More old-school NASCAR trivia
Here’s a few more to wrap your brain around :blink:
1 - How many races did Glen Wood win as a driver?
2 - On July 8, 1973, the racing was so hot at this track that 25 of 30 drivers who started the race had to call on relief drivers. What track was it?
3 - What make of car was Al Keller driving when he won the first NASCAR Winston Cup road race, June 13, 1954, at Linden Airport in New Jersey?
4 - Which Louisana city hosted that state’s only Winston Cup race on June 7, 1953?
[QUOTE=Frasson118;126070]Another try on the Southern 500.
I seem to recall Buck Baker running a race LONG after he retired. This might have been it.[/QUOTE]
Yep… You got it! :ernaehrung004:
Actually it was not the Southern 500… Buck came out of retirement (last race in 1973) to drive in the 1976 REBEL 400 for Junie Donleavy as a teammate to Dick Brooks and he finished sixth in the race.
2- wild, but educated guess… Texas World Speedway in College Station. This would have been just a few days after the Firecracker 400 at Daytona, which always ran ON July 4th until a few years ago. Texas has a reputation of getting incredibly hot in the summer.
3- Al Keller won in a Jaguar, of all things.
4- another guess with Baton Rouge.
Is it possible that Glen Wood didn’t win ANY races as a driver in Grand Nationals? He won a bunch in Modified/Sportsman divisions, and probably over 100 as an owner… but it seems like a trick question to me.
[QUOTE=Jacque Debris;126071]Here’s a few more to wrap your brain around :blink:
1 - How many races did Glen Wood win as a driver?
2 - On July 8, 1973, the racing was so hot at this track that 25 of 30 drivers who started the race had to call on relief drivers. What track was it?
3 - What make of car was Al Keller driving when he won the first NASCAR Winston Cup road race, June 13, 1954, at Linden Airport in New Jersey?
4 - Which Louisana city hosted that state’s only Winston Cup race on June 7, 1953?[/QUOTE]
Here are the answers to the last set of questions…
1 - Four (Doesn’t say if it was Winston Cup wins or modified wins etc).
2 - Bristol Motor Speedway
3 - Jaguar
4 - Shreveport (Louisiana State Fairgrounds, June 7, 1953)
Here’s a couple off the top of my head:
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Prior to Marcos Ambrose and Juan Pablo Montoya recently, there was a large gap in time to find the last non-American to win a Nascar Cup race. Who was it, and where was he from?
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Terry Labonte got his first big break from car owner Billy Hagan, who had just fired his current driver. Who was that? True story… I once asked Terry if he ever had a chance to ‘thank’ that driver for getting fired. He said no, but his look seemed to suggest that he wished he’d thought of it…!
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Most people know that Danica and Ricky Stenhouse are dating, along with racing together. But a few years back, there was an actual husband and wife both running the full Busch Series, and each competed in some Cup races too, although I’m not sure if they ran against each other in Cup. Who were they?
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Sunoco is now the Official Fuel of Nascar, but started out as a sponsor of a Cup car several years ago. Who was the first Sunoco sponsored driver? Bonus points if you give the correct car number also.
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What still-active racetrack, but no longer on the Nascar circuit, has an unusual shape to it because there was actually a cemetery in the infield? The caskets and headstones have since been moved, but the track shape stayed as it was.
Track Trivia
Here’s a couple more…
1 - The record for the shortest distance ever run in a rain shortened “official” Winston Cup race was only twenty-seven miles. At which track was this race held at?
2 - What is the shortest track ever to host a Winston Cup race… AND …just how small was this racetrack?
Dave… Ed Pimm did drive a Sunoco 98 for Mike Curb… however that sponsorship came on board after they tried another team first, but decided to go with Curb instead. Brad Noffsinger was also a pilot of that ride.
Answer to #2 from Jacques… Islip Speedway, in Islip NY. It a minuscule 1/5 of a mile. Just a hint here… the ‘cemetery’ track from my last question was run in close proximity to when they ran Islip.
Dave is correct on 1,2,& 3.
[QUOTE=Frasson118;126268]Dave… Ed Pimm did drive a Sunoco 98 for Mike Curb… however that sponsorship came on board after they tried another team first, but decided to go with Curb instead. Brad Noffsinger was also a pilot of that ride.
Answer to #2 from Jacques… Islip Speedway, in Islip NY. It a minuscule 1/5 of a mile. Just a hint here… the ‘cemetery’ track from my last question was run in close proximity to when they ran Islip.[/QUOTE]
For question #4… Was it Sterling Marlin in the No. 94 Oldsmobile?
Earlier than that. I think this driver only ran 3-4 races, mostly out of pocket. Sunoco didn’t throw any big money or contracts to this guy. For Sunoco, it was strictly to test the waters… the driver hoped it would turn into something bigger.
This is a tough question and a very obscure name in the Nascar world.
The 2 answers nobody came up with are:
Charlie Rudolph in the #04 Sunoco sponsored car
Fonda Speedway in NY had a cemetery in the infield. The back straight has a bow in it to go around the area. Fonda and Islip were both part of what was called the Northern Tour part of the Nascar schedule.
[QUOTE=Jacque Debris;126266]Here’s a couple more…
1 - The record for the shortest distance ever run in a rain shortened “official” Winston Cup race was only twenty-seven miles. At which track was this race held at?
2 - What is the shortest track ever to host a Winston Cup race… AND …just how small was this racetrack?[/QUOTE]
For question #2, Frasson118 got it exactly right. Islip Speedway was only 1/5 mile.
The answer to question #1 was Bowman Gray Stadium. The race was on April 23, 1962. The race was a scheduled 200 lap event on the 1/4 mile track (only a 50 mile event in the first place). The race was called after 108 laps for rain (only 27 miles long).
Famous Firsts
Here’s a few more questions to keep your brain occupied for a while…
1 - Who was the first driver to win a Winston Cup race in an AMC Matador?
2 - What make of car won the very first Daytona 500?
3 - Who were the first brothers to occupy the front row for the Daytona 500?
4 - What was the number of the car that won the very first Winston Cup race?
[QUOTE=ancrdave;126479]1) Mark Donohue won his one and only NASCAR Cup race at Riverside on January 21, 1973 driving Roger Penske’s AMC Matador… This was the only win for the “original” Matador body style…
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Lee Petty won in a 1959 Oldsmobile… 59 cars started representing nine different makes of cars… The starting field had 27 Chevrolets, 20 Fords (7 were the Thunderbird model), 4 Pontiacs, 2 Mercurys, 2 Oldsmobiles (Lee and Richard Petty), and one each DeSoto, Edsel and Studebaker…
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1998 Daytona 500 - Bobby Labonte on the pole and Terry Labonte outside pole…
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#34 driven by Jim Roper at Charlotte Speedway… He actually finished three laps behind Glen Dunaway, but Dunaway was disqualified handing Roper the win…[/QUOTE]
Right on all four… Ancrdave, there’s gotta be at least one question that you don’t know the answer to… isn’t there???
More freakin trivia
Alright, let’s see if I can stump you guys with any of these. (probably not)
1 - Where did Davey Allison win his last race?
2 - When Geoff Bodine took the checkered flag on July 14, 1984, it marked the last Winston Cup event at what facility?
3 - Which two drivers (past and present) born outside of The United States went on to earn Rookie of the Year honors? (Winston Cup / Sprint Cup)
4 - What driver once fielded an all-woman pit crew led by his wife, Kathy in ARCA competition?
5 - Before winning the 1998 Daytona 500 in his 20th attempt, how many consecutive Winston Cup events had Dale Earnhardt run without scoring a victory?
6 - Who was the first driver to win a Winston Cup event in a Ford Taurus?