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The final round of the Haltech V8 SuperUte Series Season for 2022 will honour the category\u2019s racing DNA with each competitor running nicknames on their race cars; a feature that will continue into next season.<\/p>\n

Originating during the first generation of the V8 Ute Racing Series, the fan-friendly marketing gimmick was an instant hit, with the likes of \u2018Sideways\u2019, \u2018Jazz Hands\u2019 and \u2018Big Sexy\u2019 becoming household names among the formula\u2019s fans. Those nicknames will make a comeback on the streets of Surfers Paradise this weekend, along with new monikers like \u2018Mudflap\u2019, \u2018Notzak\u2019 and \u2018Styles\u2019 for drivers who are new to the SuperUtes.<\/p>\n

DAVID \u201cMUDFLAP\u201d CASEY<\/strong>: \u201cMudflap is for my mullet and because of my background in 4×4 and off-roading.\u201d<\/p>\n

RYAL \u201cTHE KID\u201d HARRIS<\/strong>: \u201cWhen I first started racing in the utes I had sponsorship from Grove Fruit Juice, so I used to be known as the OJ Kid and that\u2019s how \u2018The Kid\u2019 kind of stuck ever since.\u201d<\/p>\n

GEORGE \u201cEL GRINGO\u2019 GUTIERREZ<\/strong>: \u201cI did a once-off ute race at the Adelaide 500 back in 2016 and that\u2019s the name we used the, manly due to my ethnicity. I\u2019m Australian born with Chilean parents.\u201d<\/p>\n

DEAN \u201cTHE PROFESSOR\u201d BROOKING<\/strong>: \u201cThe Professor was given to me by the Excel committee back in 2015 because I was always reading regulations and looking for enhancements in every little aspect of vehicle set-up and build.\u201d<\/p>\n

CRAIG “BIG SEXY” WOODS:<\/strong> “I was crowned \u201cworld\u2019s sexiest man\u201d in a competition on my bucks cruise in 2015, and I love hip hop and Biggy Small\u2019s. So the boys started calling me Big Sexy.”<\/p>\n

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Keep an eye on the SuperUtes social pages this weekend for more background stories on each competitor\u2019s nicknames.<\/p>\n

The final round of the 2022 Haltech V8 SuperUte Series will run on the streets of Surfers Paradise this week, October 28-30, as part of the Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500 event for the Repco Supercars Championship. First practice starts on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

Watch all races live on Fox Sports 506 and streamed on Kayo across October 28-30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Originating during the first generation of the V8 Ute Racing Series, the fan-friendly marketing gimmick was an instant hit, with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1123,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nSUPERUTES HONOURS SERIES HISTORY WITH RETURN OF NICKNAMES - V8 SuperUte Series<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/v8superutes.com\/superutes-honours-series-history-with-return-of-nicknames\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SUPERUTES HONOURS SERIES HISTORY WITH RETURN OF NICKNAMES - V8 SuperUte Series\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The final round of the Haltech V8 SuperUte Series Season for 2022 will honour the category\u2019s racing DNA with each competitor running nicknames on their race cars; a feature that will continue into next season. 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