The Greatest Names of USAC

Peter Ponder-Pistor, Salt Walther, Dominick Buffalino, Dick DeBolt, Gib Wiser, Kipp Beard, Zeke Ingland. These are some of the true greatest names in USAC history. 

And, by that, we mean the names that are just plain fun to say. They may not have won much; they may have appeared in one USAC event and one event only over 50 years ago; but their names did appear in the program and they did strap in and compete. We scoured the archives front and back, upside and down, and here are just a few of the names from the USAC box score archives that made us reach for a highlighter and make note. Of note, the names mentioned in the opening line of this write-up only made the honorable mention list, so this is got to be good. Here, without further ado, is our list of the most memorable names in USAC racing history.

12. Pepi Marchese

11. Malcolm Lovelace

10. Sport Allen

9. Jim Bob Luebbert

8. Hud Cone

7. Porky Rachwitz

6. Cookie Osterhout

5. Potsy Goacher

4. Cotton Farmer

3. Jerry Walkingstick

2. Critter Malone

1. Snake Livernash

Honorable Mentions: Wib Spalding, Robin Bank, Peter Ponder-Pistor, Salt Walther, Jigger Sirois, Sleepy Tripp, Pancho Carter, Shorty Templeman, Parnelli Jones, Smokey Snellbaker, Jud Larson, Jojo Helberg, Tom Pfefferle, Sal Moschella, Nevil Algieo, Dominick Buffalino, Dick DeBolt, Corky Green, Orval Yeadon, Jordan Hermansader, Gib Wiser, Gene Kurlonko, Shawn Krockenberger, Carmen Manzardo, Tye Mihocko, Kipp Beard, Zeke Ingland, Wally Dallenbach, Snooky Bullock, Lealand McSpadden, Thad Dosher, Billy Thrasher, Billy Throckmorton, Chris Cumberworth, Peter Cozzolino, Jiggs Peters, Cy Fairchild, Scratch Daniels, Cory Kruseman