Some old NASCAR trivia

[ancrdave]

This one is easy... I'll let everyone else try it first...

[Trash Inturn4]

This one is easy... I'll let everyone else try it first...

I'll do the same Ancrdave

[Trash Inturn4]

Who was the first driver to win a NASCAR Cup race driving a Chevrolet Monte Carlo? What year was it, and at which track? Also.... This driver had to use a relief driver in this race, Who was the relief driver? Good luck!!

1971 Volunteer 500 at Bristol, Charlie Glotzbach started the winning car and had relief help from Raymond "Friday" Hassler.

[Jacque Debris]

1971 Volunteer 500 at Bristol, Charlie Glotzbach started the winning car and had relief help from Raymond "Friday" Hassler.

Yep! Right on the money..... Good job there Doug

[Jacque Debris]

Track trivia

Here's a couple more...

1 - Which driver used to wear a life jacket at Daytona, just in case his car ended up in Lake Lloyd?

2 - Which track that currently hosts NASCAR Cup events originally had a football field in its infield?

[Trash Inturn4]

Here's a couple more...

1 - Which driver used to wear a life jacket at Daytona, just in case his car ended up in Lake Lloyd?

2 - Which track that currently hosts NASCAR Cup events originally had a football field in its infield?

2) Bristol Motor Speedway. In 1961, the track hosted a National Football League preseason game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins

1)Tiger Tom Pistone, who could not swim, installed scuba gear in his car so he wouldn't drown if he went into Lake lloyd.

[ancrdave]

1) Tom Pistone... se photo
2) Daytona International Speedway hosted Bethune-Cookman College and high school football games in the grass of the tri-oval during the early-1960s... Not sure if that's what you are looking for, but it's a fact!

[Trash Inturn4]

I beat you by two minutes Ancrdave LOL.

[Jacque Debris]

Great minds think alike..... It's pretty ironic that both of you guys attached the same picture too. It was "Tiger" Tom Pistone. The answer that I was looking for for the other question was Bristol Motor Speedway. But Ancrdave I don't doubt your answer of Daytona one bit.

Only two minutes apart....... pretty cool.

[Jacque Debris]

Famous Firsts

Here's three more to keep your brains busy over the weekend....

1 - Who was the first driver to win a NASCAR Cup race on Hoosier tires?
2 - Who was the first driver to finish a 500-mile race in less than three hours? Let's make this a little harder..... What track was it at? What was the official time (hours/minutes/seconds) of the race? and.... what was the average speed of the race?
3 - Who was the first driver to win the Most Popular Driver Award and the NASCAR Cup championship in the same year? What year did it happen?

[Trash Inturn4]

Here's three more to keep your brains busy over the weekend....

1 - Who was the first driver to win a NASCAR Cup race on Hoosier tires?
2 - Who was the first driver to finish a 500-mile race in less than three hours? Let's make this a little harder..... What track was it at? What was the official time (hours/minutes/seconds) of the race? and.... what was the average speed of the race?
3 - Who was the first driver to win the Most Popular Driver Award and the NASCAR Cup championship in the same year? What year did it happen?

1) Neil Bonnett won on February 21, 1988, at Richmond International Raceway.

2)Buddy Baker. Buddy won the Winston 500 at Alabama International Motor Speedway on May 2, 1976, in a Dodge in 2:56:37 with an average speed of 169.887.

3)Richard Petty, 1964

[steadysteve]

Tiger Tom

1) Tom Pistone... se photo
2) Daytona International Speedway hosted Bethune-Cookman College and high school football games in the grass of the tri-oval during the early-1960s... Not sure if that's what you are looking for, but it's a fact!

Was this the same Tiger Tom Pistone that was featured on a episode of "Americam Pickers"?

Also,didnt Daytona also have a football field that hosted high school football games,back when the race track opened?

[Jacque Debris]

1) Neil Bonnett won on February 21, 1988, at Richmond International Raceway.

2)Buddy Baker. Buddy won the Winston 500 at Alabama International Motor Speedway on May 2, 1976, in a Dodge in 2:56:37 with an average speed of 169.887.

3)Richard Petty, 1964

You have #1 & #2 right...... #3 was earlier than 1964.

[Trash Inturn4]

You have #1 & #2 right...... #3 was earlier than 1964.

Rex White, 1960

[Jimmy McKinley]

Was this the same Tiger Tom Pistone that was featured on a episode of "American Pickers"?

Yep.

That episode, though...was kinda....misleading. From what I understand (from guys that I "know" through model-car building message boards that were *there* back in the day), a LOT of that stuff was "planted"...and/or fake. Like that so-called "Petty door". It doesn't even look like a Plymouth door, and the font of the number never matched anything that the Pettys ran.