Car Name Memories

[Mike Pearson]

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

[Lyn Smith]

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

[bigshow2966]

I like cars with names.

[Tim H]

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.

[MR DERBY CITY]

Originally Posted by Lyn Smith

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

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....

[Frank Castros]

"Color me Gone" is one of the best.

[Wayne Scraba]

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....

[thehazguy]

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

[Rory McNeil]

Originally Posted by Wayne Scraba

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....

Wayne, when was ZK racing this car? First time I ever seen him was at Mission in the mid 70s, but at that time he had a red 64 or 65 Chevelle , also called "Nite Rider". He came out to visit another transplanted Saskatchewan racer, Randy Swain. When he came out, another Sask. racer came with him, bringing along his AMX S/S car.

[Wayne Scraba]

Originally Posted by Rory McNeil

Wayne, when was ZK racing this car? First time I ever seen him was at Mission in the mid 70s, but at that time he had a red 64 or 65 Chevelle , also called "Nite Rider". He came out to visit another transplanted Saskatchewan racer, Randy Swain. When he came out, another Sask. racer came with him, bringing along his AMX S/S car.

Rory....I bought the Camaro as a roller from ZK in 1977 or so. ZK used the proceeds to go toward the purchase of the Chevelle. IIRC, that red Chevelle was actually the old Bodnarchuk and Woods car out of Manitoba...and at the time, it was truly bad to the bone (held the record multiple times - note the decklid in the photo below). ZK and Larry (the guy with the Super Stock AMX) both worked the counter at Midwest Automotive in Saskatoon, SK. Randy Swain did quite a bit of machining for me in the Seventies.

Al Bodnarchuk (who is on this site) can correct me if I'm wrong on the lineage of ZK's Chevelle.

First pic is of ZK under the Chevelle ("Nite Rider II"):

The next fuzzy Instamatic photo is of ZK racing Gary Waldner (aka "Waldo") heads up. Waldo's car was named "Mr. Magoo". It was a really nice car for the era:

Tons of ancient memories! Take care Rory....