nicknames

markmantyla · Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 82 Location: saint johns

Something a little less serious. for those of you out there with diff. handles and/or nicknames.....where did it come from? is there a cool or funny story behind it?

Mopar93 · Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 2:25 pm Post subject:

As for myself, my car number in NASCAR and ARCA was always #93. And I always drove Mopars.

-Maurice

markmantyla · Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 82 Location: saint johns

see..learning new stuff already. I never knew you ran any nascar stuff. when was that and who did you run for?

Mopar93 · Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 3:49 pm Post subject:

I drove for car owner Brenda Randall. My wife was listed as the car owner. After all, for her to get into the pits, she would have to buy a NASCAR license, so why not get her the car owner's license? Besides, there were many times when gas money for the truck (and more) came out of her paycheck.

This is a photo from my first race. It was at Nashville in the spring of 1984.

Look closely and you'll see some memories:

Old Milwaukee Pontiac/Tim Richmond
Coors Ford/Bill Elliott
Piedmont Chevrolet/Terry Labonte (won the championship that year)
Wrangler Chevrolet/Dale Earnhardt

Many others in the distance that you can't make out such as the cars driven by Richard Petty, Allan Kulwicki, Darrell Waltrip, Neil Bonnett, Ricky Rudd, Rusty Wallace, etc.

NASCAR today doesn't even come close to those memorable days.

-Maurice