Not the first time, I believe.

There’s one time when he drove Ford late model for Bobby Hamilton’s team, which resembled the Petty Blue No.43.
However, the 4 was taped over to leave just the 3.

Edit: I would keep the MX-5 Cup cars to making appearances at short tracks, road courses, and street circuits for safety reasons. There have been some nasty crashes over the years but thankfully it’s been at speeds where the chance of serious harm is reduced. Those roll cages are built tough, but they were never meant to go faster than the Daytona Roval!

Theres in car of it on YouTube