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LEARY: What’s In a Name?
SPEEDtv.com's Gregg Leary considers NASCAR Nicknames, Initials and Real Names familiar and otherwise...
Gregg Leary  |  Posted January 19, 2009   Charlotte NC
Gregg Leary is a researcher/writer for Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain on SPEED. (Photo: SPEED)

NASCAR nicknames, initials and real names...

Red Byron - Robert Byron

Buck Baker - Elzie Wylie Baker

Buddy Baker - Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr.

Dale Earnhardt - Ralph Dale Earnhardt

Dale Earnhardt Jr. - Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Jr
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A.J. Foyt - Anthony Joseph Foyt

G.C. Spencer - Grover Clifton Spencer

J.D. McDuffie - John Delphus McDuffie

Parnelli Jones - Rufus Parnell Jones

Tim Flock - Julius Timothy Flock

Fonty Flock - Truman Fontello Flock

Junior Johnson - Robert Glenn Johnson

Tiny Lund - DeWayne Louis Lund

Fireball Roberts - Edward Glenn Roberts

Cale Yarborough - William Caleb Yarborough

“Rebel” Mundy - Frank Mundy

Slick Davis - W.R. Davis

Slick Smith - Ebenezer Smith

Smokey Yunick - Henry Yunick



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