Cool race car names!
We have a thread for witty slogans on race cars, now how about cool race cars names?! Back in the day, every car had a name, and they all meant something...and sometimes they even took a little thought!
You had the "Paddy Wagon", "Red Alert", "Herbie's Hugger", countless cars Novas used "Novacaine"...someone referenced "Makin' Bacon" in another thread! Let's hear 'em...!! |
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My all time favorite has to be "Grumpy's Toy",,,out here locally, we had Mike Rendell and his Ranchero in gas and altered called "Lil Boss Truck". I know I'm forgetting a lot of the div.6 guys......Danny Durham
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There was a group of us at Beaver Springs Dragway called the Looney Tunes Gang...
"Dust Devil" (my '74 Duster bracket car, featuring Taz) http://www.staginglight.com/motorspo...er_mt_park.jpg "Baaaad Intentions" (Tweety w/ an axe behind his back) http://www.staginglight.com/images/cars/jaurand.jpg And my all-time favorite, Will Leitch's "Ornery Cuss" with Yosemite Sam... http://www.beaversprings.com/05-20-07/index.104.jpg There were a lot of great names on bracket cars in the northeast... "Bristol Stomp", "Penny Pincher", "Money for Nothing", "Winner Beater"... Bud McNasby's "Somethin' Else" Omega... http://www.staginglight.com/photos/etfinals96/et7.jpg |
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Checkmate !...and Hatari...!
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Those were the day's when all the cool car's had names. My dragster is called Loose Cannon(A JUDGE GAVE ME THAT ONE).At Thompson there was two Camaro's owned by a husband and wife called Bewitched and the Warlock.
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One of the coolest still races, George Taylor's, .... Alco Hauler.
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Mr Warehime,
You have a PM .............Dave, |
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Dave, WOW! I didn't know about the private message board. I had 3 messages. These computer things are great.
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For what it's worth, I thought "Locomotion" would be cool for my car. I always liked the song, first by Little Eva in '62, Grand Funk RR in '74 and Kylie Minogue in the '80's. One definition I found for the word was "power of movement". Rather appropriate for a race car. So my 2 bracket Challengers and now my IHRA Dart Sport have carried the name.
http://www.dragracecentral.com/stori...ockingham9.jpg I didn't know Little Eva lived in Kinston, NC until she passed away just before the last time I raced there in 2003. Also had a dad bring his little girl over in the pits to see tha car at an IHRA national event in Stanton, MI because "Locomotion" was her favorite song in dance class! I won that weekend. But I'll never know if they saw it because it poured rain shortly after the last cars went down and I never saw them again. It wasn't until quite a while after I started using the name that I found out Bob Reed use to have the name on his cars also. A couple of other cars that come to mind are "Time Machine" and the late ET racer Billy Crews from Gainesville had "Cruz Control" on his cars. When I fist saw that as a rookie, I wondered if he was cheating using cruise control! lol |
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This is right up my alley! lol I raced from 1972 through 1995 and have seen hundreds of cars with names. Here's a few:
LOOSE CABOOSE DESPERADO THE LIMIT PSYCHOTIC REACTION SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER MOODY BLUES AGGRAVATION RENEGADE HUSTLER FOOLISH PLEASURE WAR HORSE RAT DADDY HAMMERIN' HEMI GOLDEN ROD EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE CUSTER'S LAST STAND TRAC MAN WASTED DAYS & WASTED NIGHTS MOTHER'S WORRY SPIRIT OF 62 HIGH TIMES SKY HIGH WEEKENDER CRACKER JACK PROUD REBEL INCREDIBLE HULK GREEN WEENIE POISON DART BUSTIN OUT CAR WARZ |
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I wish I was hundred percent sure on this, but I seem to remember a Gas class Vega called "Bad Lands Meany".Maybe you older Div.5 South Dakota guys could help me.
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My first attempt at a Stocker is called "Pipe Dream" Back when I was just getting into racing the ex-wife, decided enough was enough and told me "get this racing thing out of your system, you will never race at those Divisional and National events, so move on to something important, your racing is nothing but a pipe dream ! " Well, many years later, I finally finish the stocker with the pushing of my new wife of almost 10 years now, I tell her the story. She yells " That's it, that's what we will name it, PIPE DREAM" We were looking at pictures in the dragster deciding where to put the name, most of the pictures are of the front of the car. We decided put it on the front fender instead of the door or quarter panel, so if and when it shows up in print, the ex will see it.
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"mean buzzin half dozen" - inline 6 powered car
"voodoo blue" - real factory 440 dart raced at TRP Thompson "blue persuation" - blue cutlass at TRP "Godzilla" - Nick and Joanne's classic 55 chevy "Storm Warning" - First 1982 ProStock Camaro There are a few for you. |
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hombre
workless some memories never die |
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A few from up north:
Claude Losier's bracket Mopars - "Ribet", (green of course) George Levesque's Maverick - "Bead Breaker", (he owns tire shops) KP(I think) Bork's bracket Road Runner - "Scrumpdillyishus", (he ran a Dairy Queen) Jim Lindsay's stable - "Pepper Mill" Bert Strauss - "Chilly Willy" Wally Clark - "Wally Clark" (sorry buddy, just had to do that!!) |
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On one side of car Ma's grief, on the other side Pa's relief .
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My stocker is called," MY KID$ TUITION" compliments of my wife and the price of building the car from scratch. Should have bought one complete.
John Beasaw III F/CM 1096 |
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Around 1974 the 55 chevy Q/S record holder that I bought from Johnny Duzat was called "Instant Grits". Other cars around here in Div. 4 Hell's Hemi , Tuff N Nuff , Randy Heer's "Olds Spirit" , Weed Wagon , Panama Red , Hombre , War Wagon , Mr. Big Stuff , Grim Reeper , Amos Moses , Ricky Klarr's "Little Old Nova" and the man with the most cars with the same name Div. 2's Bob Dennis with his Banana cars.
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Back in the late 70's early 80's my dad's SS/AA Barracuda was called "the Carolina FLASH". I can only assume he barrowed that from Butch Leal.
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The Rev's Mopar wagon, "Class of 65".
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Rick Wolf's SS/FA 'Cuda... "Tempus Fugit"
my dad's '67 Sport Fury convertible... "blunt object" And how could I forget "Good Ol' Mr. Wilson" and "Good Ol' Charlie Brown" |
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Anyone remember from the defunct Dover Dragstrip in Wingdale NY?
Earthquake Lead Zeppelin Twistin Texan Real Thing Sunday's Child Russo's Rat Thumper NovaCain Super Pumpkin Trick Tank Plum Crazy Playmate Popeye Pied Piper |
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i have been racing for 15yrs and i have seen a few cool names out there like, MOMMAS WORRY, NOVACAINE, INNOVATION, or my favorite," daddy bought a race car now moms mad" i have a team of 6 drag racers that we like to call WICKED FAST RACE CARS, and soon this 67 chevelle might just be called DADDYS MONEY.....
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3 Cars in 3 years I earned this name before I drove Steins Teachers Pet
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How about a few from D3:
Compared to What... Silly Bear Tin Soldier Stayin' Alive I like that last one... |
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Saw this car at Bowling Green OUTHOUSE MOUSE ...
Hammer |
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Wayne. http://home.comcast.net/~hdhtjh/CHARLIE.jpg |
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I agree Mike Boyles 57 is cool,one of my earliest racing memories. The Asphalt Gambler was also a great name.First used by Robert Bowman and later Ricky James. The Daydreamer Corvette was also a favorite of mine. I am addicted to racing today because of watching these stick cars run. I miss Modified!!! Hope to see Charlie Brown in the winners circle soon!!!
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Rambunctious (Wayne Basham)
NovaCaine (Billy Hobbs) Short Circuit (Billy Hobbs) Renegade (Ronnie Baptiste) Proud Rebel (Sonny Elliot) Forget Hell (Jimmy Bradley) Blue Million (Larry Sexton) Last Million (Larry Sexton) Tuff e Nuff (Billy Downing) Pocket Rocket (Cotton Perry) Silly Bear (Dickie Ogles) SawDust (Alan Oakely) Just Polk n Along (Tom Polk) Reverend Mopar's Holy Roller (David Koopman) The Other Woman (Junior Crawford) |
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Jerry and Ray Daily
40 Chevy Coupe HEMI Powered B/MP DAILY DOUBLE Bill Stepp 66 Vette A/SP Lil' Red Riding Hood Curt Conway 56 Chevy D/G FILTHY 56 Bud Smart 68 Camaro C/G SUDDEN MOTION Mike Shapiro 66 Mustang C/MSP NOISE MAKER and Holbert and Myers 57 Nomad K or L Stock??? OPIUM EXPRESS MEDICINE MAN Garland Parsons 69 Camaro S/SN NORTHTOWN MISSLE Ron Puterbaugh driver.... Mike Randall 61 Pontiac O/S That Green Pontiac |
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My first trailered race car, a 4000# 63 Grand Prix "The Iron Warrior"
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Quarter Horse Green Horn Ault & James (an example where the real names were cool, not to mention their car(s) were bad *****...) |
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Michael ,You didn't mention that Rick Wolfe was a jeweler/ watchmaker. "Time Flies" |
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bet you div 2 guys will remember this one "Crunchy Chicken"
Mike |
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Bill Bagshaw's red, lightweight Corvette (as he explained the original reason for the name; everyone else took the other meaning): RedLight Bandit
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How about the Moneymaker SS/MA Mustang,
or John Hecks Purple Haze E/S Camaro? |
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how many of you old timers remember HEMI HANNAH a 1964 plymouth and the FUGITIVE a 1957 chevy, both raced in the mid sixtys by my brother Milton and i. that was back when Richard Petty ran the cuda.
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These were all my dads cars 69camaro B/MP,"peacemaker",63or64 aluminum front-end tempest "blue goose",63 Tempest Wagon "Grocery Getter"
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West Virginia Hillbilly- first as a 63 max wedge A/SA the SS/EA, and the WV Hillbilly II SS/AA Barracuda?
There was also the Steel City Wedge |
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"Poke ***" my son's high 12 sec (1/8 mi) VW bracket car.
Yep, theres a donkey on the door. |
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