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stellar drag racer, Snakes rival, former teammate
stellar drag racer, Snakes rival, former teammate
Names of race car drivers (or anyone else) that made you scratch your head......
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Kenny 'Bud King' Bernstein, FC & TF champion
dominated with Dale Armstrong as his CC, in FC & TF
dominated with Dale Armstrong as his CC, in FC & TF
Lee Shepard, 70's PS NHRA, great driver & a great man
had many talks with him in the pits, staging lanes
had many talks with him in the pits, staging lanes
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Okay, I'll play.
Who here has heard of Count Louis Zborowski. At 16 years old, one of the five richest humans on the planet. Astor family mother, polish aristocrat father. Inherited the equivalent of 1.3 BILLION pounds cash (todays value).... and seven acres of Manhattan, and several blocks of 5th Avenue.
Racing fanatic, built Aero engine race cars, all named Chitty Bang Bang (Really!)
Killed, driving in the 1924 Italian grand prix.
One of his cars morphed into Babs, land speed record holder, and killer of the first man to die, attempting to increase the LSR., John Parry Thomas.
Who here has heard of Count Louis Zborowski. At 16 years old, one of the five richest humans on the planet. Astor family mother, polish aristocrat father. Inherited the equivalent of 1.3 BILLION pounds cash (todays value).... and seven acres of Manhattan, and several blocks of 5th Avenue.
Racing fanatic, built Aero engine race cars, all named Chitty Bang Bang (Really!)
Killed, driving in the 1924 Italian grand prix.
One of his cars morphed into Babs, land speed record holder, and killer of the first man to die, attempting to increase the LSR., John Parry Thomas.
But do any of their names make you scratch your head??Don 'the Snake' Prudhomme, I love that guy (in a none sexual way)
one of the best drag racers ever, real racecars 'without doors'
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My mom worked for a lady named Mrs. Christmas, for a while.
Yep, first name Mary.
Yep, first name Mary.
But do any of their names make you scratch your head??
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Last race 2002. Died 2013 at the age of 71.
Different kind of racing back then, then what it's like today.
Heck, this video is 15 years old...
Dick Trickle, I always kinda wondered what the heck his folks were thinking when they gave him that name. Man I bet he took a lot of ribbing in school growing up!!
I was going to post the same name.
My Dad was a musician in the late 50s, early 60s. One of the bandmates was named Dick Dangler.
haywire 440
Full Speed Ahead
Bubba Wallace, sounds like a good ol’boy. He’s a jerk. Makes me scratch my head about how stupid he is.
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Parents should be more careful when they name their kid Richard. Right, RC?
Scotty Cannon early Pro-Mod his 'Killer Tomatoe' cars were always winners
fast M-fer's too
Jeff Brozovich (spell) early days of Pro-Mod, Lumina & 40 Ford IIRC
He ran with us in our Calif. Outlaw PS ***. before Pro-Mod took off
Bill Kuhlmann later 1980's - 1990's 1st ever PM/TS Sbc to go 200+ & 7 seconds
Mike Ashley Pro-Mod & later FC
always had a swoopy batmobile big winged bad *** PM, did well in FC too
his son Justin Ashley is racing T/F today, pretty damn good at it too
Jim Cyr lil' none guy from Concord did well,
he was our 1st Pres. of the C.O.PS.A.
Fritz Kaiser, NTF driver great wrench too
Al Bush (RIP) pilot of the Crazy Horse IHBA BFFB (blown fuel flat bottom)
too fast they eliminated the class
record holder still to this day (my neighbors Pet & Marlene, Fritz's parents owned the boats)
a great guy & friend, LACO firefighter lost his battle with prostate cancer
what a fun dude to be around too
I asked him one time how many boat he wrecked or sunk
he relpied "all of them,one point or another"
I once saw him get pitched out of the boat at like 180+
fast M-fer's too
Jeff Brozovich (spell) early days of Pro-Mod, Lumina & 40 Ford IIRC
He ran with us in our Calif. Outlaw PS ***. before Pro-Mod took off
Bill Kuhlmann later 1980's - 1990's 1st ever PM/TS Sbc to go 200+ & 7 seconds
Mike Ashley Pro-Mod & later FC
always had a swoopy batmobile big winged bad *** PM, did well in FC too
his son Justin Ashley is racing T/F today, pretty damn good at it too
Jim Cyr lil' none guy from Concord did well,
he was our 1st Pres. of the C.O.PS.A.
Fritz Kaiser, NTF driver great wrench too
Al Bush (RIP) pilot of the Crazy Horse IHBA BFFB (blown fuel flat bottom)
too fast they eliminated the class
record holder still to this day (my neighbors Pet & Marlene, Fritz's parents owned the boats)
a great guy & friend, LACO firefighter lost his battle with prostate cancer
what a fun dude to be around too
I asked him one time how many boat he wrecked or sunk
he relpied "all of them,one point or another"
I once saw him get pitched out of the boat at like 180+
Gary Ormsby, Lee beard was one of his CCs
Gary he was from Auburn, Ca area
met him really young, T/F champion
Gary he was from Auburn, Ca area
met him really young, T/F champion
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There was a PE teacher in my high school named Richard Head.
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Had a Chem teacher in high school Mr. Beader. (pronounced Bay der). Sometimes known as Master,.... as in Masterbeader.
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one of the Long Beach Gang
Joe Pisano (Uncle Joe) owner driver & founder of
JP1 Venolia rods & pistons,
partnered with his bros. Childs & Alberts rods rings bearings etc.
without their help (especially Uncle Joe)
I wouldn't have been able to race for about 1/2 of my time, early on
that's Uncle Joe with his back to the camera, tuning AA/G
Joe Pisano (Uncle Joe) owner driver & founder of
JP1 Venolia rods & pistons,
partnered with his bros. Childs & Alberts rods rings bearings etc.
without their help (especially Uncle Joe)
I wouldn't have been able to race for about 1/2 of my time, early on
that's Uncle Joe with his back to the camera, tuning AA/G
LOL!!!
every one of the Racecar drivers I mentioned
at one time or another made me scratch my head
said or did stuff, some I won't & couldn't mention
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