Please help me with a name!
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Racer
Joined: Jun 2000
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From: Olympia Washington
Please help me with a name!
Okay, so I am going to need your help. I have to name the race car!
I know, I know, I should have done it by now, but it is just too damn hard. It is hard to give the car her permanent identity. It is like naming a child. I had nine months to ponder that decision, with this I have much much less time. So here is the list that I have come up with so far. Please let me know which one I should pick. I will put a little explaination next to it if I have to. The car's current name is E.T., the Extra Terrestrial (from about 1984-present), and before that it was Close Encounters (about 1976-1984). It has kept with a space theme for those years.
I am pondering the following names:
Full Circle (this is because the previous owner said the car has now come full circle in it's racing and life; from Oly and back to Oly too)
Dirty Deeds
Shark Bite
Close Call
Close Encounters
Another Chance
The Mach 5
Twist of Fate
I am totally open to any other great names that you might come up with. The car was originally wrecked in the nose when she was four months old. She was then rebuilt, customized and became a race car. She has a really rich racing history (documented from 1969 to 1991). From 1991 to 2007 the car sat in a garage. I bought the car and put her back on the track. Now, I am about to do paint, custom graphics, etc. and the car needs a new name. Help me out guys. I have been pondering this decision for several months and no one has come up with any better names for me.
I know, I know, I should have done it by now, but it is just too damn hard. It is hard to give the car her permanent identity. It is like naming a child. I had nine months to ponder that decision, with this I have much much less time. So here is the list that I have come up with so far. Please let me know which one I should pick. I will put a little explaination next to it if I have to. The car's current name is E.T., the Extra Terrestrial (from about 1984-present), and before that it was Close Encounters (about 1976-1984). It has kept with a space theme for those years.
I am pondering the following names:
Full Circle (this is because the previous owner said the car has now come full circle in it's racing and life; from Oly and back to Oly too)
Dirty Deeds
Shark Bite
Close Call
Close Encounters
Another Chance
The Mach 5
Twist of Fate
I am totally open to any other great names that you might come up with. The car was originally wrecked in the nose when she was four months old. She was then rebuilt, customized and became a race car. She has a really rich racing history (documented from 1969 to 1991). From 1991 to 2007 the car sat in a garage. I bought the car and put her back on the track. Now, I am about to do paint, custom graphics, etc. and the car needs a new name. Help me out guys. I have been pondering this decision for several months and no one has come up with any better names for me.
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 307
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From: Olympia Washington
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...14-1842-29.jpg
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...14-1859-06.jpg
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...14-1848-26.jpg
Here are a few pictures of the car from the Bremerton Raceway in the late 70's
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...14-1859-06.jpg
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...14-1848-26.jpg
Here are a few pictures of the car from the Bremerton Raceway in the late 70's
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Melting Slicks
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From: Fort Pierce Florida
Burning Brakes
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From: Cartersville GA
With what you've posted, I'd suggest "the Phoenix" as it looks like it's been reborn a few times.
I haven't named mine officially, but have been leaning towards Phoenix as it's been "raised from the ashes".
The read color looks right in line with the Phoenix theme...
I haven't named mine officially, but have been leaning towards Phoenix as it's been "raised from the ashes".
The read color looks right in line with the Phoenix theme...
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Go with that name because it fits.
