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  NASCAR: The Early Years   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The early days of NASCAR make for interesting reading. Source of these questions is Greg Fielden and Byran Hallman's "NASCAR, The Complete History" (2009).
Average, 10 Qns, Rehaberpro, Feb 10 11
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  Very Unique Nascar   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Nascar History from the 1960s through to today!
Difficult, 10 Qns, MORTRACING, Mar 09 06
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MORTRACING
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  NASCAR Greats    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
If you know your NASCAR greats, you'll ace this quiz!
Average, 15 Qns, jinx430, May 20 04
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  NASCAR History 1980-2002    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
This is an interesting quiz that will test you knowledge of NASCAR.
Tough, 25 Qns, johnson48, Sep 02 09
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  First Time Winners    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz wll challange you about drivers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and their first wins
Average, 10 Qns, Trojan2016, Mar 26 12
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Trojan2016
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  NASCAR Champions 1948 to 2001    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Test your knowledge of past NASCAR champions.
Average, 10 Qns, racemany2k, Sep 13 04
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racemany2k gold member
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  Blast From the Past    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is on Championships.
Tough, 10 Qns, babemagnet24, Apr 20 04
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trivia question Quick Question
What Sprint Cup rookie driver broke his ankle during a crash in the Nationwide race at Talladega in 2008?

From Quiz "Nascar Season 2008"





NASCAR by Season Trivia Questions
1. On December 14,1947, 36 people met at the Streamline Hotel in Daytona Beach, FL. The result was the formation of National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing or as we know it today NASCAR. Who was the acknowledged leader of this group?

From Quiz NASCAR: The Early Years

Answer: Bill France

Bill France was a former driver and visionary who saw an opportunity for stock car racing to be a major spectator sport. He was involved in previous attempts to gain better organization, but in late 1947 he brought people together to take a fresh look at racing which at that time was often disorganized, dangerous, and had a low public profile and image.

2. How many points did Red Byron beat out Lee Petty with in 1949?

From Quiz Blast From the Past

Answer: 118

Lee Petty lost to Red By just 1949 in the first season of Nascar.

3. Who is the undisputed "King" of NASCAR racing?

From Quiz NASCAR Greats

Answer: Richard Petty

Richard Petty was the first driver to win 200 Winston Cup races.

4. What year was there no Daytona 500?

From Quiz Very Unique Nascar

Answer: 1974

In 1974 it was the Daytona 450, because of the fuel crisis. Bill France asked all the track owners to cut the length of their races by 10 percent in the early part of the season.

5. Following five heartbreaking 2nd-place finishes in 2004, which driver in 2005 came away with his first Nascar race victory at the Chevy American Revolution 400 at Richmond?

From Quiz First Time Winners

Answer: Kasey Kahne

Despite not winning a race in 2004, Kahne was named Rookie of the Year, following not only five 2nd-place finishes, but 13 Top-5's.

6. Under the points system in place in 1948, who was the NASCAR champion?

From Quiz NASCAR: The Early Years

Answer: Red Byron

Red Byron's win via the points system was the first for NASCAR. Byron entered 34 races with 11 wins and earned 2999.5 points. Runner-up Fonty Flock entered 40 races with 15 wins, and 2963.75 points. The Flock brothers and sister Ethel were fan favorites and helped to increase the NASCAR image.

7. How many points did Buck Baker beat out Marvin Panch with in 1957?

From Quiz Blast From the Past

Answer: 760

It was Buck Baker by a lot of points to Mavin Panch, and Buck had 10,716 points in 1957.

8. Who was the first driver to win three consecutive championships?

From Quiz NASCAR Greats

Answer: Cale Yarborough

Cale Yarborough won the Winston Cup Championship three consecutive times in 1976, 77, and 78. He also won 83 races and 70 pole positions in a four decade career.

9. How many women competed in the 1977 Firecracker 400?

From Quiz Very Unique Nascar

Answer: 3

The three women drivers were Janet Guthrie, Christine Beckers and Lella Lombardi. The previous time this had happened was back in 1949.

10. In June 2007, Juan Pablo Montoya became just the 3rd foreign-born driver (the first since Canadian Earl Ross in 1974) to win the a Nascar race. Where was his lone victory that season?

From Quiz First Time Winners

Answer: Infineon Raceway

Montoya was also the first Hispanic to win in NASCAR's top series. His second win came three years later at Watkins Glen in August 2010.

11. Who won the 1968 Championship?

From Quiz Blast From the Past

Answer: David Pearson

Pearson won it over Bobby Isaac by 126 points in 1968.

12. Which driver was a three time champion and second on NASCAR Winston Cup's all-time win list in the 20th century?

From Quiz NASCAR Greats

Answer: David Pearson

Pearson won a total of 105 Winston Cup races, second only to Richard Petty.

13. Geoff Bodine added a unique twist to the 1981 Daytona 500 by doing this?

From Quiz Very Unique Nascar

Answer: By crashing into a car that wasn't entered in the race

On lap 48, Bodine spun towards the infield and slammed into a parked station wagon belonging to a television crew there to film the race.

14. When David Reutimann won his first career NASCAR race in the Coca-Cola 600, he was the _____ driver to avchieve that feat.

From Quiz First Time Winners

Answer: 6th

The drivers who won their first Nascar race in the Coca-Cola 600 are: David Pearson (1961), Jeff Gordon (1994), Bobby Labonte (1995), Matt Kenseth (2000), Casey Mears (2007), and David Reutimann (2009).

15. In the early days of NASCAR, most of the racing tracks were made of what?

From Quiz NASCAR: The Early Years

Answer: dirt

The evolution from dirt to paving came slowly. Driving style also changed from the controlled slides needed on dirt to the balance required for paving.

16. Who won the 1979 Daytona 500?

From Quiz Blast From the Past

Answer: Richard Petty

Cale and Donnie got into it on the back stretch while 27 seconds ahead and wrecked. Richard won the race.

17. Which driver won the first NASCAR sanctioned race?

From Quiz NASCAR Greats

Answer: Robert "Red" Byron

Red Byron only raced three seasons, but won the first NASCAR sanctioned race in 1948, and won the first NASCAR championship in 1949.

18. Davey Allison's first Winston Cup race, at the age of 24, came in 1985: at which racetrack?

From Quiz Very Unique Nascar

Answer: Talladega

In 1985 Davey drove to a tenth place finish in his very first Winston Cup race.

19. When did Italian-American Mario Andretti, the first foreign-born driver to win a NASCAR race, win the Daytona 500, his first career victory?

From Quiz First Time Winners

Answer: 1967

Andretti's victory in the Daytona 500 would also be the only one in his Sprint Cup career. He was the first driver to win the Daytona 500, the Indianapolis 500, and the Formula One Championship.

20. Why is Slick Davis remembered today by NASCAR?

From Quiz NASCAR: The Early Years

Answer: First driver to die of injuries in a NASCAR race

On July 25, 1948, Slick Davis lost life in a NASCAR race at Greensboro, NC. He was the first but not the last to die in competition. Fonty Flock, it is legend, was hit by a careening car while napping in the infield.

21. How many points did Richard Petty beat out Darrell Waltrip with in 1979?

From Quiz Blast From the Past

Answer: 11

11 points in 1979 over Darrell, the last championship by the king.

22. Which driver was the champion in 1952 and 1955 (this driver also drove with a monkey as a co-pilot for 8 races)?

From Quiz NASCAR Greats

Answer: Tim Flock

Tim Flock won the championship in 52 and 55. He also amassed 40 wins and 37 pole postions in 13 years. He also won NASCAR's first sports car race, driving a Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing. Flock also competed in 8 races with a monkey, aptly named Jocko Flocko, as a co-pilot.

23. How many Winston Cup races did Mario Andretti win?

From Quiz Very Unique Nascar

Answer: 1

Mario had 14 starts in Nascar and only won one race. The Daytona 500 in 1967.

24. At just 20 years and one day old which driver, only the second to win a NASCAR race in their second attempt, in 2011 became the youngest driver to win the Daytona 500?

From Quiz First Time Winners

Answer: Trevor Bayne

Trevor Bayne became the leader of the race following the first attempt at a green-white-checker finish, after David Ragan, the previous leader of the race, was blacked flagged for changing lanes before the start/finish line on the restart. Bayne held off a charging Carl Edwards and a surprising David Gilliland to take the checkered flag. It was the first victory for the Wood Brothers (Bayne's car owners) in almost 10 years.

25. In what year did the transition begin from roadsters to late model stocks?

From Quiz NASCAR: The Early Years

Answer: 1949

This was a great step forward in wide fan appeal as the cars now resembled the cars the fans drove. It also attracted the major auto manufacturers to inject money into the fledgling racing circuit. Late models, however, debuted third on the racing card after the roadsters and modifieds.

26. Tim Richmond finished in the top 10 in 1986. Which place did he finish?

From Quiz Blast From the Past

Answer: 3rd

Tim Richmond finished behind Dale Earnhardt and Darrell Waltrip.

27. Which driver never won a Winston Cup Championship, but earned the nickname "Mr September", for winning four consecutive races that month in 1991?

From Quiz NASCAR Greats

Answer: Harry Gant

Gant won at Darlington, Richmond, Dover Downs, and Martinsville, in September of 1991. He also finished a career high fourth in the points chase, won 5 races and 1 pole position in that same year. Harry Gant was better known by his other nickname, "Handsome Harry".

28. In the May 1973 Winston Cup event at Talladega, how many cars started the field?

From Quiz Very Unique Nascar

Answer: 60

Nascar decided the Talladega track was so big it could easily accommodate a 60 car field. Not long after the start of the race there was a massive 21 car wreck (on the tenth lap).

29. How many first-time winners came to be during the 2011 season?

From Quiz First Time Winners

Answer: 5

The first-time winners in the 2011 season were: Trevor Bayne (Daytona 500), Regan Smith (Darlington), David Ragan (Daytona, July race), Paul Menard (Indianapolis), and Australian Marcos Ambrose (Watkins Glen).

30. What distinction do Sara Christian, Louise Smith, and Ethel Flock have in NASCAR history?

From Quiz NASCAR: The Early Years

Answer: Among the first female drivers in NASCAR

With early NASCAR fields of over a hundred cars upon occasion, it should not be surprising that many were female. None became full time drivers but the circuit was more open to women at that time. Historically, there are few female drivers in a largely male dominated sport.

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