TAD nick names

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  1. Will Hanna

    Will Hanna We put the 'inside' in Top Alcohol
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    The TAFC thread has been so fun, how bout diggers? Not as many, but still a few good ones...

    Willard/Troy Buff - Golddigger
    Kent Nuckols - White Lightnin'
    Ricky Hanna - Sugar Valley Express
    Johnny Rouse - Dream Weaver
    Bill McCornack - Kentucky Thunder
    "Blue Thunder" - ?
    Allen Hartley - Double Vision
    Chuck Baird - Wildside
    Mike Kosky - American Flyer
    Rev. Eldon P. Slick - Spegetti Bender
    Gene Boul - Alky Mouse?
     
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  2. Will Hanna

    Will Hanna We put the 'inside' in Top Alcohol
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    more...

    David Wells- Plain Vanilla
    Baxter's - Jayhawker
    John Shoemaker - ?I should know this....
     
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  3. Hokes Racing

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    Matry Thacker---- Rapid Transit

    I know it should have been Marty Thacker---- Rapid Transit

    Lanny

    Dang hated to get that E-mail from the boss. Miss spell one word and he sends an e-mail Sorry marty
     
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  4. MCP RACER

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    Nick Names

    Jack Cambra - Quarter Bender
     
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  5. rpmhiperf

    rpmhiperf Blown Alcohol

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    too fun

    Al DaPozzo-Evil Spirit
     
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  6. TJTurner

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    John Shoemaker was the American Eagle

    Steve San Paolo drove the Spaghetti Bender for a number of years in the 70's and early 80's.

    Some more:

    Don Devault - Quarter Flash
    Joe Petro - Kamikaze
    John Speelman - Chicken Chokers
    Tony Zizzo - Avenger
    Lou Novotny - Rogue
    Ray Weaver - Black Bull
    Charlie Bauer - Night Fever
    John Samolyk - Pleasure Seekers
    Mike Kosky - American Flyer
    Dall Hall - Nutmegger
    Dan Nimmo - Kentucky Gambler
    Cliff Bozzelli - Boz Baby Express
    Chase Knight - Golden Gator (turbo car from FL)
    Dave DeAngelis - Public Enemy
    Bill Barney - The Broker
    Dave Hage - The Landlord

    The majority of the dragsters that I remember did not have nicknames whereas most of the FC's seemed to have them.

    Trivia Quiz - What was the nickname of the Nitro FC that Len Imbrogno drove in the early 80's? They match raced all over the middle US for awhile and did pretty well.
     
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  7. Will Hanna

    Will Hanna We put the 'inside' in Top Alcohol
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    how could i forget??

    How could I forget one of the most infamous TAD nicknames in class history, and arguably the best t-shirt out there...

    Len Cottrell's "Chicken Chokers"

    also Alan Bradshaw's "Back Attack"
    which reminds of Cory Mac's "Mac Attack" TAD
     
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  8. WADE RACING

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    OK, ELDON P. SLICK WAS NEVER A REVEREND AND HE NEVER EVER DROVE MARIO SAN PAULO's SPEGHETTI BENDER CAR......HE WAS THE PILOT OF THE " OVER THE BELT GANG " OF BOB MEYER , GARY SUMEK, AND PAUL SLICK.......THEY ALSO WON THE GRANDADDY OF THEM ALL, THE US NATIONALS WITH PAUL IN THE SEAT...................1986 ! GOD I MISS THOSE GUYS.
     
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  9. Woodchip

    Woodchip Top Alcohol Dragster

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    Scott Weney "Weekend Warrior"
    Paul Mauzy 'Blitzkrieg'
    Al Dapozzo originally evil spirit then renamed "The Spirit of Northbrook"
    Dennis Fredo "Fredo Bandito"
    Ken Winward 'Hindsight"
    Mark Niver 'Billit Bullet"
    Phil Phillips "Brewmaster"
    Carrol Bros "Texas whips" I remember as an orange A/Fuel car that eventually went Top Fuel
    Ron Zaverella 'Time Bandit"
    Bob Vojtila "Midnight Sun"
    Richard Boyd "Black Bull" (formerly the donovan powered frame up car owned by Samolyk and Alexander of the Pleasure Seekers)
    Joe Nowocinski "Warsaw Express" (I think this was the very last front engine car to compete also with a smallblock.)
    Jay Payne "Thunder slug"
    Rich McPhillips "Poverty Stricken" (a name from the days of his partner Peter Galen and his A/Altered)
    Frank Iattarelli "Wildfire"
    Alan Banome "Poor House Express"
    Jeanie Booz "Bitch 'N"
    Ken Perry "Iceman"
     
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  10. wkdivr

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    Lenny's t-shirts were always sought after, but the best (in my mind) t-shirts out there for awhile were Jim Head's "Give me Head till I'm dead" shirts.
     
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  11. wkdivr

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    Any one ever remember seeing Cambra do the quarter bending trick? I saw him do it at Indy, one year. Mighty impressive!
     
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  12. jw

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    Larry,
    Actually eldon did drive a car that was built for mario. it became the lenco special. We purchased that car in the early 90's.
     
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  13. T.Smith

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    "Centurion"
     
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  15. Dan Lynch

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    Actually this name goes back to Peter and Rich's days with TJ Rebert and the A/A...
     
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  16. Woodchip

    Woodchip Top Alcohol Dragster

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    Yeah I forgot TJ what a character he was.
     
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  17. tad2155

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    nicknames

    savage and swearingen original name for gkelly
    Bama Boy
     
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  18. Bob Kraemer

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    "John Shoemaker - ?I should know this...."

    American Eagle I think???? Wasn't there a AA/DA or BB/FC called the Red Barron

    Bob
     
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  19. Kevin Brown

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    Kevin Brown "Local Racer"
     
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  20. jw

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    David Fedorowich - The Foreigner
     
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