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Vallejo Hardtops

They  Had  Nicknames


Wally "Gator" Kindt
Ken "Fliptop" Gandy
"Stevorino" Steve Mentch
"From San-Pab-lo" Nelson Snow
"You Know Who" Leroy "Go Get Um" Geving
"Danville Dandy" Rich Govan
Julian "Catchum" Castro
Ted "Would You Believe it" Finkenbinder
Earl "Calhun" Perry
Phil "Bang Bang" Pedlar
"the Napa Flyer" Gene Dudley
Dave "the Growler" Logan
or Dave "Leadfoot" Logan
"Chargin" Chet Thomson
Larry "the Sundrop Kid" Damitz
"Gentleman" Jim Kaiser
Jack "Even Tempered" Thompson
Lee "Pee Wee" Waybright
"Dynamite" Duane Bonnini
Bob "Crash" Caswell
Lonnie "Lead Foot" Kaiser
George "Muscles" Teitjen
"Fearless Freddie" Fred Turner
"Terrible Tempered" Tim Kelly
"Big John" Viel
Pat "Porky" Hughes
"Hurryin" Hugh Purdy
Jim "the One Armed Bandit" Foster


"Ram-Rod" Rod Zanolini
Dave "The Flyin Portagoose" Silveria
Del "the Mighty" Quinn
Kenny "Certainly" Travels
"Doc" Holiday
Bill "Wee Willie" Wright
Tom "Pugslie" Adams
"Wild" Bill Perry
Wayne "Geronimo" Cunningham
"Butch" Bertorello
Tom "The Rabbit" Abreu
"Rapid" Ray Travels
"Crazy Wheels" Wally Baker
"Rapid Robert" Caswell
Gary "Alfred E" Newman
Gil "The Silver Fox" Richardson
"The Green Hornet" Tommy Thomson
"Jumpin" Joe Valente (the flagman)
"the Richmond Rocket" Lee Humphers

Stock Cars:
Carl "Gunner" Mefford
"Stormin" Norman Baker
"Wink" Winkelkotter
Mark "Fireball" Roberts
Glenn "Fatboy" Johnson
Bob "Rags" Davis



Thanks to Michael Haney for supplying
most of these nicknames.
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