[USML Announce] Speaking of Great Names

[Richard Robbins]

Fun race so far. . .


On Sun, May 26, 2024 at 11:23 AM Klein Nine via Announce <announce at usml.net>
wrote:

> 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)
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> 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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