Class champs would be too difficult to manage (as you indicated)

[Court Jester]

how about just a small sticker on the tail and or nose.
my chances of getting to that point are slim to none but i know i wouldn't want to change my number if i did. but it would be a great way to know who to watch.

[cardzilla]

There are a lot of people who consider their number to be sacred.  I'm a bit OCD, but I've always ridden #22 and my bikes are always yellow... superstitious, crazy, whatever you call it I would be keeping my number regardless of finishing position.

Your point is a good one for larger series where you race only in the class where your particular number plate was earned.  It doesn't really hold true when the top ten is spread over many classes.  Not to mention, if they were all in the same race I'm sure there'd be bike disparity that'd matter a lot more than the number on the bike.  One more (current count is probably one hundred) reason to have fewer classes.