Venom Roush Racing

“Having been to SEMA in 2015, I noticed that most one-off or ‘ restomods’ had their own identities or names. One was needed for my car. I scoured the internet for horse (pony) types of names, including Diomedes, Xanthus, Centaur, and Talpur, but none of them resonated. I also figured it would be hard to get a number plate that would fit any of those names without it being misread or misinterpreted. More of a muscle name was needed, so, after some cajoling by Malcolm at Matamata Panelworks, we decided on ‘Venom’,” recalls Igor. “Now, if I could just get a number plate that said VENOM — yeah, right! After six months of trying various plate creations — I wasn’t happy with VENOM8 or 1VEN0M, etc — I decided to wait for divine intervention. Lo and behold, three months later the owner of the number plate VENOM, which was on a 1950s Velocette Venom motorbike, died. His son, who lived in Australia, inherited the bike but didn’t need the VENOM number plate anymore as he couldn’t use it in Australia, so he decided to sell it, and I just happened to be looking online that day! The dream had been fulfilled.”