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This is a list of motor sports people by nickname.
Nickname | Individual(s) | Notes |
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240 Gordie | Gordon Bonin , Canadian NHRA driver | First driver to break 240 MPH in NHRA. [1] |
2-Mile Kyle | Kyle Larson, U.S. NASCAR driver | Won four consecutive races on two-mile ovals from August 2016 to August 2017. [2] |
Nickname | Individual(s) | Notes |
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"The Abruzzi robber" | Luigi Fagioli , Italy Grand Prix driver [3] | |
"The Ace" | Ed McCulloch , U.S. drag racer [4] Frank Manzo , U.S. Funny Car driver [5] | |
"Action Man" | Kenney Goodell , U.S. drag racer [6] | |
"Airwastl" | Busty Wolter , Germany Freestyle Motocross rider [7] [8] | |
"Al" | Victor Pease , UK Formula One driver Elwin Teague , US land speed racer [9] | |
"Alfalfa Jim" | Christian D. Roper , U.S. NASCAR driver [10] | First winner of a Sprint Cup race |
"Ardun Doug" | Doug King , U.S. nostalgia drag racer [11] | |
"Ashkan" | Kim Ashkenazi , Australia motorcross rider [12] | |
"Aspar" | Jorge Martínez , Spain motorcycle racer [13] | |
"Awesome Bill" ("Awesome Bill from Dawsonville") | Bill Elliott , U.S. stock car racer | [10] |
Nickname | Individual(s) | Notes |
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"B. Bira" | Prince Birabongse Bhanutej Bhanubandh , Thai racing driver [14] | portmanteau of name |
"Babe" | Woolf Barnato , UK racing driver [15] | |
"Baby Face" | Jacky Ickx , Belgium racing driver [16] | |
"The Baby-Faced Assassin" | Glenn Seton , Australian racing driver [17] | |
"Bad Brad" | Brad Anderson , U.S. Top Alcohol Funny Car driver [18] | |
"Baggsy" | Steve Biagioni , English drifting driver [19] | |
"The Bandit" | Damien Mulvey , Irish drifting driver [20] | |
"Banjo" | Edwin K. Matthews , American NASCAR driver and team owner [21] | |
"Banzai Bill" | Bill Hayes , American drag racer [22] | |
"Barney" | Berna E. Oldfield , American racing driver [23] | |
"Baylisstic" | Troy Bayliss , Australian motorcycle racer [24] | |
"the Bear" | Jack Chrisman , U.S. drag racer [25] | |
"Beat" | Claude Fehr Swiss racing driver [note 1] [26] | |
"Ben" | Reuben Drinkwater , UK motorcycle racer [27] | |
"Bergkönig" (German, "King of the Hill") | Hans Stuck , Germany racing driver [28] | Nicknamed for his innumerous hill climb successes |
"Bergmeister" (German, "hill master") | Hans-Joachim Stuck , Austria racing driver [29] | |
"Big Bear" | Ross Brawn , UK team principal and owner [30] | |
"Big Daddy" | Don Garlits , US drag racer [31] | |
"Big John" | John Mazmanian , American drag racer [32] John Surtees , UK motorcycle racer and Formula One driver [33] [34] | |
“Big Mike” | Michael Burkhart , U.S. drag racer [1] | |
"Big Remmo" | Remmo Niezen , Netherlands drifting driver [35] | |
"Big Track Jack" | Jack Sprague , US stock car racer driver [10] | |
"The Bike" | Mike Hailwood , UK motorcycle racer and Formula One driver [36] | |
"Bill France of Mexico" | Michel Jourdain Sr. , Mexico Indy racing driver | After being stated that in 2003 to have founded 28 different racing series [37] |
"Billy the Kid" | Billy Schumacher , US hydroplane driver [38] | |
"Black Bart" | Bart Markel , US flat track motorcycle racer [39] | |
"Blackumi" | Tommy Suell , Japanese drifting driver [40] | |
"Bo" | Barry Seton , Australian racing driver [41] | |
"Bob" | Boris Said , American Formula One driver [42] | |
"BonBon" | Ben Broke-Smith , UK drifting driver [43] | |
"Bones" | Robert Balogh , U.S. drag racer [44] Curt Carroll, U.S. drag racer [45] | |
"Bono" | Kevin Manion , US, NASCAR crew chief [10] | |
"Bootie" | Robert Barker , US, NASCAR crew chief [10] | |
"Boso" | Ross Petty , JapanUS drifting driver [46] | |
"Bounty Hunter" | Conrad Kalitta , US drag racer [47] | |
Chase Elliott , US NASCAR racer | Derived from his claiming of a Camping World and Kevin Harvick-organised bounty. In the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, Kyle Busch had won all five races he could participate in 2019 and won his sixth consecutive start in Las Vegas. After that, Harvick placed a $50,000 bounty on Busch, which the series sponsor added an equal amount, to any full-time NASCAR Cup Series driver who could defeat Busch legitimately (no crashing Busch or mechanical failures to end the race) in a Truck Series race. Elliott won on May 26 the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 to claim the bonus. | |
"Bounty Huntress" | Shirley Muldowney , US drag racer (used briefly) [48] | |
"Bubba" | Darrell Wallace Jr., U.S. NASCAR racer [49] | |
"Buckshot" | Roy Jones , US stock car racer driver [10] | |
"Bradman of Bathurst" | Peter Brock , Australia touring car driver [50] | |
"Brilliant Bob" | Robert Wollek , France sportscar racing driver [51] | |
"Brissou" | Brice Izzo , France Freestyle Motocross rider [7] | |
"Britney" | Nico Rosberg , Germany Formula One driver [note 2] [52] | |
"Bubi" (German: The Kid) | August Momberger , Germany Grand Prix driver [53] | |
"Buck" | Elzie W. Baker, Sr. , US stock car racer [10] | |
"Buddy" | Wylie Baker, Jr. , US stock car racer [10] George Byers, US hydroplane driver [54] | |
"Bugsy" | Dick Mann , US motorcycle racer [55] | |
"Bunkie" | James R. Blackburn , US stock car racer [10] | |
"Bunny" | Carol Burkett , US Funny Car racer [56] | |
“The Bull” | Brennan Poole , US NASCAR driver | Early in career charged up from the rear of the field for numerous victories |
"Bushido" | Robbie Nishida , Japan drifting driver [57] | |
"'Bushmaster" | George Shreiber , US drag racer [58] | |
"Buster" | Robert Auton , US stock car racer [59] | |
"Busty" | Sebastian Wolter , Germany Freestyle Motocross rider [7] [8] |
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