Racer Nicknames

[Jimmy McKinley]

I'm TOTALLY shocked that not one of you has mentioned the Florida legend, "Tricky" Dickie Anderson.

Mark "Captain Sizzle" Malcuit
Spud Murphy
Buzz Buzby from the old Melbourne/Eau Gallie days
I saw one Tommy Duckworth mentioned; the nickname I remember was "Ducky".
Charles "Red" Farmer
Flyin' Bryan Wescott
Mike "Magic Shoes" McLaughlin
"Jaws" - ol' DW
"Ironhead" - ol' DE
"Million Dollar" Bill Elliott
Neil "Soapy" Castles
Big John Sears
Dewayne "Tiny" Lund (who was something 6'4" and well over 260 lbs...)
Jack "Do It" Hewitt
Doug "Moose" Hewitt
Chargin' Charlie Reagan, Glotzbach
Little Bud Moore (not the car owner)
Fast Freddie Lorenzen (or, the Golden Boy)/Freddie Harbach
Jumpin' Jack Johnson
Wild Bill Slater/Revard
ol' Pops, Curtis Turner
"The Rapid Roman" Richie Evans
Kenny Wallace - "Herman"
"Rusty" Wallace - whose first name is legally Russell
"Mr. September" Harry Gant
Oh - there's only ONE king of stock car racing in my mind, and as much as Brack was *that* much better'n Anderson some times (look up how many feature wins each has...), ol' Richard Petty hisself is the only KING I know in these here see-dans

Is there any driver, NASCAR or otherwise, that has a *good* nickname any more?

[jnyg23]

showtime Jimmy Blewett
Jack Cook. punky

[Osmosis Jones]

I hate nicknames.

Well, hate is too strong a word, I guess.
I just think they get too frivolous and hackneyed with them.

I believe nicknames should have to be well-earned over a career behind the wheel and not just tagged on to someone's name because some announcer blurbed it out over a PA system to try and liven up a dead show.

What's the greatest social faux pas a racer can make?
Standing at the driver's meeting with his nickname emblazoned on the sleeves of his driving suit and standing next to the guy with the same nickname........awkward moment........

[Winger]

It's so hard to give credibility to a man with the nick name of Osmosis Jones when he say's he hates nick names. LOL

Some of my favorites have been mentioned. (Jumping Jack, Magic Shoes, The Jet) So I'll try to touch on a few others I like.
Super CD Coville, many claim the CD stands for "Crash and Destroy"
Dangerous Dan the Stock Car Man, aka known as Dr. J, real name of Danny Johnson
"Air" Horton to commemorate his flying trip out of Talledega, or was it Atlanta?
AJ Slideways, for Alan Johnson
The Hurricane Steve Paine, Hurricane is one of those popular nicknames.
Mert "Socks" Hulbert
The "Franklin Flyer" Billy Decker
The Pink Panther, Chuck Akulis. one guy who could drive a pink car and win consistently. No one ever made fun of his car color.
Tim Fuller, The Empire Executioner
The Rapid Roman Richie Evans


All of these guys are from the North East and earned their names. Trying to think of some locals and can't really think of many. Locomotive and Magic Man have been mentioned. Ivedent Lloyd is "The Professor" and that name is definitely earned. Kyle Bronson I've seen called "The Killer" and Jeff Mathews is The Repo Man. Ah, I can't forget Christian "Cheddar" Augspurger.
Slammin Sammy Swindell

[Frasson118]

Craig "Cricket" Keel
The Blairsville Assasin, Jonathan Davenport
The Real Deal, Don O'Neal
Donald "Dutch" Hoag
Carl "Bugs" Stevens
The Monk, Lou Lazzaro
Roy "Buckshot" Jones
"Herk" Jim Hurtubise

[wre11]

Actually, Tommy Duckworth had a different name to those on his crew, "Oscar". Don't know why, but that's what they called him.
Also, he had a bunch of people named John on his crew, so they came up with nicknames. There has "Otter", Johnny "Jive", "Hog", and "Wienie".
There was also a really tall lady, and they called her, "Gonnie Goo Goo". She hated that, and I saw her jump up and snatch someone off the top of a big truck, after they called her that. She must of been 6' 5".

[wre11]

There is also:

"Rat" - Ron Regula
"Slideways" - Bob Regula
"Flip Flop" - Bill Flingos
"Speedy" Reeves
Mark "Cheater Man" Keeteman
"Big AL" - Alan Styers
Ted "The Wolfman" Vernon

I sometimes got called "Wolfman" because of my beard.

I called a few drivers "7 Up", because they "Never had it, and never will."

[fascar27]

Lated DE Sr.

Late Dale Earnhart Sr.#3 is he `Intiminator` or `interminator`. Forget which one.

DJ

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The lobster John Lobb
Schmuck Bettenhausen
Handsome Harry
The Onion Todd Bodine
The Malabar Missle Kenny Adams
Buckeye Bullet Dave Blaney
The tall cool one Dale Blaney
Buster" Auton
Kurt "ears" Busch
Duane "pancho" carter

[centralflarich]

From Western Pa. Bob"Mr. Invitational" Wearing & Ron "The Eagle" Pivosean.

[Jimmy McKinley]

Late Dale Earnhart Sr.#3 is he `Intiminator` or `interminator`. Forget which one.

DJ

That'd be...The "Intimidator" Some of them boys called 'im, Ol' Ironhead, too...

Winger, think I beat ya to Richie Evans

And backrow beat Jerry to Don O'Neal.

[OWM4]

I'm TOTALLY shocked that not one of you has mentioned the Florida legend, "Tricky" Dickie Anderson.

Mark "Captain Sizzle" Malcuit
Spud Murphy
Buzz Buzby from the old Melbourne/Eau Gallie days
I saw one Tommy Duckworth mentioned; the nickname I remember was "Ducky".
Charles "Red" Farmer
Flyin' Bryan Wescott
Mike "Magic Shoes" McLaughlin
"Jaws" - ol' DW
"Ironhead" - ol' DE
"Million Dollar" Bill Elliott
Neil "Soapy" Castles
Big John Sears
Dewayne "Tiny" Lund (who was something 6'4" and well over 260 lbs...)
Jack "Do It" Hewitt
Doug "Moose" Hewitt
Chargin' Charlie Reagan, Glotzbach
Little Bud Moore (not the car owner)
Fast Freddie Lorenzen (or, the Golden Boy)/Freddie Harbach
Jumpin' Jack Johnson
Wild Bill Slater/Revard
ol' Pops, Curtis Turner
"The Rapid Roman" Richie Evans
Kenny Wallace - "Herman"
"Rusty" Wallace - whose first name is legally Russell
"Mr. September" Harry Gant
Oh - there's only ONE king of stock car racing in my mind, and as much as Brack was *that* much better'n Anderson some times (look up how many feature wins each has...), ol' Richard Petty hisself is the only KING I know in these here see-dans

Is there any driver, NASCAR or otherwise, that has a *good* nickname any more?

I'm really enjoying reading these.. lol
Rick Anges calls me Dalton "Shake N' Bake" Baldwin.

[Jimmy McKinley]

So, besides Tony, does any other *current* NASCAR driver have a memorable or great nickname?

One I haven't seen mentioned yet - and one of NASCAR's earliest superstars - Glenn "Fireball" Roberts. Another one was Little Joe Weatherly. Interstingly enough, ol' Fireball didn't get his nickname from racing. He threw a mean fastball playing baseball

Weatherly was also known as "The Clown Prince" of racing because of his love for playing practical jokes on his buddies at the race track.

[Frasson118]

"Steady" Eddie Flemke
"3 Lane Wayne" Anderson.... From NY, not Wildwood
"White Lightning" Maynard Troyer
George "the Duke of" Kent
Leo "the Lion" Cleary
The "Flyin' Florist" Roger Treichler
Donald "Satch" Worley
"Mr. Modified" Ray Hendrick
"The Shillington Slingshot" Kenny Brightbill
Marcel "The Hammer" LaFrance
Danny "The Hammer" Martin Jr.
The Blue Goose, Dave Dunkin
Rene "The Champ" Charland
"Ole Bones" Dave Kneisel
"Big Red" Paul Putt
"Irish Jack" Murphy
"The White Knight" Dick Trickle
"The Blue Knight" Tom Reffner
"The Green Hornet" Ed Howe
"The Crescent Hillbilly" Pete Corey
Charles "Rat" Lane
Clifton "Coo Coo" Marlin... although I've recently seen a picture of him, where his car was lettered as "Co Co" Marlin.
"Black Jack"'Boggs
"The Long Cool One" Bob Pierce
"Slammin' Sammy" Swindell
"Canadian Blast" Davey Moore
"The Flyin' Milkman" Kenny Moore
"The Flyin' Potato Farmer" Merv Treichler
"Flyin' Bryan" Osgood
"The Ole Master" Frankie Schneider