Motoring's funniest names




Tom Webster brings you the funniest names in motoring. Immature laughter is strongly encouraged.


Theodore Slotover
F1 pitlane reporter Ted Kravitz presumably decided his real name would be too much of a mouthful in his chosen career.

Tokyo Sexwale
South African A1GP boss and sometime ANC politician, Tokyo Sexwale reportedly changed his first name due to a childhood love of martial arts. His surname is the one he was born with…

Lord Adonis
Lord Andrew Adonis is the current secretary of state for transport, not the Greek mythological figure of his namesake.

Dick Trickle
The 1980s and 90s NASCAR driver reputedly inspired the naming of Cole Trickle, Tom Cruise’s fictional Days of Thunder character


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