Cool race car names!

[RJ]

Originally Posted by Greg Reimer 7376

Wow.These are fun!! From Irwindale,Orange County, and Riverside from 1974-1988,I remember a red 65 GTO with a 427 and a tunnel ram of Paul Harris:Ponti-Rat, Pat Melendy's string of Plymouth Roadrunner bracket cars(he was the Bird Man),American Rikshaw from an earlier post, a yellow 69 Dodge-Poison Dart, a red Challenger called Live Bait, a whole lot of SBC 4 speed Camaros and Novas called Mighty Mouse,a rather rough 57 Chevy called Strictly Business, and in the early 80's,I had a 63 Chevy 409 called Rapid Transit. It was featured by Doug Marion in the March 84 Super Chevy, more recently I built a 68 Chevelle stocker that had a tendancy to corkscrew rather noticably as it pulled the left front wheel, I called it "Yank". I built another one and called it Yank II when I sold the first one to Tony Janes,after we upgraded the rear suspension, it tamed them down considerably, speaking of Tony, he and Marv Ripes had a 57 Chevy stocker called the Powerglide Prosecutor. He has a 4 door Chevelle today called the Powerglide Prosecutor II. We also have a red 68 Chevelle wagon O/SA car called "the Mule." It was originally supposed to be a test mule for various drive line combinations. Let's hear some more from those days in So Cal racing!!

Yeah Greg, I spent a lot of time at the County from 72 or so until it closed. i remember quite a few of those - and how about the Great White Knuckler 62 valiant, Lakacash 57 chevy, Cap'n Crunch 4 speed 56 chevy, Duster's Last Stand 71 duster gasser, Yankee Peddler 65 mustang, the Other Woman 66 nova, 2 Quarts a Day 62 plymouth stocker, Tin Indian pontiac, the Prehistoric Rat 409 el camino, Mr. Wedge 64plymouth ss/da - funniest thing about that one was what it said on the front fender - 426 cubic YARDS - LOL

[Greg Reimer 7376]

Originally Posted by RJ

Yeah Greg, I spent a lot of time at the County from 72 or so until it closed. i remember quite a few of those - and how about the Great White Knuckler 62 valiant, Lakacash 57 chevy, Cap'n Crunch 4 speed 56 chevy, Duster's Last Stand 71 duster gasser, Yankee Peddler 65 mustang, the Other Woman 66 nova, 2 Quarts a Day 62 plymouth stocker, Tin Indian pontiac, the Prehistoric Rat 409 el camino, Mr. Wedge 64plymouth ss/da - funniest thing about that one was what it said on the front fender - 426 cubic YARDS - LOL

I remember these!! These cars ran at both Irwindale and Oreange County then,some were still around at Riverside. This is a great look at some fine moments from the past!!

[Greg Reimer 7376]

Originally Posted by RJ

Yeah Greg, I spent a lot of time at the County from 72 or so until it closed. i remember quite a few of those - and how about the Great White Knuckler 62 valiant, Lakacash 57 chevy, Cap'n Crunch 4 speed 56 chevy, Duster's Last Stand 71 duster gasser, Yankee Peddler 65 mustang, the Other Woman 66 nova, 2 Quarts a Day 62 plymouth stocker, Tin Indian pontiac, the Prehistoric Rat 409 el camino, Mr. Wedge 64plymouth ss/da - funniest thing about that one was what it said on the front fender - 426 cubic YARDS - LOL

I remember these!! These cars ran at both Irwindale and Orange County then,some were still around at Riverside. This is a great look at some fine moments from the past!!How about a beautiful Chevelle called Indian Summer,as well as Art and Jan Petersen's Indian Uprising?

[Gary Smith]

Originally Posted by RJ

Yeah Greg, I spent a lot of time at the County from 72 or so until it closed. i remember quite a few of those - and how about the Great White Knuckler 62 valiant, Lakacash 57 chevy, Cap'n Crunch 4 speed 56 chevy, Duster's Last Stand 71 duster gasser, Yankee Peddler 65 mustang, the Other Woman 66 nova, 2 Quarts a Day 62 plymouth stocker, Tin Indian pontiac, the Prehistoric Rat 409 el camino, Mr. Wedge 64plymouth ss/da - funniest thing about that one was what it said on the front fender - 426 cubic YARDS - LOL

Hey, how about Jim Chevront's Just Another Cheap Thrill Anglia, Casey's MAD '55 Nomad, Clownin' Around '55 Chevy, Horseplay '65 Mustang, Hawaiian Style '68 Camaro, Vintage GTO '38 Pontiac, Kim Wright's "Wright-On" '70 Cuda, and a really cool '65 Chevelle wagon called Assassin Wagon from the high desert (LACR).

[Greg Reimer 7376]

Originally Posted by RJ

Yeah Greg, I spent a lot of time at the County from 72 or so until it closed. i remember quite a few of those - and how about the Great White Knuckler 62 valiant, Lakacash 57 chevy, Cap'n Crunch 4 speed 56 chevy, Duster's Last Stand 71 duster gasser, Yankee Peddler 65 mustang, the Other Woman 66 nova, 2 Quarts a Day 62 plymouth stocker, Tin Indian pontiac, the Prehistoric Rat 409 el camino, Mr. Wedge 64plymouth ss/da - funniest thing about that one was what it said on the front fender - 426 cubic YARDS - LOL

I raced last year at the new Irwindale 1/8th mile track in the Summit Series, and there was an orange 66 Nova there that shows up nearly every race. i was told that was the old Other Woman car from the 70's, and he drives it on the street. Probably not with the big block and the twin Dominators that I seem to remember.

[rawhide]

Originally Posted by BRIAN SEATE

Wicked Wanda-Blake Wiggins/ Dog gone Wagon-Steve McCreary/ Chevy Banker-Roanoke area racers/ High Plains Drifter-Hot Rod Feature/ Banzai-Chris Seate/ Mike Graham/ Mighty Mouse-Bob Stanley/ Killer Deuce- William Smith/ Too Much Fun- Mike Limer/ Page Seate/Party Time-Harold Denton/ Jim Ruth ... Charlie Brown of course/ Va. Hillbilly-Lones Combs/ Silly Bear-Dickie Ogles/ and my dads favorite The Asphalt Gambler-Robert Bowman-Ricky James.....almost forgot James Stoneman as Mighty Mouse as well.....Racers should name their cars..kind of exclusive to our deal.

One of the Chevy Bankers, Timmy Woods is in the late stages of cancer. If anyone knows him he may be grateful for a call before he leaves us. He is really a great guy. His number is 540-992-1997 and ask his wife Pam if he can talk.

[TOM KASCH]

On the trunk of our 68 camaro I had "IF" on it, from the kiplining poem

[67goingthing]

Went to my local track a couple years back and was blessed to see 3 Chevelle's at the same event. Rat-itude, Rat a Tat Tat, and Rat-ical. All 3 were painted like a bag of Halloween candy, thought I was going to throw up!

[Dago Red]

Anyone want to take a guess what I do?

[MattConte]

I once saw a small photo in 70s drag race mag of what I can remember, a mid 60s Chevelle Super Sport with the name:

RatS
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Do any of you remember this car? I always like that name. I figured that it had a Big Block.