Car Name Memories
 

Brutus. Eastern Raider. Yankee Peddler. Strip Poker. Names from a period when the cars were the stars. Today, it’s more about the people than anything else, which is probably what it should be, but oh those names, they defined the car and the driver.

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Having come of age in the era of most race cars having names I toyed with a couple for my Willys , none that ever came to life
It took an offhand comment from a certain ProStock racer from Malvern to coin the
" Bullets to Spare " name that the Willys and now the Vette wear.
After breaking an engine [AMC back then] the first day of a Maple Grove divisional race I went home and thrashed an engine together out of whatever I had .
When I got back the next day ,I was pitted next to Paul Thimm and Kevin Robb . Jenkins was there with them and casually walked by my car and said, How many spare AMC bullets do you have ?
Bill's unwitting contribution to my racing program !

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I always liked: Quarter Pounder

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Darth Vega , Monzilla,

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Novamotion

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My GT3 championship car in1970 was a '69 Camaro Z28 called "FRIENDZ"

Ron

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Two of my favorites from my early days in Div 1's land of NED... Gus Puskas' "HEMILANE" and Mike Boyles' "Jersey Twister"

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Well, there's always Bullet and the G.M. Hustler. Both cars look a little different today...

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Sportsnationals stock Eliminator champion CORVAIR.....named Half-Fast....

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'Not Pink', 'Mixed Emotions', 'In The Red', 'Instant Replay'.

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"Sunday's Child"

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My Dad's 1968 Camaro he named Super Rat. 427 Big Block Car (so he claimed, is the story). He ran it in SS/EA, SS/DA & B/MP, . He ran this car at South Glens Falls Dragway in South Glens Falls New York back in the 70's. I have a certificate from the track showing it ran 10.97 in SS/EA. Quite fast for those times! I still remember the song on the radio the night he sold it as it was towed away down the driveway. I was only 10 years old at the time, but man, it sure had an impact on me.

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My departed friend Mike Bakers Camaro. "Coin Operated" RIP Mike.

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Div. 5 Stock racer Jim Burg had a couple cars named "All Dollars and no Sense" RIP Jimmy.

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I like cars with names.

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On the Rat theme, my dad's old car Big Daddy Rat, he also raced against Black Rat and Dynamic Rat which were both 1st gen Camaros. There was a Dodge Dart with a BBC named Rat Poison.

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You into early Vette's or something?? :cool:

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Don't forget Missiles!

Legendary Mopar Missile Pro Stock

Currently active in Div. 7:

Several California Missiles (Loge Family)

Motown Missile (Luneauk)

1/2 dozen Nevada Missiles in our Garage = Looks like Silo


I remember from Louisiana = Misguided Missile (Sid Bonnecarre
Aspen Wagon O/SA)

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"Daddy's Dollar" - Bobby Spirito F/G
"Precocious" - Nick Mazzeo/Steve Negrini B/SM

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Back in our Orange County and Riverside Raceway bracket racing days, I had a white '63 Chevy Bel Air 2dr post car named Rapid Transit. It had a 409 with an A-1 Powerglide, a 12 bolt out of a Chevelle, and 4.56 gears. It ran 12.20's on a not real good day, but with a little tuning and fudging, it went 11.91 at about 9 PM at the County one night. It was a pretty good 12.45-12.60 car at Riverside. It had been a race car since about 1968, and both wind wings had San Fernando Drag Strip winner stickers. I sold it to one of my best buddies in San Diego, he has a rather docile big W motor in it, and it goes 11.75 most of the time. He just is in the process of getting it painted Ermine White, and it's getting some new moldings and stuff to finish it up. Glad its still around! P.S. I still have the 409 engine out of it.

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Back in the day from Lebanon valley... carpet bagger.... little stinker ..little pollock... sickness.... master charged....mini brute....

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Bruce Sizemore ran H/MP with Preparation H


Stan

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Continuing the "RAT" theme, at Mission Raceway in the 70s, there was a 396 66 Chevelle with "Aristo-RAT" lettered on the doors. Other locals included "Suddenly", "Blue Heaven" Last Chance" "Sweet Revenge", "Street Kleaner", "Frantic Affair", "Kid Dyno Mite", "Catch 22", "Rapid Rickshaw", "Tantrum", "Infinity", "Green Mosquito", "Blue Bolt", "Gold Rush" and "Fido Wagon" , among many others. Even if you didn`t know who the owner or driver was, chances are the car name stuck in your head. Obviously some stuck in mine!

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Storm Warning, formerly Raul Vargas' Portugese Man-O-War
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Also from Lebanon Valley back in the 70's Vince Barletta's 62 A/MP Corvette drivin by Wes Nester, with an "All Aluminum" Reid Automotive 427 BBC called "The Plastic Rat"
Bob Ackermans E/G 67 Camaro "Lil Streaker"
Richie Adamitas 70 B/G Ford Maverick "Plum Loco"
and my 70 Chevelle SS "The Wild Armenian"

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Conn. Dragway in the 70`s....Orange Corvette 58 or so, M/P or Gas class( Yac would know)
"My Little Coffin"

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High Roller

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Color Me Gone, Patches, El Cheapo, Crispy Critter, Tricks Are For Kids, Coal Digger

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Jimmy was a great guy...and so was his buddy Terry Curkeet. My one and only trip to Brainerd resulted in a tear down . Terry tore my car down and assembled it for a fifth of whiskey. What a deal ? I was politely asked to never come back....LOL....inside joke there folks...The 66 wagon that Jimmy bought from Cal Method was named Financial Burden....After stock qualifying was completed Jimmy and crew would always stop at the first bar they saw....Those guys had a lot of fun. Lyn, thanks for the trip down memory lane....

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My close friend Alex D......MONEYMAKER......RIP, you are missed....

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Alex was one of the good ones.

When I was facing a 12+ Hour Kidney Cancer Surgery and likely
Death.....Alex encouraged me and told me I would get through it!

I sure wished I had got to know him more....But we lived on opposite
sides of world.

RIP

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"Color me Gone" is one of the best.

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My old pal, the late Zenon ("ZK") Kotelko in the C/SM Nite Rider in the near lane. I actually owned that car for awhile. I miss ZK a lot. He was a great character. I also miss Modified Eliminator a bunch too....

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Back in the day when folks worked on cars at home. 55 Chevy gasser called "The Backyard Bandit"

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So Jeff, did the GM part of the name mean Great Meadows Hustler since Ed ran out of that little village

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Not a car "name", but there was a wagon that ran at the old Houston track that I'll never forget. It had "SPONSORED BY WEAKLY SALARY" on the quarter panels.

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Yes sir!

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Just a little... :-)

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One of my favorites was "Endless Journey" on a mopar that used to run brackets at Englishtown owned by George Masebrook (spelling?) Haven't seen or heard of him in years, hope he is well.