Some old NASCAR trivia

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In 1952 the series that is now known as Sprint Cup ran at a half-mile dirt oval called Stamford Park in Ontario Canada.

17 cars competed in the event, only three were running at the end.

Winner was...........Buddy Shuman

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Famous Firsts

Here's one that you might not know....

Who won the first NASCAR Cup race to be run outside of the United States?

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Tommy Irwin, 1960, T-bird, #36, first 100 miler qualifier

Correct again.... good job....

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U R right Doug!

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Here's a question that may stump you... Paul Goldsmith won the 1953 Daytona 200 riding a Harley-Davidson and the final stock race on the beach in 1958 driving a Pontiac. He is the only driver/rider so far to win both of Daytona's biggest events (for their respective classes) during his career... There was one person who was instrumental in securing both these victories for Goldsmith... Who was he?

Smokey Yunick

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Tommy Irwin, 1960, T-bird, #36, first 100 miler qualifier

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Daytona Trivia

Here's one you might need to do a little research on..... or .... maybe not!!

1 - Who was the very first NASCAR Cup driver to crash into Daytona's Lake Lloyd? What year was it, and at which event did it happen at? And just for kicks, what was the make of car and car number?

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Here's a question that may stump you... Paul Goldsmith won the 1953 Daytona 200 riding a Harley-Davidson and the final stock race on the beach in 1958 driving a Pontiac. He is the only driver/rider so far to win both of Daytona's biggest events (for their respective classes) during his career... There was one person who was instrumental in securing both these victories for Goldsmith... Who was he?

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When I first saw this question I really didn't think it was true. But I did a little research and sure enough, Buick really did dominate that year.

1 - In 1982 Buick won 25 of the 30 Winston Cup races run, winning at least one event at every track that year except for one. Which track was it?

Richmond, both races that year were won by Chevrolet

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Buick Dominance

When I first saw this question I really didn't think it was true. But I did a little research and sure enough, Buick really did dominate that year.

1 - In 1982 Buick won 25 of the 30 Winston Cup races run, winning at least one event at every track that year except for one. Which track was it?

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In honor of the late Dick Trickle let's give you a question to remember the White Knight #99.

1 - Although Dick Trickle has won over 1200 races in his long racing career, his first win in one of NASCAR's major series came in 1997, when he won a Busch Grand National race at what track?

He did win twice in the second-tier Busch Series, in 1997 at Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway, where he became the series' oldest victor, and in 1998 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, where he held off Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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RIP Dick Trickle

In honor of the late Dick Trickle let's give you a question to remember the White Knight #99.

1 - Although Dick Trickle has won over 1200 races in his long racing career, his first win in one of NASCAR's major series came in 1997, when he won a Busch Grand National race at what track?

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From ESPN Classic:

Feb. 27, 1955 - Tim Flock was so angry when he was disqualified on a technicality at Daytona in 1954 that he quit driving, vowing never to compete in a NASCAR race again. But Flock grew bored and made a brief return late in '54.

Although he came back to Daytona Beach in February 1955, it was only as a spectator. However, after seeing Carl Kiekhaefer's new Chrysler 300, Flock's eyes lit up and he wanted back in. Kiekhaefer gave him the ride.

Flock won the pole for the 160-mile Grand National event on Daytona's Beach and Road Course with a speed of 130 mph. But before a crowd of 27,000 at today's 39-lap race, Flock was not as successful. Racing his car at 92 mph, he crossed the finish line in one hour, 44 minutes and 17 seconds. That was one minute and 14 seconds behind Fireball Roberts.

But the next morning, Flock got a measure of revenge for 1954 when it was announced that Roberts had been disqualified because his push rods had been altered. Flock's victory was worth $2,350 of the $9,775 purse. It was the first time a car equipped with an automatic transmission won a NASCAR race.

Although Flock won the race with an automatic transmission, he did not like it and insisted on a stick shift. On Kiekhaefer's orders, Chrysler built a straight stick transmission to go into the 300 series.

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Richmond was a DNQ for the 1982 Daytona 500 driving for... Billie Harvey...

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Tim was also the pilot of this crazy-ass Supermodified.

I say 'pilot', because they were never allowed to actually 'race' this car that has 3 wheels on the right side and only 1 on the left. Oswego Speedway had heard about this car and banned it before it ever got to the Speedway.

The builder/car owner, Ken Reece, got so pissed about it being outlawed, he took the torch to it, and cut it up into small pieces. I wish it would've survived, as this is one of THE most unique racing cars in history.