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Names of drivers 'contradicting' the brand of car they're driving

Started by cheapracer , Feb 01 2012 17:12

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#1 cheapracer

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 17:12

I hope the title is self explanatory, driver's names that are the brand of a car but not driving that brand car (or other contradictions in the spirit) for a bit of fun ....

Holden driving a Ford ....

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McLaren driving a Chevron ..

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#2 BRG

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 17:45

Already OT, but I do remember a Murray Walker-ism at a Belgian GP at Zolder, when he bellowed "And there is Williams in the Jones!"

#3 alansart

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 17:59

Surtees in a Lola, Ferrari, Honda & Cooper

#4 BRG

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 18:15

I seem to recall a driver named Ferrari who drove other marques. I don;t mean Enzo, it was perhaps an Anglo-Italian club racer in 70s or 80s?

#5 Allan Lupton

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 18:23

I seem to recall a driver named Ferrari who drove other marques. I don;t mean Enzo, it was perhaps an Anglo-Italian club racer in 70s or 80s?

750MC I think. . .

Also more Holdens in the 1990s (8 Clubs or Bentley DC meetings):
Jeremy Holden drove a Morgan +8
John Holden drove a Frazer Nash and a British Salmson
Duncan Holden drove a Triumph GT6
Peter Holden drove an MG Midget
plus
Lots of Fords driving everything else

Michael Bentley drove a Ford Escort Mk.II
Gideon Hudson drove a Porsche RSR Turbo
William Morris drove ERAs

And so forth.

Edited by Allan Lupton, 01 February 2012 - 18:39.

#6 Amphicar

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 18:48

Not quite on-topic but within the spirit, I give you:

1) Dennis Firestone driving on Goodyears

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2) Returning the compliment - Scott Goodyear using Firestones

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#7 Bob Riebe

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 19:04

I guess you could add Joey Dunlop racing on anything but Dunlop tires.

#8 roger.daltrey

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 19:15

Surtees in a Lola, Ferrari, Honda & Cooper

Did anyone catch the reply above ?

Couldnt stop laughing....

#9 Amphicar

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 19:35

Aguri Suzuki in the Yamaha powered Zakspeed

Rikki von Opel in various Ford (Cosworth) powered F1 cars

#10 Tim Murray

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 19:48

I seem to recall a driver named Ferrari who drove other marques. I don;t mean Enzo, it was perhaps an Anglo-Italian club racer in 70s or 80s?

Bruno Ferrari

McLaren in Eagle in 1967.

Various generations of Brabham in all sorts of things.

After leaving the car company bearing his name, Jacques Bignan won the 1928 Monte Carlo Rally in a Fiat.

#11 Amphicar

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 20:02

McLaren in Eagle in 1967.

And the following year Dan Gurney drove a McLaren in the last three races of the season.

Didn't Louis Chevrolet begin his motor racing career driving for Fiat?

#12 Phil Rainford

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 20:08

Lord March has driven all types of cars at Goodwood.....

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#13 BRG

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 20:17

Lord March has driven all types of cars at Goodwood.....

PAR

Ah yes, but his actual name is Charles Gordon-Lennox.

#14 GMACKIE

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 20:21

Garrie Cooper in an Elfin.

#15 Tim Murray

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 20:46

Rick Morris
Brett Riley
'Whizzo' Williams
Emerson/Wilson/Christian Fittipaldi
René Thomas
Mike Tyrrell
Earl/John/Tina etc Cooper
John Jordan
Giuseppe Bugatti
Roy/Kelvin Hesketh
Ian/Tony etc etc Stewart
Brian Cunningham
David Piper
Felice Nazzaro

#16 GMACKIE

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 20:55

Will Power in a 1200 Vee. :lol:

#17 Ray Bell

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 21:19

Wayne Ford built and drove a Holden Special in Victoria...

Paul Morris has raced both BMW and Holden.

John Surtees also drove Lotus.

Bob Holden's list includes:

Peugeot
Holden (no conflict there! (FE and EH S4)
Lynx
Morris
Ford (Falcon, Escort and probably Cortina)
Toyota
BMW (I'm pretty sure he's had a go in one of these)
Volvo
Lolita (with thoughts of Ian)

#18 David Beard

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 21:23

I seem to recall a driver named Ferrari who drove other marques. I don;t mean Enzo, it was perhaps an Anglo-Italian club racer in 70s or 80s?

Bruno?

#19 GMACKIE

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 22:10

Vincenzo Lancia raced a F.I.A.T.

#20 Amphicar

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 23:16

Citroen UK's Sales Director is Charles Peugeot.

#21 AJB

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 23:47

John Surtees also drove Lotus.

and BRM, and Chaparral, and McLaren.......

#22 arttidesco

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 23:51

Austin Dillon won last year Camping World truck series driving his grand daddy's #3 Chevrolet Silverado and will be campaigning his grand dads #3 Chevrolet Impala SS in this years Nationwide Series.

#23 Gert

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 00:03

Rondeau in a Porsche 956

Gordon Spice in a Tiga

#24 Phil Rainford

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 00:24

Ah yes, but his actual name is Charles Gordon-Lennox.

Please do not let the truth get in the way of a good story :rotfl:

PAR

#25 Rob G

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 02:15

Jim Buick drove a Chevy-powered Eagle.

#26 cheapracer

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 03:04

Will Power in a 1200 Vee.

Reminds me of the very well known Oz race driver Rick Shaw!

Citroen UK's Sales Director is Charles Peugeot.

#27 GMACKIE

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 03:55

"cheapracer".........Now there's a contradiction, if ever I've heard one! :rolleyes:

#28 Repco22

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 04:37

In the film, 'The Great Race'; Professor Fate in a Lemmon? [Sorry. Not a contradiction.

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#29 cheapracer

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 06:39

In the film, 'The Great Race'; Professor Fate in a Lemmon? [Sorry. Not a contradiction. ]

I recently showed a bunch of Chinese "The Great Race" and they absolutely loved it as well as all the woman falling for Tony Curtis!

"cheapracer".........Now there's a contradiction, if ever I've heard one!

Not from 2012 ......

#30 mikeC

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 07:47

Waay OT, but years ago I used to have dealings with the British Rabbit Council, whose secretary was called... Bunny Labbitt :wave:

#31 Ray Bell

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 08:08

Originally posted by Amphicar
Citroen UK's Sales Director is Charles Peugeot.

Not at all illogical...

Citroen is owned by Peugeot, the Peugeot family run Peugeot.

#32 ensign14

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 08:17

Stefano Modena drove the Modena but other stuff as well.

#33 Allan Lupton

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 09:27

Stefano Modena drove the Modena but other stuff as well.

At least he was born in Modena :lol:

Perhaps "Modena" was only a nom de course

#34 dbltop

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 09:57

OT The only thing I remember about "The Great Race" is "PUSH THE BUTTON, MAX". Different Max and different button I suppose.

#35 B Squared

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 10:10

Garrie Cooper in an Elfin.

Gary Cooper and his Duesenberg (one of them anyway)

#36 Lee Nicolle

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 10:14

I think we may have a different Cooper.

#37 Stephen W

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 10:22

David & Gary Brabham driving anything other than a Brabham!

Chris Amon driving a Lola, Lotus, Brabham, Cooper, Ferrari, March, Matra, Tecno, Tyrrell, BRM, Ensign or Williams!

Finally my initial thought was "Wouldn't it have been nice to have seen James Hunt driving a Reliant Fox!"

#38 byrkus

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 10:44

Did any of the Maserati brothers ever race in an OSCA?

#39 stevewf1

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 10:47

2) Returning the compliment - Scott Goodyear using Firestones

Scott Goodyear (running on Firestone tires) "blew it" when he passed the pace car in turn four while leading on a re-start with I think only 10 laps left. He never answered the black flag for that infraction and USAC stopped scoring him on lap 195, I believe.

This was Firestone's glorious return to the Indianapolis 500 after a 20-year hiatus and they had it in the bag.

I've always wondered if Goodyear hadn't done that and if he'd won the race...

How would the Firestone marketing mavens have handled that?

#40 cheapracer

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 11:22

Did any of the Maserati brothers ever race in an OSCA?

But Oscar certainly drove a Maserati!

Oscar Alfredo Gálvez
http://en.wikipedia...._Alfredo_Gálvez

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 11:32

Louis Chevrolet raced in a Buick...

#42 byrkus

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 11:34

Louis Chevrolet raced in a Buick...

#43 PS30-SB

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 11:45

I always wanted to see Danish driver Kris Nissen in a Nissan when he drove in the JSPC...

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 12:33

Waay OT, but years ago I used to have dealings with the British Rabbit Council, whose secretary was called... Bunny Labbitt

On the same offshoot from the main thread, we used to have dealings with a company called William Hare Ltd and our contact was a Mr Rabbit

#45 Allan Lupton

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 13:39

On the same offshoot from the main thread, we used to have dealings with a company called William Hare Ltd and our contact was a Mr Rabbit

continuing the drift:
Similarly one of the senior blokes in the structural test house at work was Mr Pullman!

Edited by Allan Lupton, 02 February 2012 - 13:39.

#46 Catalina Park

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Posted 03 February 2012 - 06:39

My brother knew a carpet layer called Walter Wall. :drunk:

(you may have to say it a few times)

#47 RCH

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Posted 03 February 2012 - 08:25

On the same offshoot from the main thread, we used to have dealings with a company called William Hare Ltd and our contact was a Mr Rabbit

How about two of the buyers from the Wessex Water Authority being a Mr Salmon and a Mr Haddock?

#48 RCH

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Posted 03 February 2012 - 08:27

My brother knew a carpet layer called Walter Wall. (you may have to say it a few times)

There is a carpet store in Exeter called this. I assume it's a play on words and not the owner's actual name!

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Posted 03 February 2012 - 08:28

Frazer Nash in an Austin?

#50 stevewf1

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Posted 03 February 2012 - 14:18

Continuing the off-shoot here...

I once worked with a gentleman from Columbia and his first and last name, spelled out, was Angel Angel. Of course, neither name was actually pronounced that way but that's how it looked when he wrote it. Further complicating matters was that he married an American girl and her first name was Angel. So, there was Mr Angel Angel and Mrs Angel Angel...

He talked about all the problems that caused and said "fortunately, we had different middle names".

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