Forum Activity for @jeff-gilder

Nicknames

General

Only to point out the tradition of naming cars will probably never die. One of the Dodge prototype trucks I worked on with Ronnie Denton at Granddaddy Racing was called "windy" because it had spent so much time in the wind tunnel.

The late Dickey Lee Whitehead who was my car chief insisted on naming our cars "Ole Yeller 1 & 2". It stuck. The first car was never named by us...though it was called a name ("f ing 52") I can't post here.

Left to right Dickey Lee Whitehead, Michael (Fastco) Lathrop, Paul Lewis, an ex-wife (mine), yours truly, and Terry (Ironhead) Gillenwater...and of course out in front "Ole Yeller II".

Nicknames

General

Barry still owns that car.

Nicknames

General

I found one of the Buddy Baker interviews. go to www.racersreuniontv.com...When that thing loads, you'll see a little menu icon in the lower right corner, click it to display the menu and look for Buddy Baker in Dawsonville. I think it is the 24th or 25th video.

Nicknames

General

5 minutes and 14 seconds into this video is that pit stop

Nicknames

General

I'll dig 'em up, Jim and post them. The actually may be here somewhere. I know they are also in the radio archives...somewhere..lol.

I love the way Waddell recounts the last (gas n go) pit stop as he was trying to time the fueling while holding onto Buddy's uniform...didn't work. Lead Foot left early but still had enough fuel...as y'all know...to win.

Nicknames

General

The 1980 Daytona 500 and this "Gray Ghost" is a great story. I have had the pleasure to record both Buddy Baker and Waddell Wilson's version of this classic,

Nicknames

General

Probably doesn't count for this discussion, but I've always like "The Flinstone Flyer"

The Name Game

General

...and another pet peeve of mine is the "Nationwide Series". The only identity this series has now is that of the sponsor. Think about that for a minute. I know we all used to call it the Busch Series when it had the Grand National identity, but that's no reason to take away the series own identity.

The Name Game

General

Hey, I have a huge issue with this...especially in the Cups series... the guys that won Winston Cup Championships are Winston Cup Champs to me...not Sprint Cup Champions. This retro-active naming rights thing gets really confusing when the name is applied to something that took place before that company even existed.

CAN ANYONE NAME THE TRACK THIS WAS FILMED AT??

Historic Speedways and Ghost Tracks

Johnny, there's a whole thread here about this from two weeks ago.

http://racersreunion.ning.com/forum/topics/ghost-track-in-dodge?id=1981311%3ATopic%3A543380&page=1#comments