Cool race car names!

[Stacie J. Ridings]

My Dad, Jerry Jennings had "Aggrivation" on his race cars for many years. It started with his Panel Wagon, then a 1960 Corvette, then the 1969 Camaro "Aggrivation Too". Yes, it was misspelled. It was that way when he bought his first car. The first car also had "Can you beleve a 283 ?". My Dad's traveling buddies called him "Mr. Aggrivation" on the CB radio. I bought my Camaro, Aug 1,1996, and went to Greer Dragway to do my first burn out. A long time racing friend said "Little Aggrivation has a car now". I liked it, and put "Li'l Aggravation" on the side of my car. I had to spell it correctly! Almost two years ago now, Dad bought his Grand Prix, and he put "Mr. Aggravation" back on it. Unfortunately, both cars have become an aggravation with breaking parts and just not working like they should.

[Bob Rice]

"Top Cat" Bobby Warren I/S '57 Chevy 210 hardtop
"Hot Shot" Bud Rowe J/S '69 Nova
"Scalp Hunter" Frank Sawyer D/S '68 Z/28 Camaro
"The Bandit" Larry Whitley G/SA '62 Dodge wagon
"The Mover" Bill Fodrey G/SA '62 Dodge wagon
"The Golden Chariot" Gerald Rouse K/S '57 Chevy wagon
"Jeopardy" George Duff I/S ?57 Chevy 150 sedan
?The Boozer? Mickey McGlawhorn I/S ?57 Chevy 210 hardtop ex ?Top Cat?
?The Intruder? David Broughton R/S ?59 Chevy 2 door sedan

[STK 1045]

Let's not leave out Herb Mccandless the original "Mr. 4 Speed", and Ronnie Sox who had alot of Pro Stockers named as "The Boss", and the Little Boss. Incedentally Herb and Ronnie were my boyhood heroes, while growing up, watching Drag Racing since I was 10 years old. Dandy Dick Landy worked the other side of the aisle for Dodge. Plus many many more. See ya at the races, Frank Hamer Jr.

[herbjr]

Originally Posted by STK 1045

Let's not leave out Herb Mccandless the original "Mr. 4 Speed", and Ronnie Sox who had alot of Pro Stockers named as "The Boss", and the Little Boss. Incedentally Herb and Ronnie were my boyhood heroes, while growing up, watching Drag Racing since I was 10 years old. Dandy Dick Landy worked the other side of the aisle for Dodge. Plus many many more. See ya at the races, Frank Hamer Jr.

My dad used that name on his 65 hemi car, his 67 car and his 68 dart. A man by the name of John Moore gave him that name when he drove a CHEBBY Nomad wagon in 64.


Herb Jr

[Scotty D]

ok guys what about granny goose or the lemon wedge or as dick butler said wrecking crew which actually was your ss/c class winner at the 1984-1985 gatornationals. its a current make over of an old name and car from 30years ago.

[Bunkster]

Columbus, Ohio...Bob Kempshaw (sp?)... very beautiful and competitive Modified Production 55 Nomad... "Papa Bear".

I believe Bob was a fatality in a trucking accident in the early seventies.

[Dave Wolfe]

Joe Alsippi,41Plymouth Iron Pilgram, Cecil Petty,65 Dodge Mopar Mastadon

[Isaac Zane]

I kinda like my uncle name for his Opel GT. "Wind Of Change" Which was rather appropriate considering he changed from a small block 69 Camaro to the Buick V6 powered Opel GT. An alternate name for this car might have been "A Gallon Of Go" as this was a 3.8 litre engine which everyone knows that 3.8 L = 1 gallon.

Rich Oakes' "Resurrection" He is currently on number 3. He had 57 Chevy named the "Green Onion" before that, with of course, a big block.

"Gorilla Milk", 57 Chevy that was white.

How about the "Screamin' Yellow Zonker" modified production VW??

East Coast Mazda of Al McEachern named the "Rotary Rattler".

Chip Banney's gasser the "Dancing Bear".

[Mike Bassin]

How about going way back to the early sixties at 75-80 drag-o-way in Maryland.
Bob Luck 57 Chevy F.I. car "Little Terror"
Bill Riddle 61 Ford 39f0 car "Mr X"
Glenn Rennie 61 Pontiac Catalina tri power car "Snort"
Dennis Durban 57 Chevy "Sea Dog" and later a Z-28 "Sea Terror"
Hubert Buttry with Ivan Jordan driving 62 red metal flake 409 "Rompin Redskin"
Leon Miranian 58 Chevy Bel Air :Fuel Injected Banana" and later 65 Impala "Armenian Rug Beater"
Malcom Durham 63 Z-11 Chevy "Strip Blazer"
Sam Pannuty 55 Chevy Gasser "Poor Boy"
Robbie Edwards 63 Max Wedge Dodge "Mr Dependable"
Fred Leigh 63 Max Wedge Plymouth "Mr Buttons"
Bud Faubel 63 Max Wedge Dodge "The Honker"

Lots more, will add more if I can rember them!

Track announcer, Mike Bassin

[Michael Beard]

And in an aside for Michael Beard, I just rememberd that Patches was lettered with self-adhesive shelf paper. This was in the mid-sixties. What a pioneer, huh?

My uncle was an art teacher, and he taught me that trick. I lettered about a half a dozen cars with Con-Tac paper. I'd sketch the design out on the Con-Tac paper in pencil, spray paint it the main color(s) with those little cans of Testor hobby paint, then hand paint or airbrush details onto them. Then I had to cut the design out with scissors. Application was a tough process! It actually worked really good in the beginning, but after a few years, the quality of the material and the adhesive dropped significantly.

That's how I originally did my "Dust Devil II", along with "Miss Misery", "Turn Me Loose", and a few other cars that ran at Beaver Springs.


This photo was from shortly after I finally got brave enough to hand paint and airbrush the "Dust Devil" and the Taz directly on the door for the first time.