Motorsports Trivia Thread!

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Aussie Touring Car legend, Peter Brock, was given the nickname 'Peter Perfect'.
Although he'd laugh & smile whenever it was used, it didn't sit well with him personally.
 
Dotini
The Gas Man
Jumper
Terrible Ted
Taffy
Rowdy
The Flying Mantuan
The Snake
Pancho
Fireball
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Struggling with these. Taffy could be a Welsh driver seeing as Taff is an (inaccurate) term for someone from South Wales. Maybe Monmouth's Alan Rees?

Or it could be an American driver with a sweet tooth.
 
Pezzarinho17
The Bear Denny Hulme
Bergkönig
The Bike Mike the bike Hailwood
Black Jack Brabham
The Blackburn Bullet
The Boss - Jos Verstappen
Britney - Nico Rosberg
Il Commendatore
D-Dubya
The Doctor - Valentino Rossi
Flash - Gordon Sheddon
Il Grande John
The Intimidator
Johnny Carwash
The King
King Without A Crown
Il Leone - Nigel Mansell
El Maestro
Muddy Talker - Murray Walker (though I may be thinking "Muddly Talker"!)
Peter Perfect
The Professor - Alain Prost
The Rat - Niki Lauda
Regenmeister - Michael Schumacher
Rusty
The Shunt - James Hunt
The Swerve
Uncle Ken
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Hans Stuck, King of the Mountain

These are fun. Here's few more to guess:

The Gas Man
Jumper JARRIER
The Abruzzi Robber
Quick Vic VIC ELFORD
Terrible Ted
Taffy
Rowdy
Super Swede RONNIE PETERSON
The Flying Mantuan
The Snake
Pancho
Fireball. ROBERTS
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Is Terrible Ted the only F1 driver black flagged for being too slow Al Pease?

I have a sneaking suspicion that "Al" was a nickname and his real name was Edward.
 
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Is Terrible Ted the only F1 driver black flagged for being too slow Al Pease?

I have a sneaking suspicion that "Al" was a nickname and his real name was Edward.
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Terrible Teddy goes back eons into the earliest years of motor racing. Competed in the 500 and set a world land speed record. A nightmare to solve!
Also unsolved are The Gas Man (think Indy), and Taffy, a German.
 
Edward Roberts, otherwise known as "Fireball Roberts."

EDIT: Just realized I've been beaten to it by quite a while. Gave me an excuse to read up on him a bit more. Tragic way to go, even more ironic considering the nickname.
 
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Gas Man is Tom Sneva

I have a few of these if someone wants to solve them

"The answer to every trivia question"
"The Cat In The Hat"
"Fizzy Cola"
"Jaws"
"Madusa"
"Million Dollar Bill"
"Mr. Consistency"
"The Tasmanian Devil"
"Underbird"
 
RazorSharkz
Gas Man is Tom Sneva

I have a few of these if someone wants to solve them

"The answer to every trivia question"
"The Cat In The Hat" Jack Rousch
"Fizzy Cola"
"Jaws" Darrell Waltrip
"Madusa" Debrah Miceli? (Monster Truck Driver/Former Wrestler)
"Million Dollar Bill" Bill Elliott
"Mr. Consistency"
"The Tasmanian Devil" Marcos Ambrose
"Underbird"
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I finally answered something in this thread! Life accomplishment +1
 
RazorSharkz
Gas Man is Tom Sneva

I have a few of these if someone wants to solve them

"The answer to every trivia question"
"The Cat In The Hat"
"Fizzy Cola"
"Jaws"
"Madusa"
"Million Dollar Bill"
"Mr. Consistency"
"The Tasmanian Devil"
"Underbird"
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"The Tasmanian Devil" is that Marcos Ambrose?

"Million Dollar Bill" former NASCAR driver Bill Elliott maybe?
 
Bill Elliot was mostly known as "Awesome Bill from Dawsonville" I believe. Though he was the first to win the Winston million dollar thing back in the day, so it's also entirely possible.

Underbird was Alan Kulwicki.
 
RazorSharkz
Gas Man is Tom Sneva

I have a few of these if someone wants to solve them

"The answer to every trivia question"
"The Cat In The Hat"
"Fizzy Cola"
"Jaws"
"Madusa"
"Million Dollar Bill"
"Mr. Consistency"
"The Tasmanian Devil"
"Underbird"
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Tom Sneva, "The Gas Man", Indy winner and first man to lap at 200 mph. Heavy foot and big talker.

"Jaws" = Darrell Waltrip, a.k.a. "D-Dubya", loquacious former stock car champion and currently announcer and color analyst..
 
There's only one nickname I can think of that hasn't been mentioned yet - who was Ginsters?
 
RazorSharkz
Gas Man is Tom Sneva

I have a few of these if someone wants to solve them

"The answer to every trivia question"
"The Cat In The Hat"
"Fizzy Cola"
"Jaws"
"Madusa"
"Million Dollar Bill"
"Mr. Consistency"
"The Tasmanian Devil"
"Underbird"
Click to expand...
"The Cat in the Hat"

Haw haw! I've finally figured this out. It's not a racing driver at all - it's Jack Roush!

 
Fizzy Cola. Giancarlo Fissycola...lol Currently driving IMSA Ferrari's
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