Abyss64 Trivia Thread

[ABYSS64]

Figured maybe I'd try something a little fun here so Im starting my own trivia thread. Lets see if I can stump some of ya. Mostly nascar, some well known dirt and asphalt late model stuff. The first one is this one, Dale Sr, Geoff Bodine of course, can you tell me who is driving the 20 car??

[larrytg]

20

Rick Newsome

[ABYSS64]

Rick Newsome

Nope,think dirt modified.

[Lizzard]

Sammy Swindell?

I followed him on the dirt races and I though I heard an announcer mention that he drove the #20 in NASCAR before Tony.

What do I win? A new Strictly Stock I hope!

[Winger]

Brett Hearn

[ABYSS64]

Brett Hearn

WINNER! Brett Hearn was even a surprise to me, I don't remember Brett in cup.

[ABYSS64]

Ok, a little harder, this one from Daytona Sportsman 1986.

[Rick Anges]

Morgan Shepard

[Jimmy McKinley]

That first pic is the Busch race, the 300 on Saturday, not the Winston Cup race. Bodine's car was #15 in Busch. If you look at the cars, you'll see the Busch decal on the car and not the red Winston Cup decal.

Let's see some more!

Here's one for ya; even I had to look this one up. Who's this, leading the 1969 Riverside 500?

[Jim Fenton]

John Andretti's Uncle Mario.

[owm61]

great thread!

i have a question? in the first picture posted by abyss64 the guy sitting on the pit wall directly beside dale sr he looks to be holding a stop watch with his leg crossed over the wall. could that be dales long time gas man chocolate myers? kinda looks like him, great pictures tho keep em coming! and by the way its a beautiful day in fl for some kinda short track racin' were headed to new symrna.

[Jimmy McKinley]

Danny (Chocolate) Myers had a big ol' fuzzy beard and mustache, so it *could* be him. That pic looks like either practice or qualifying.

Fenton got my pic correct. It's Mario in a Holman-Moody Torino Cobra; he led a buncha laps there and ended up fifth. I'd never seen that car before, so yeah, I had to look it up

Let's see...hmmm...OK:

In about 1971, NASCAR ruled that the big-block powered cars had to run restrictor plates at the superspeedways (Daytona and Talladega). That year at the Daytona 500, one team showed up with the only small-block in the field, which could run without the plate. It was also the only winged car in the race that year. They ended up seventh in the race. Which team was it, and who was the driver?

[ABYSS64]

Yes that is Chocolate. Great pic Jimmy, I wouldn't have gotten that one! Now let see if I can make it a lil harder.
1976 Michigan 400 is all Im giving ya.

[ABYSS64]

Partial Answer To Jimmys Question

I believe it was Dick Brooks, but I'm not sure who he was driving for at the time, I know a little later in the 70's he drove for Junie.

[Jimmy McKinley]

It was Brooks, but whose team was it?

That #30 looks to be ol' Ironhead, Dale Sr. I could be wrong, though. Maybe Tighe Scott?