Great racing names

There's Dick Trickle, Will Power and Guy Cosmo. Any other great racing names?

Ricky Bobby?

• Lee

My racing name is Ed Rodgers...at least that's what it says on my second hand fire suit.

Lake Speed

On a semi-related note, why should drag racing and NASCAR have all the cool nicknames: The Snake, Mongoose, Big Daddy, Silver Fox, Cha-Cha, Million Dollar Bill, Smoky, etc.

Ari Vatanen, Richard Burns. First one I just like the sound of and the second, well... Coo-Coo Marlin, Rayce Brown, Smokey Yunick, Shady Mc Whorter

Nicknames. Handsome harry gant...i think it has a lot to do with the people who watch dragracing and nascar they like nicknames most have them and the sponsors have a lot to do with it

Dick Trickle...

John Force..

Will power...

Most of mine are from F1:

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Divina Galica

Spider Webb (from the '50s) is my favorite.

I've always liked "Fangio". It just sounds menacing. The full version "Juan Manuel Fangio" not so much.

Harvey Mushman

Wasn't there a driver with last name 'D'eath'?

Floyd LIppincott Jr.

Tim Flock and Jocko Flocko.

Lightning McQueen

David S. Wallens wrote: On a semi-related note, why should drag racing and NASCAR have all the cool nicknames: The Snake, Mongoose, Big Daddy, Silver Fox, Cha-Cha, Million Dollar Bill, Smoky, etc.

Probably because those are predominantly American forms of motorsport, and we tend to focus on individual achievement and heavy self-promotion.

Just mulling things over out loud.

Black Jack Brahbam

erohslc wrote: Wasn't there a driver with last name 'D'eath'?

Tom D'eath

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_D%27Eath

Knew he was a hydroplane racer, had no idea he ran Super Vee and Midgets.

Ed Zachary?

Max Power?

Fireball Roberts

The King! 'Nough said! :D

Dick Passwater?

Duck Waddle?

Don "The Snake" Prudhomme

"Big Daddy" Don Garlits

Chris "The Golden Greek" Karamesines

"Jungle" Jim Liberman

"TV" Tommy Ivo

Max Venturi.