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This page is a list of some of the nicknames that have appeared on the NASCAR circuit over the years.

By driver[]

Alfredo, Anthony

  • "Fast Pasta"

Allmendinger, A.J.

  • "The Dinger"
  • "Fussindger"
  • "Adderallmendinger"
  • "Allmendingdong"
  • "Dangerous"

Almirola, Aric

  • "The Cuban Missile"

Ambrose, Marcos

  • "The Tasmanian Devil"
  • "The Thunder from Down Under"

Baker, Buddy

  • "The Gentle Giant"
  • "The Crisco Kid"
  • "Leadfoot"

Beam, Herman

  • "The Turtle"

Biffle, Greg

  • "Bug-Eyed Dummy"
  • "Da Biff"
  • "Greg Sniffle"
  • "The Biffmister"

Blaney, Ryan

  • "YRB"

Bodine, Todd

  • "Cueball" or "Cueball Headed Fool"
  • "The Onion"

Bowman, Alex

  • "Bowman the Showman"
  • "Hack"
  • "The Hack"

Buescher, Christopher

  • Just Christopher

Burton, Jeff

  • "The Mayor"

Busch, Kurt

  • "Radio Sweetheart"
  • ''The Outlaw''

Busch, Kyle

  • "Little Busch"
  • "Rowdy"
  • "Shrub"
  • "Wild Thing"
  • "Candy Man"

Byron, Robert

  • "Red"

Byron, William

  • "Willy B."

Carelli, Rick

  • "The High Plains Drifter"

Charland, Rene

  • "The Champ"

Chastain, Ross

  • "Melon Man"
  • "The Watermelon Man"

Crawford, Ankrum

  • "Spook"

Cregar, Charlie

  • "Red"

Crider, Curtis

  • "Crawfish"

Dillon, Austin

  • "Ace"

Earnhardt, Dale

  • "Ironhead"
  • "One Tough Customer"
  • "The Intimidator"
  • "The Man In Black"
  • "Big E"
  • "Senior"
  • "Mr. Chevrolet"
  • "Mr. Restrictor Plate"

Earnhardt, Dale Jr.

  • "Little E"
  • "June Bug"
  • "Junior"
  • "Fan Favorite 2.0"

Edwards, Carl

  • "Concrete Carl"
  • "Hot Carl"
  • "Cousin Carl"
  • "Roid Rage"
  • "Mr. Ed"
  • "Flipping"
  • Mr Flip
  • "Catchfence Carl"

Elliott, Bill

  • "Awesome Bill from Dawsonville"
  • "Million Dollar Bill"

Ellis, Tommy

  • "Terrible Tommy"

Flock, Truman

  • "Fonty"

Flynn, Larry

  • "The Flying Irishman"

Foyt, A.J.

  • "Super Tex"

Gant, Harry

  • "The Skoal Bandit"
  • "Mr. September"

GIbbs, Ty

  • "The Guy"

Gordon, Jeff

  • "Wonder Boy"
  • "The Kid"
  • "Big Daddy"
  • "Super G"
  • "Four Time"
  • "Rainbow Warrior"
  • 4-time

Hall, Roy

  • "Rapid Roy"

Hamilton, Pete

  • "The Gentleman Racer"

Hamlin, Denny

  • "Denny Dynamite"

Kevin Harvick

  • "The Bakersfield Basher"
  • "Happy"
  • "Mr. Where Did He Come From"
  • "The Closer"

Hassler, Raymond

  • "Friday"

Hutchins, Ernest

  • "Sonny"

Irvan, Ernie

  • "Swervin' Irvan"

Jarrett, Ned

  • "Gentleman Ned"

Jarrett, Dale

  • "DJ"
  • "The other Dale"

Johnson, Jimmie

  • "Champ"
  • "Seven Time"
  • "Robot"
  • "Superman"
  • 2006-2010
  • "40 Domin-8"

Jones, Erik

  • "EJ"
  • "That Jones Boy"

Jernigan, Joseph

  • "Little Joe"

Kahne, Kasey

  • Kandy Kahne
  • "Citizen"

Kenseth, Matt

  • "Matt The Brat Kenseth"
  • "Robot"
  • "Special K"
  • 9:12
  • "Mighty"

Keselowski, Brad

  • "Brad K"
  • "Brat K"
  • "Bad Brad"
  • "Horseface"
  • "Man with a Plan"

Labonte, Terry

  • "The Iceman"
  • "Texas Terry"
  • "T.I.B Terry" (Throw It Back Terry)

LaJoie, Corey

  • "SuperShoe"
  • Mr. Stacking Pennies

Larson, Kyle

  • "Yung Money"

Logano, Joey

  • "Sliced Bread"
  • Mr. Butt Wipe
  • Baby Joey
  • Joey Slogano
  • The Villain

Lorenzen, Fred

  • "Fearless Freddie"
  • "Elmhurst Express"
  • "The Golden Boy"
  • "Fast Freddie"

Lund, DeWayne

  • "Tiny"
  • Backup 500

Marlin, Clifton

  • "Coo Coo"

Martin, Mark

  • "Stiffdick"
  • "Crazy Old Man"
  • "The Kid"
  • "The Original"
  • "Mark Favre"
  • "The Man from Arkansas"

Matthews, Edwin

  • "Banjo"

McDowell, Michael

  • "The Natural"

McLaughlin, Mike

  • "Magic Shoes"

McMurray, Jamie

  • "Big Mac"
  • "McFlurry"
  • Joplin, Missouri's"

Means, Jimmy

  • "Smut"

Miller, Junior

  • "King of the Southern Modifieds"

Mundy, Frank

  • "Rebel"

Nemechek, Joe

  • "Front Row Joe"
  • "Last Row Joe" (Later in his career)
  • Mr. Loser

Newman, Ryan

  • "Rocket Man"
  • Mr. New Hampshire

Owens, Everett

  • "Cotton"
  • "King of the Modifieds"

Pearson, David

  • "The Silver Fox"

Petty, Richard

  • "The King"

Pistone, Tom

  • "Tiger"

Ragan, David

  • "One-Way Ragan"

Roberts, Glenn

  • "Fireball"

Rudd, Ricky

  • "Ironman"
  • "Rooster"

Sosebee, Gober

  • "The Wild Injun"

Spencer, Jimmy

  • "Mr. Excitement"
  • "Old Decrepit Has-Been"

Stacy, Nelson

  • "The NASH Ambassador"

Stenhouse, Ricky Jr.

  • "Wrecky"
  • "Wrecky Spinhouse Jr."

Stumpf, Don

  • "Stumpy"

Sutton, Kelly

  • "Girl"

Stewart, Tony

  • "Smoke"
  • "Rushville Rocket"
  • Fat Tony

Teague, Marshall

  • "King of the Beach"

Thompson, Albert

  • "Speedy"

Tomaino, Jamie

  • "The Jet"

Truex Jr, Martin

  • Crybaby Truex
  • Baked Potatoes

Turner, Curtis

  • "The Blond Blizzard of Virginia"
  • "Pops"

Tyner, Roy

  • "The Flying Indian"
  • or "The Wild Indian"

Wallace, Darrell Jr.

  • "Bubba"d

Wallace, Kenny

  • "Herman"
  • "Hermanator"

Wallace, Russell

  • "Rusty"
  • "Rubberhead"

Waltrip, Darrell

  • "Jaws
  • "Dr. DW"
  • "Dee Dubya"

Wood, Glen

  • "The Woodchopper"

Yeley, Christopher

  • "J. J."
  • "Jimmy Jack"

Yunick, Henry

  • "Smokey"

Zervakis, Emanuel

  • "The Golden Greek"

By track[]

Bristol

  • "Thunder Valley"

Darlington

  • "The Lady in Black"
  • "The Track Too Tough To Tame"

Daytona

  • "The World Center of Racing"
  • "That track in the title of Sean's most famous RACING arcade game"

Dover

  • "The Monster Mile"

Indy

  • "The Brickyard"

Charlotte

  • "The Beast of the Southeast"

Martinsville

  • "The Paperclip"

New Hampshire

  • "The Magic Mile"

Pocono

  • "The tricky Triangle"

Rockingham

  • "The Rock"

Talladega

  • "Dega"
  • Junior Nation Capital

Texas

  • "The Great American Speedway"

By owner[]

Penske, Roger

  • "The Captain"

Roush, Jack

  • "The Cat in the Hat"

Yunick, Henry

  • "Smokey"

By make[]

Chevrolet

  • "Bow Ties"

Ford

  • "Blue Ovals"

Other nicknames[]

Alabama Gang- Group of NASCAR drivers from Hueytown, AL. Includes the Allisons and the Bonnetts

"Batmobiles" - Bill Gazaway's description of the 1960s-1970s winged racecars

"Best Damn Garage in Town" - Smokey Yunick's famous race shop

"Black Widows" - The series of black, 1957 Chevrolets built by the manufacturer

Car of Tomorrow

  • "The Flying Brick"

"Flying Aces" - Dale Earnhardt's 1990s pit crew

Gen 6 Cars

  • "The Monsters of the speedway"

Hudson Hornet

  • "The Fabulous Hudson Hornet"

Myers, Danny

  • "Chocolate"

"The Rainbow Warriors" - Jeff Gordon's DuPont pit crew

"The Killer Bees" - Matt Kenseth's DeWalt pit crew

"The Pit Bulls" - Greg Biffle's 3M pit crew

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