The (nick)name game.

I just had to take a moment to congratulate Daron "The Modern Day Cowboy" Clayton on the best nickname in open wheel racing today. At least it's my favorite. The photo to the left was taken by Gregg Obst (www.greggobst.com) while Clayton was running the ASCS/Sprint Bandit show at Nebraska's I-80 Speedway in August 2006.
That got me thinking about some other good nicknames that I've seen over the years. In addition to Clayton's I can think of the following:



AJ Foyt "Super Tex"
Jim "Hercules" Hurtubise
Roger Penske "The Captain"
"Cowboy" Cole Carter
Shane "The Throttle" Cottle
Tony Stewart "Smoke" (He also ran the Chili Bowl a few years back under the moniker "Smoke Johnson")
Damion "The Demon" Gardner
Trish "The Dish" Dover
"Super" Rickie Gaunt
Ron "The Flying Shoe" Shuman
Steve Kinser "The King"
Danny "The Dude" Lasoski
Terry "T-Mac" McCarl
Jack "Dew It" Hewitt
"Rock n' Roll" Billy Alley
Tim Shaffer "The Steel City Outlaw"
"Slammin" Sammy Swindell (Or "The Slammer")
Dave Blaney "The Buckeye Bullet"
Ed Lynch Jr. "The Apollo Rocket"
"Cactus" Jack Yeley
Jeff "The Magician" Mitrisin
Jesse "The Rocket" Hockett
Chuck "Lil Rim" Gurney Jr.
"Champagne" Shane Carson
"Lonestar JR" Johnny Rutherford
Dean "The Dream" Chadd
Jan Opperman "Opp"
"Rockin" Rodney Droud
Kenny "Mouse" Jacobs
"The California King" Brent Kaeding
"Radar" Roger Rager
"Fast" Freddy Rahmer
"The Brownsburg Bullet" Joey Saldana
"Neon" Dion Hindi
Jac "The Wild Child" Haudenschild
Bobby "Scruffy" Allen
"The Crowd Pleaser" Craig Dollansky
Jimmy "Buckwheat" Sills
Randy "The Hurricane" Hannagan
Jason "The Hitman" Martin
"The Cajun Sensation" Jason Johnson
Jack "The Gas Man" Dover
Richard "The Gas Man" Griffin
Jake "The Snake" Peters
Johnny "Hollywood" Herrera
Kerry "The Mad Man" Madson
"Stomp and Steer" Scotty Weir
Doug "The Hammer" Esh
Casey "Lil Shu" Shuman
"Mr. Excitement" Brad Loyet
Jon Stanbrough "The Silent Gasser"
Hud Cone "Mr. Pretty From Oakland City"
"Hot Foot" Jason Meyers
Steve "Silver Streaker" Grossenbacher
Terry "Zoomin' Human" Ledger
"The Tempe Tornado" Leland McSpadden
"The Sikeston Sawblade" Daron Clayton
"Risky Brisky" Kevin Briscoe
"The Flyin' Hawaiian" Danny Ongias or "On the gas"
Duane "Pancho" Carter Jr.