NASCAR Trivia

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Question 1 -- In 1997 Rusty Wallace received a $5,000 fine, did he pay it?

Q 2 -- To get my first Grand National car in 1959, I waited until the bank closed on Friday and wrote a check for $2,000. Knowing the check was no good, I had to win the two races that weekend and I did with some relief help, Who am I?

Q 3 -- The first race at Darlington Raceway was the 1950 Southern 500, won by Johnny Mantz. What was interesting about his win?

Q 4 -- I used the name Bob Sunderman the first few times I drove a stock car because my parents were dead set against me driving. My daddy finally figured out what was going on and told me if I was going to race to use my own name. I had a big year in 1972 in the #12 Coca-Cola car. Me and Darrell Waltrip finished next to each other in the standings in 7 different seasons, but I beat him for the 1983 Championship. My son and I finished 1-2 in the 1988 Daytona 500. Who am I?

Q 5 -- In an interview for a magazine in 1982 this driver gave Dale Earnhardt his nickname "The Intimidator"?

Q 6 -- What is used to fill NASCAR tires?

Q 7 -- From 1949 to 1952 this woman had 13 starts? She used the family car to race with, without her husband knowing. She wrecked and the local paper put her wrecked car on the front page? When her husband asked where the car was she said "That ol' piece of junk, its in the shop" Who is this driver and how much did she win in that period?

Q 8 -- In 2002 Jamie McMurray won his first race in only his second start and Kurt Busch had a bump and run win over Jimmy Spencer for his first win. Rookie driver Jimmie Johnson won his first race holding off Kurt Busch and fellow rookie Ryan Newman also won his first race? One other driver won his first race in an exciting finish fending off Mark Martin and Busch, who was the driver and what tracks did these 5 drivers win at?

Q 9 -- To get my first Grand National car I traded a Black Angus Bull, a race car and trailer, and a Lincoln to Bobby Allison? I owned my own vehicle and competed in 33 races from 1970 to 1982? My best finish was 5th in 1974? I was known to put on a free show at one of the motels during the weekend? I am one of the stars of country music and the Grand Ole Opery?

Q 10 -- President George Washington traveled on horseback from Charlotte to Washington, and stopped and ate lunch in a house which later served as this Speedway's office.

Q 11 -- The Woods Brothers gave Tiny Lund the start for the 1963 Daytona 500 after he pulled their regular driver Marvin Panch from a burning wreck in a sports car. Lund was awarded the Carnegie Medal for his act of heroism. What was unique about his win?

Q 12 -- Which driver was the first to win the Busch and Winston Cup Championships?

Q 13 -- What driver won won the inaugural Busch Series race in 1982 at Daytona?

Q 14 -- Who is the youngest driver to race in NASCAR's top division?

Q 15 -- Rick Hendrick has won with 13 drivers with 5 different numbers, name the four drivers that have won in the #5 and the six drivers that have won in the #5.

Q 16 - - Dale Earnhardt won his 60th race in 1994 in his 483rd start and Jeff Gordon won his 60th race in 2002 in his 318th start. What track was it at?

Q 17 - - In 1982 a winner had this for the first time?

Q 18 - - From 1950-2002 the car #90 made 863 starts, but only won once. Jody Ridley took it to victory lane at Dover in 1981. Who was the owner all those years?

Q 19 - - Three drivers have won the Championship with only 1 win, name them and the year?

Q 20 - - Who made the dumbest decision in NASCAR history in the Chase at Kansas in 2007?

Answer 1 -- Yes he did, in pennies.

A 2 -- Ned Jarrett

A 3 -- Mantz knew that the soft tires that most of the other competitors used would tear up quickly on the asphalt; so he used heavy truck tires, which made him much slower, but he never had to change the tires, saving several minutes per pit stop.

A 4 -- Bobby Allison used Bob Sunderman as his name for his first races.

A 5 -- Cale Yarborough gave Earnhardt his nickname.

A 6 -- Nitrogen, which is also use to use power tools.

A 7 - - Louise Smith drove the family car and won a total of $235

A 8 -- Johnny Benson won at Rockingham, McMurray at Lowes, Busch at Bristol, Johnson at California and Newman at New Hampshire.

A 9 -- Country singer Marty Robbins

A 10 -- Lowes Motor Speedway. This site used to be a working plantation in the Civil War.

A 11 -- He won the race on one set of tires.

A 12 -- Bobby Labonte won the Busch series in 1991 and the Winston Cup in 2000.

A 13 -- Dale Earnhardt won the first Busch race in 1982 driving a 1979 #15 Wrangler Pontiac Ventura

A 14 -- Bobby Hillin Jr at the ripe age of 17 qualified a Buick owned by his grandfather at North Wilkesboro Speedway in 1982. He finished 21st. In 2002 NASCAR change the age limit to 18. He won the 1986 Winston 500, in a huge upset for his only Winston Cup career win.

A 15 -- The #5 (Geoff Bodine, Ricky Rudd, Terry Labonte and Kyle Busch) The #25 (Tim Richmond, Ken Schrader, Jerry Nadeau, Joe Nemechek, Brian Vickers and Casey Mears)

A 16 - - Earnhardt and Gordon both won their 60th race at Darlington.

A 17 - - Bobby Allison was the first winner with power steering. He won at Dover.

A 18 - - Junie Dunleavy was the owner for the #90 from 1950-2002.

A 19 - - Benny Parsons in 1973, Ned Jarrett in 1961 and Bill Rexford in 1950. Rexford was the youngest driver to win, at age 23 and it was his only career win.

A 20 - - The #20 team for not pitting to fix their fender so they wouldn't crash.