Abyss64 Trivia Thread

[Jimmy McKinley]

That's gotta be practice for the '84 Daytona 500. Ol' Natz Peters in Mitton's #60 got wadded up in Friday's consolation race with Jim Hurlbert, in that huge-a$$ fireball.

I'm goin' out on a limb and saying the 98 is...Joe Ruttman. That's not a Hendrick car :-) Hendrick didn't get the Levi-Garrett sponsorship until '86 with Geoff Bodine; and they went out and won the 500 that year.

Here's a question for ya:

In early 1972, Bobby Allison was driving for Mario Rossi, but instead of the usual (Rossi #) 22, the car was renumbered to Allison's #12. Allison then crashed that car, resulting in borrowing a Dodge Charger from someone else. The car was run at Riverside and (at least) Nashville, and was pink and yellow. Who'd he borrow the car from?

[ABYSS64]

Name both drivers in this next one.
Remember, several drivers in the 98 but the other one should make you think a little.

[ABYSS64]

I'ma go with Tommy Gale in one of ol' Elmo's Fords. That's gotta be about 1975 or so. Looks like maybe Charlotte?

Lol, I knew u would guess that one Jimmy, Tommy Gale,1976 Cam2 motor oil 400 from Michigan.

[Jimmy McKinley]

I'ma go with Tommy Gale in one of ol' Elmo's Fords. That's gotta be about 1975 or so. Looks like maybe Charlotte?

[ABYSS64]

Elmo Langley

Nope, good guess though.

[Gary J]

Elmo Langley

[ABYSS64]

Ok, back from the dirt and heading home, here's tonight's pic. I like the starsky n hutch stripe, that's trick,lol.

[ABYSS64]

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?

Tighe Scott it is, boy I gotta get tough to stump ol Jimmy here, I'll be back later after the races are over.

[Winger]

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.

Brett had a short stint at the Nascar deal. I believe he rode on his roof at Daytona for quite a distance and that basically ended his attempt to break in Nascar. He found he could make more money racing dirt in the Northeast. Same story for Jimmy Horton who raced a little more in the big league and had quite a bit of success in ARCA. However, he could make money racing dirt so that's what he went back to. I think the fact that drivers could make money racing the short tracks in the northeast is why you don't see more of them in NASCAR. That may change though as, apparently, the racing in the NE is changing.

[Gary J]

Mystery

Rossi was last seen in jan 1983,he was thought to have died in a plane crash but the evidence says maybe not, his family is still trying to find out if he is still alive.

[Gary J]

Mario Rossi The motor was a Keith Black Dodge 305.

[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?

[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.

[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.

[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?