NASCAR nicknames

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

By Driver

Allmendinger, A.J.

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

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"

Bodine, Todd

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

Burton, Jeff

• "The Mayor"

Busch, Kurt

• "Radio Sweetheard"

Busch, Kyle

• "Little Busch"
• "Rowdy Busch"
• "Shrub"
• "Wild Thing"
• "Cryle"

Byron, Robert

• "Red"

Carelli, Rick

• "The High Plains Drifter"

Charland, Rene

• "The Champ"

Crawford, Ankrum

• "Spook"

Cregar, Charlie

• "Red"

Crider, Curtis

• "Crawfish"

Earnhardt, Dale

• "Ironhead"
• "One Tough Customer"
• "The Intimidator"
• "The Man In Black"
• "Big E"
• "Senior"
• Mr. 1990's

Earnhardt, Dale Jr.

• "Little E"
• "June Bug"
• "Junior"

Edwards, Carl

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

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"

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"

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"
• "Six Time"
• "Robot"
• "Superman"
• 2006-2010

Jernigan, Joseph

• "Little Joe"

Kahne, Kasey

• Kandy Kahne

Kenseth, Matt

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

Keselowski, Brad

• "Brad K"
• "Brat K"
• "Bad Brad"
• "Horseface"

Labonte, Terry

• "Iceman"
• "Texas Terry"

Logano, Joey

• "Sliced Bread"
• Mr. Butt Wipe
• Baby Joey

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"

Matthews, Edwin

• "Banjo"

McLaughlin, Mike

• "Magic Shoes"

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[[Media:File:Example.ogg]]

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"

Roberts, Glenn

• "Fireball"

Rudd, Ricky

• "Ironman"

Sosebee, Gober

• "The Wild Injun"

Spencer, Jimmy

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

Stacy, Nelson

• "The NASH Ambassador"

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"

Turner, Curtis

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

Tyner, Roy

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

Wallace, Kenny

• "Herman"

Wallace, Russell

• "Rusty"
• "Rubberhead"

Waltrip, Darrell

• "Jaws
• "Dr. DW"
• "Dee Dubya"

Wood, Glen

• "The Woodchopper"

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"

Dover

• "The Monster Mile"

Indy

• "The Brickyard"

Charlotte

• "The Beast of the Southeast"

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

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