Blackie Watt… Won tons of races and track championships in PA over the years… Ran a few NASCAR races too…
[QUOTE=Frasson118;110559]How about:
“Blackie”… I know of at least 2
The Onion
“Sandy”
“Bushy”
The Shoe
Puddin’
Hollywood
Grumpy
Sleepy
Dopey… (Jeremy Mayfield…!)
Happy
Doc … again I can think of a few
Herm
Magic shoes
Cynderella (trick question)
Fritz
The Cruiser[/QUOTE]
Paul " Sandy" Rochelle
Ron “the shoe” Schuman
“magic shoes” Mike McLaughlin
Fritz Epright
Here’s some for you guys…
Northeast:
Big Tom
Stan the Man
Liquid Lou
Handsome Harry
the Shillington Slingshot
Crazy Wheels
Mr. Dirt
Nokie
Mifflintown Missle
Fritztown Flyer
Flaps
Canada Joe
Sizzle
Fuzzy
Some other outside the northeast:
Double Down
the Rocket
Wildchild
Big Tom Hager, also known as “Beef”
Stan the Man Ploski
Liquid Lou Cicconi
Handsome Harry Peek
Kenny “Shillington Slingshot” Brightbill
Mr. Dirt, Billy Decker
Nick “Nokie” Fornoro
Canada Joe Plazek
Carl “Fuzzy” Van Horn
Ron “Sleepy” Tripp
William “blackie” Watt
Mifflintown missile…Kieth Kauffman ??
Fritztown Flyer - Don Kreitz Sr
[QUOTE=Frasson118;110584]Big Tom Hager, also known as “Beef”
Stan the Man Ploski
Liquid Lou Cicconi
Handsome Harry Peek
Kenny “Shillington Slingshot” Brightbill
Mr. Dirt, Billy Decker
Nick “Nokie” Fornoro
Canada Joe Plazek
Carl “Fuzzy” Van Horn[/QUOTE]
pretty good Frasson… but wrong ones for:
Handsome( think midgets)
Mr. Dirt( think old school)
I know you will get the others also…if you think “old school”
Denman and palmbayer…both correct
[QUOTE=Denman;110563]F118 - Yes I also attended the re-union but arrived too late as they were just loading up. Problem is my family loves the trucks at Daytona, so that has become our Friday event. I try to get to DAARA whenever plus the group in Tampa. Well just a few answers this time;
Blackiie Wangerin
Onion Todd Bodine
Shoe Kenny Shoemaker
The others which I neede answers for are:
Dave Quiet Man Humphries - NEMA
Joe Coverdale - The ad man
Troy Robinson - Batman (called at Citrus & PGS,)
Here are a few more mostly the Northeast again:
Moon
Dude
Another Wild Bill (midgets)
Grummy
Norwalk Nightrider
Sonny
Hully
Skip
Wild Man
Hoss Hayes (sorry had to throw a trick question in ther)
Chuggy
Mousey[/QUOTE]
Richard “Moon” Burgess
Dude Teate
"Wild Bil"l Cummings
Norwalk Nightrider - Bill Sweet
Ernest Lloyd “Sonny” Hutchins, Sonny O’Sullivan
Raymond “Hully” Bunn
Skip - Skip Barna, Skip Hanaker, Skip Barber
Wildman - Billy Moyer, Dan Schlieper
Charlie “Chuggy” Savage
Calvin “Mousey” Kempster
Got no idea about “Grummy” and Hoss Hayes
[QUOTE=Frasson118;110559]How about:
“Blackie”… I know of at least 2
The Onion
“Sandy”
“Bushy”
The Shoe
Puddin’
Hollywood
Grumpy
Sleepy
Dopey… (Jeremy Mayfield…!)
Happy
Doc … again I can think of a few
Herm
Magic shoes
Cynderella (trick question)
Fritz
The Cruiser[/QUOTE]
Blackie - Thurmond “Blackie” Blackard, Blackie Watt
Mark “Bushy” Bliss
Hollywood - Gregory Kanter, Ron Davis at Sunshine, Mike Hess
The Shoe - Kenny Shoemaker
Melvin “Puddin” Swisher
Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins, drag racer
Sleepy - Rick Knapp, Ron Tripp
Happy - Kevin Harvick, Happy Florian who races at Citrus County Speedway
Doc - Dick Berggren, John Tyler,
Herm - Kenny Wallace
Mike “Magic Shoes” McLaughlin
Corey “The Cruiser” Kruseman
Don’t know for the life of me who Sandy, Dopey, Cynderella and Fritz might be.
[QUOTE=sprinter15jr;110573]Here’s some for you guys…
Northeast:
Big Tom
Stan the Man
Liquid Lou
Handsome Harry
the Shillington Slingshot
Crazy Wheels
Mr. Dirt
Nokie
Mifflintown Missle
Fritztown Flyer
Flaps
Canada Joe
Sizzle
Fuzzy
Some other outside the northeast:
Double Down
the Rocket
Wildchild[/QUOTE]
Big Tom - Tom Hager
Stan the Man Disbrow
“Liquid Lou” Ciccone
Handsome Harry Peek
Sizzle or do you mean Captain Sizzle - Mark Malcuit
Carl “Fuzzy” Van Horn
Double Down - Jason Sides
Rob “The Rocket” Keelan, but there must have been literally 100s of drivers nicknamed “The Rocket”
Jac “Wild Child” Haudenschild
Many of the others were previously guessed.
[QUOTE=Denman;110563]F118 - Yes I also attended the re-union but arrived too late as they were just loading up. Problem is my family loves the trucks at Daytona, so that has become our Friday event. I try to get to DAARA whenever plus the group in Tampa. Well just a few answers this time;
Blackiie Wangerin
Onion Todd Bodine
Shoe Kenny Shoemaker
The others which I neede answers for are:
Dave Quiet Man Humphries - NEMA
Joe Coverdale - The ad man
Troy Robinson - Batman (called at Citrus & PGS,)
Here are a few more mostly the Northeast again:
Moon
Dude
Another Wild Bill (midgets)
Grummy
Norwalk Nightrider
Sonny
Hully
Skip
Wild Man
Hoss Hayes (sorry had to throw a trick question in ther)
Chuggy
Mousey[/QUOTE]
The “Wild Bill” from midget racing was the legendary “Wild Bill” Schindler. He lost his left leg from above the knee while racing in a Champ car race in 1936 at Mineola, L.I. He raced until he died in a sprint car racing crash in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1952. He was one of my dad’s favorites and always use to talk about the legend of Bill Schindler when I was growing up. My dad use to see him race at the old Century Speedway which became the Century Shopping Plaza in West Springfield, MA
Mr Berti;
Very good again. The name Hoss Hayes was the name Elton Hildreth used when he drove outlaw tracks so he wouldn’t be penalized. Elton was also known as the Wildman.
Now how about Tiny
Sonny
Air Canada
Big Al
The Candyman
Tiger Tom
Everett Express
Mixture of drivers
I also see Speed World has rained out again this evening.
[QUOTE=Denman;110600]Mr Berti;
Very good again. The name Hoss Hayes was the name Elton Hildreth used when he drove outlaw tracks so he wouldn’t be penalized. Elton was also known as the Wildman.
Now how about Tiny
Sonny
Air Canada
Big Al
The Candyman
Tiger Tom
Everett Express
Mixture of drivers
I also see Speed World has rained out again this evening.[/QUOTE]
Tiny - DeWayne “Tiny” Lund
Sonny - Ernest “Sonny” Hutchins, Sonny O’Sullivan, Sonny Hartley a former TBARA sprint car racer
Air Canada - Gilles Villeneuve
Big Al - Al Unser Sr.
The Candyman - Elliott Sadler
Tiger Tom - Tom Pistone, Tommy Baldwin, Tommy Sylvester
Everett Express - Gerald Chamberlain
If the rain holds off I may go to Showtime Speedway. They have the sprint cars racing tomorrow night along with the Sportsman. Figure 8 for the street stocks as well and if it is as good as it was last week that will be worth going in itself.
Denman… just so you know for next year, the Reunion goes from noon til 5:00. Truck race starts at 8 I believe. Plenty of time to take in both, just get an earlier start from home…!
Sonny Seamon
Candy Man, Don Whalen… always drove beautiful red & white striped cars that looked like candy canes.
Cynderella is actually local LLM racer Cynthia Strehle. They had fan participation night, so she grabbed her helmet, jumped in her Cadillac, and raced. The spirit of these races is strictly amateur drivers, but she couldn’t resist (plus they needed any extra cars they could get), and went by Cynderella as her alias.
Dopey… that was just a poke at Mayfield
Doc… a few I can think of are McKinney, Hoctor, and Smith
Although Fritz Epright is correct, not many remember that’s what Freddie Rahmer went by before being upgraded to Fast Freddie.
Hollywood… I was thinking local Dirt LM racer Joe Kump
How about:
Black Jack
The Intimigater
Million Dollar Man … not Million Dollar Bill
Mississippi Flyer
The Tampa Terror
Mr Smooth
The Clown Prince… X2
The Rebel
Rapid Roy… immortalized by Jim Croce
Irish Jack
Grandpa
Boom Boom… not Larry Cannon
Rice-a-Roni
Lone Star JR
[QUOTE=Frasson118;110605]How about:
Black Jack
The Intimigater
Million Dollar Man … not Million Dollar Bill
Mississippi Flyer
The Tampa Terror
Mr Smooth
The Clown Prince… X2
The Rebel
Rapid Roy… immortalized by Jim Croce
Irish Jack
Grandpa
Boom Boom… not Larry Cannon
Rice-a-Roni
Lone Star JR[/QUOTE]
Black Jack - Jack Brabham
The Intimagator - Chris Wall
The Million Dollar Man - Donnie Moran
Mississippi Flyer - Jerry Inmon
The Tampa Terror - Will Cagle
Mr. Smooth - One of Billy Moyer’s many nicknames
The Clown Prince - The late, great Joe Weatherly
Irish Jack - Jack Murphy
The Rebel - Art Reedy
Rapid Roy - Roy Hall, Roy Seidell
Lone Star JR - Johnny Rutherford
Rice-A-Roni - Larry Rice
Can’t think of anyone for Grandpa. Do know that Bill Greco was called Gramps at the tail end of his racing career. Also drawn a blank on Boom Boom. You said it wasn’t Larry Cannon.
Here’s some more to try to guess.
Flying Dairy Farmer
Captain Kirk
Pistol Pete
Nasty Neil
Loveable Les
Cuban Missile
Bent Creek Bandit
Farmer Brown
Zeke
Hammerin’ Hank
Jungle John
Sand Lake Slingshot
Racing Logger
Rapid Robbie
Rit
Voo Doo Child
Bristol Stomper
The Racing Grandfather
Jiggs
Tricky Nicky
Stash
Whitey
Choo Choo Charlie
S.J.
Tampa Tornado
The Old Master
Here is a few of them Mr Berti,
Tampa Tornado - Robbie Crouch
The Old Master - Frankie Schneider
SJ - SJ Evonsion
Cuban Missile - Aric Almirola
Loveable Les Alberti
Sandlake Slingshot - Kenny Tremont (loved to watch him race the Valley)
Captain Kirk Alexander
Nasty Neal Murray
OsMos—
asked about the midwest; the knights----the white knight was dickie trickle and the blue knight was tommy reffner