Cool race car names! - Page 17

Greg Barsamian · 02-21-2009, 08:53 AM

The 62 Corvette that Ryan & John Ondrejko currently campain was Vince Barletta's A/MP "Plastic Rat"
Partner & I had a G/Gas 68 Camaro call "Lil Streaker"
My "70'" Chevelle SS was "The Wild Armenian"
G

02-21-2009, 09:17 AM

Division 1 pro stock campaigner in the 70's Larry Sengstack had 2 cars a 1970 Maverick with a 427 SOHC called Jersey Rattler. He also had Bob Glidden's 1970 Mustang prostocker called American Flyer.

impstocker · 02-21-2009, 09:28 AM

Pat Hennebery's 68 Camaro in the 70's Div 1 when he ran the 6 in H/MP

"Six Fiend"

impstocker · 02-21-2009, 09:35 AM

Also Jimi Vignogna's 62 Dart wagon Stocker still with the same name it had in the sixties

"Behemoth"

I am playing around with naming my 68 Impala Stocker "Bowtie Behemoth" Jimi and I are friends and he supports the idea!

Will Lamprecht H I/S 68 Impala

John Warehime · 02-21-2009, 10:04 AM

"Passionate Poncho" was a 57 Pontiac raced by Jack Thropp. I think it was a 347 with Rochester injection.

Stockerstang · 02-21-2009, 10:13 AM

For all the music fans out there there was a AA/FC called Forever young (Dylan?) Also, a long time ago...early 70's a 55? Chev wagon called Magic Bus ala The Who.

68camaroSS · 02-21-2009, 10:32 AM

I am one of those old timers that had the name Psych-Out on my 69 big block Nova when I first started racing back at Detroit Dragway in the 70's. I picked the name partly to denote the psychological, or the mental attribute of racing, and partly because it was a catchy name. After being absence from racing for many years, I just carried over the name to the new car I built about 4 years ago, a 68 Camaro. About everyone had names on their cars back then, don't know why people got away from it. Spectators would not likely remember the name of racers so much, but would remember your car name and root for their favorite.

TOM KASCH · 02-21-2009, 11:11 AM

On the trunk of our 68 camaro I had "IF" on it, from the kiplining poem

BRIAN SEATE · 02-21-2009, 11:22 AM

Wicked Wanda-Blake Wiggins/ Dog gone Wagon-Steve McCreary/ Chevy Banker-Roanoke area racers/ High Plains Drifter-Hot Rod Feature/ Banzai-Chris Seate/ Mike Graham/ Mighty Mouse-Bob Stanley/ Killer Deuce- William Smith/ Too Much Fun- Mike Limer/ Page Seate/Party Time-Harold Denton/ Jim Ruth ... Charlie Brown of course/ Va. Hillbilly-Lones Combs/ Silly Bear-Dickie Ogles/ and my dads favorite The Asphalt Gambler-Robert Bowman-Ricky James.....almost forgot James Stoneman as Mighty Mouse as well.....Racers should name their cars..kind of exclusive to our deal.

Greg Reimer 7376 · 02-21-2009, 11:57 AM

Wow.These are fun!! From Irwindale,Orange County, and Riverside from 1974-1988,I remember a red 65 GTO with a 427 and a tunnel ram of Paul Harris:Ponti-Rat, Pat Melendy's string of Plymouth Roadrunner bracket cars(he was the Bird Man),American Rikshaw from an earlier post, a yellow 69 Dodge-Poison Dart, a red Challenger called Live Bait, a whole lot of SBC 4 speed Camaros and Novas called Mighty Mouse,a rather rough 57 Chevy called Strictly Business, and in the early 80's,I had a 63 Chevy 409 called Rapid Transit. It was featured by Doug Marion in the March 84 Super Chevy, more recently I built a 68 Chevelle stocker that had a tendancy to corkscrew rather noticably as it pulled the left front wheel, I called it "Yank". I built another one and called it Yank II when I sold the first one to Tony Janes,after we upgraded the rear suspension, it tamed them down considerably, speaking of Tony, he and Marv Ripes had a 57 Chevy stocker called the Powerglide Prosecutor. He has a 4 door Chevelle today called the Powerglide Prosecutor II. We also have a red 68 Chevelle wagon O/SA car called "the Mule." It was originally supposed to be a test mule for various drive line combinations. Let's hear some more from those days in So Cal racing!!

02-21-2009, 08:53 AM	#161
Greg Barsamian VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Central Massachusetts Posts: 1,398 Likes: 713 Liked 410 Times in 94 Posts	Re: Cool race car names! The 62 Corvette that Ryan & John Ondrejko currently campain was Vince Barletta's A/MP "Plastic Rat" Partner & I had a G/Gas 68 Camaro call "Lil Streaker" My "70'" Chevelle SS was "The Wild Armenian" G

02-21-2009, 09:17 AM	#162
Todd Hoven Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Cool race car names! Division 1 pro stock campaigner in the 70's Larry Sengstack had 2 cars a 1970 Maverick with a 427 SOHC called Jersey Rattler. He also had Bob Glidden's 1970 Mustang prostocker called American Flyer.

02-21-2009, 09:28 AM	#163
impstocker Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Wingdale, NY Posts: 302 Likes: 27 Liked 53 Times in 16 Posts	Re: Cool race car names! Pat Hennebery's 68 Camaro in the 70's Div 1 when he ran the 6 in H/MP "Six Fiend"

02-21-2009, 09:35 AM	#164
impstocker Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Wingdale, NY Posts: 302 Likes: 27 Liked 53 Times in 16 Posts	Re: Cool race car names! Also Jimi Vignogna's 62 Dart wagon Stocker still with the same name it had in the sixties "Behemoth" I am playing around with naming my 68 Impala Stocker "Bowtie Behemoth" Jimi and I are friends and he supports the idea! Will Lamprecht H I/S 68 Impala

02-21-2009, 10:04 AM	#165
John Warehime Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 291 Likes: 0 Liked 2 Times in 1 Post	Re: Cool race car names! "Passionate Poncho" was a 57 Pontiac raced by Jack Thropp. I think it was a 347 with Rochester injection.

02-21-2009, 10:13 AM	#166
Stockerstang Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 210 Likes: 0 Liked 20 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Cool race car names! For all the music fans out there there was a AA/FC called Forever young (Dylan?) Also, a long time ago...early 70's a 55? Chev wagon called Magic Bus ala The Who.

02-21-2009, 10:32 AM	#167
68camaroSS Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: columbia TN Posts: 88 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Cool race car names! I am one of those old timers that had the name Psych-Out on my 69 big block Nova when I first started racing back at Detroit Dragway in the 70's. I picked the name partly to denote the psychological, or the mental attribute of racing, and partly because it was a catchy name. After being absence from racing for many years, I just carried over the name to the new car I built about 4 years ago, a 68 Camaro. About everyone had names on their cars back then, don't know why people got away from it. Spectators would not likely remember the name of racers so much, but would remember your car name and root for their favorite. Attached Thumbnails

02-21-2009, 11:11 AM	#168
TOM KASCH VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: TOLEDO,OHIO Posts: 1,735 Likes: 0 Liked 241 Times in 100 Posts	Re: Cool race car names! On the trunk of our 68 camaro I had "IF" on it, from the kiplining poem Attached Thumbnails

02-21-2009, 11:22 AM	#169
BRIAN SEATE Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 177 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Cool race car names! Wicked Wanda-Blake Wiggins/ Dog gone Wagon-Steve McCreary/ Chevy Banker-Roanoke area racers/ High Plains Drifter-Hot Rod Feature/ Banzai-Chris Seate/ Mike Graham/ Mighty Mouse-Bob Stanley/ Killer Deuce- William Smith/ Too Much Fun- Mike Limer/ Page Seate/Party Time-Harold Denton/ Jim Ruth ... Charlie Brown of course/ Va. Hillbilly-Lones Combs/ Silly Bear-Dickie Ogles/ and my dads favorite The Asphalt Gambler-Robert Bowman-Ricky James.....almost forgot James Stoneman as Mighty Mouse as well.....Racers should name their cars..kind of exclusive to our deal.

02-21-2009, 11:57 AM	#170
Greg Reimer 7376 VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Glendora,Calif. Posts: 1,135 Likes: 172 Liked 704 Times in 218 Posts	Re: Cool race car names! Wow.These are fun!! From Irwindale,Orange County, and Riverside from 1974-1988,I remember a red 65 GTO with a 427 and a tunnel ram of Paul Harris:Ponti-Rat, Pat Melendy's string of Plymouth Roadrunner bracket cars(he was the Bird Man),American Rikshaw from an earlier post, a yellow 69 Dodge-Poison Dart, a red Challenger called Live Bait, a whole lot of SBC 4 speed Camaros and Novas called Mighty Mouse,a rather rough 57 Chevy called Strictly Business, and in the early 80's,I had a 63 Chevy 409 called Rapid Transit. It was featured by Doug Marion in the March 84 Super Chevy, more recently I built a 68 Chevelle stocker that had a tendancy to corkscrew rather noticably as it pulled the left front wheel, I called it "Yank". I built another one and called it Yank II when I sold the first one to Tony Janes,after we upgraded the rear suspension, it tamed them down considerably, speaking of Tony, he and Marv Ripes had a 57 Chevy stocker called the Powerglide Prosecutor. He has a 4 door Chevelle today called the Powerglide Prosecutor II. We also have a red 68 Chevelle wagon O/SA car called "the Mule." It was originally supposed to be a test mule for various drive line combinations. Let's hear some more from those days in So Cal racing!!