[USML Announce] Speaking of Great Names

[Klein Nine]

On Indy 500 Day, this all reminds me of the unfortunately named race car driver "Dick Trickle".

-Andy

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Owner, Klein Nine (est. 1990)

On Saturday, May 25th, 2024 at 4:17 PM, Richard Robbins <RERobbins at itinker.net> wrote:

> Absolutely Rick. I’m still trying to imagine the conversation when they decided to go with Sting Ray. And he’s lived up to it.
>
> Unlike Homer Bush who wasn’t.
>
> When one of my kids was in High School there was young hockey player with a great shot. His real name was Gunner.
>
> No pitcher should ever be named Walker. That’s the law.
>
> There was a poorly named Israeli tennis player with a very weak game and ground strokes. Smashnova. As if.
>
> On Sat, May 25, 2024 at 3:10 PM Rick Gammons <ricklgammons at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Rich:
>> The immortal Scott Speed would like to be included on your names list. However, the most cringeworthy racing names had to be the two Dicks (Trickle of NASCAR fame and Seaman who I believe was an F1 guy)......
>> Rick
>>
>> On Sat, May 25, 2024 at 10:08 AM Richard Robbins <RERobbins at itinker.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hah! Good point.
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 25, 2024 at 9:52 AM Mark Blocker <blockermark at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Come on....your kids are worth more than those two lightweights. How many grandkids did Goff/Allen supply to the Robbins family? Priceless.
>>>>
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, May 25, 2024 at 9:07 AM Richard Robbins <RERobbins at itinker.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Are there better racecar driver names these days than Sting Ray Robb and Will Power?
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems that Sing Ray IS his real name and, according to his website, he truly was named after the Stingray Corvette.
>>>>>
>>>>> And I struggle with Jared Goff's contract (my younger son Michael was at Cal with Jared and his contract from Apple is nowhere near that, talk about abject failures). Joseph (my older son) was at Cal with Keenan Allen (again, like Michael, Joseph has disappointed relative to Keenan when it comes to salary).
>>>>>
>>>>> Random musings....
>>>>>
>>>>> Best to all of you.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- Rich
>>>>
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