more than just a screen name

I have always had a name for my race cars. in the fall of 2003 I was just finishing a 440 powered D-50 and was looking for a new name for it. Past versions were "Midnight Express", a 440 powered 70 Dart. "Mopar Madness" was was on a 69 440 Road Runner and a 23 T altered.
After a 5 year hiatus from racing, my son suggested we build a new car. In this case it was a truck.
While vacationing in Bishop, California one weekend a thunder storm came up on the eastern slope of the Sierras and rumbled down the valley.As I sat on the hotel balcony it came to me. Mountain Thunder. I live in a mountain community so that became the name of the truck ( it did Thunder) and eventually the name of a small engine shop I had for a couple of years. I have stuck with the name ever since. Many people in the area only know me as Mountain Thunder, not Mike.