Some old NASCAR trivia

[Frasson118]

Here's a couple off the top of my head:

1) 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?

2) 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...!

3) 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?

4) 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.

5) 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.

[Jacque Debris]

Here's a few more to wrap your brain around

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?

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)

[Frasson118]

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.

[ancrdave]

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.

[Jacque Debris]

Another try on the Southern 500.

I seem to recall Buck Baker running a race LONG after he retired. This might have been it.

Yep... You got it!

[Jacque Debris]

More old-school NASCAR trivia

Here's a few more to wrap your brain around

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?

[Frasson118]

Another try on the Southern 500.

I seem to recall Buck Baker running a race LONG after he retired. This might have been it.

[Jacque Debris]

Here's a little bit of trivia for some of you old-school NASCAR fans.

1 - Which two drivers were banned from NASCAR because of their attempts in 1961 to unionize the drivers?
2 - What former champion came out of retirement to drive in the 1976 Southern 500?
3 - Who was the first driver to win a Winston Cup race in a Nash?
4 - Richard Petty's first NASCAR win, June 14,1959, at Atlanta's Lakewood Speedway, was taken away after which other driver protested the race?

You guys have three out of the four right....

1 - It was Curtis Turner and Tim Flock
2 - It wasn't David Pearson.... Who was it?
3 - It was Curtis Turner on April 1, 1951 at Charlotte
4 - It was Lee Petty, I guess you want to win pretty bad when you protest your own son. I guess when your racing, family goes out the window.

[ancrdave]

1) Tim Flock
2) Curtis Turner - the only win ever for a Nash... on April Fools Day 1951... drove a Nash Ambassador to the win at Charlotte Speedway...

[Frasson118]

1- Curtis Turner was one. I'm thinking Joe Weatherly for the other.
2- David Pearson in the Hoss Ellington 1 car.
3- ?????
4- His own father, Lee Petty

[Jacque Debris]

NASCAR legends trivia

Here's a little bit of trivia for some of you old-school NASCAR fans.

1 - Which two drivers were banned from NASCAR because of their attempts in 1961 to unionize the drivers?
2 - What former champion came out of retirement to drive in the 1976 Southern 500?
3 - Who was the first driver to win a Winston Cup race in a Nash?
4 - Richard Petty's first NASCAR win, June 14,1959, at Atlanta's Lakewood Speedway, was taken away after which other driver protested the race?

[Jacque Debris]

Alright lets get serious here again.... Here's a few more....

1 - What was used as the pace car for the very first Daytona 500?
2 - How many cars showed up to vie for one of the 43 starting positions for the inagural Brickyard 400?
3 - Who built the engine with which Richard Petty won his 200th race?
4 - Who is the imaginary person that Darrell Waltrip has said was responsible for so many cautions on the racetrack? HA-HA

Here are the answers to the questions above....

1 - Pontiac Bonneville convertible
2 - 84
3 - Robert Yates (never knew he built motors for GM Products) Richard Petty won it in a Pontiac.
4 - Yours truly, Jacque Debris. He always blamed it on the myterious Canadian.

[ancrdave]

Fireball Roberts won the pole in the #M-3 Ray Fox/Fish Carburetor 1956 Ford but dropped out... Banjo Matthews won the race in another 1956 Ford #49...

[Jack Burroughs]

Fish carb.

I saw a fish carb. sponsored car at DIS in 1959, in the Modified race, I think it was a '55 ford with a 430 Lincoln power, there was also another '55 ford, who was it?

[ancrdave]

Here's the skinny on the Fish carb...

The M-1 had 17 parts, only three of which were moving parts.

Using high fuel metering differential pressure to produce perfect distribution, the carburetor was unaffected by the sway of the road, stopping and starting, hard turns and bumpy highways. The high mileage, stall-proof carburetor had 100% combustion, faster acceleration, higher top speeds and smoother operation.

The M-1 Carburetor was suitable for just about any vehicle, from small sport cars to family cars, buses, trucks and marine engines.

These assertions were followed by several testimonials from M-1 owners who bragged that they got 35-38 mpg, and required virtually no maintenance.

The main reason racers liked it was because their cars would no longer "bog down" in tight corners, plus the quick acceleration...

We have one of the original models on display here at the Archives...