Some old NASCAR trivia

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No driver won three AMA titles before going NASCAR... Both Joe Weatherly and Paul Goldsmith won several AMA National Championship RACES but never the season-long championship...
The only driver to win three AMA Grand National (dirt track) Championships and go on to a successful auto racing career was Joe Leonard. Leonard won the title in 1954, 1956 and 1957 but ran mostly Indy Cars with USAC. Leonard raced in the USAC Championship Car series from 1964–1974 making 98 career starts, including the 1965–1973 Indianapolis 500, sitting on the pole in 1968 in the Lotus 56 turbine car. He finished in the top ten 60 times in USAC and won six times, half which were at Milwaukee Mile. He was very consistent which led to Leonard winning both the 1971 and 1972 USAC Indy Car Championship. Thus he is the only driver to win both an AMA and a major auto racing title in his career... As far as Stock Cars, Leonard ran most of the USAC Stock Car season in 1964 winning one race at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds... His only start in NASCAR was the 1969 Firecracker 400 at Daytona driving a Ford for Smokey Yunick... he crashed and finished 31st...

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Driver trivia

Who won three American Motorcycle Association national championships prior to embarking on a career as a NASCAR Cup driver?

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No posts on here for awhile, so here goes...

Martin Truex, Jr. won at Sonoma this weekend in car #56... before this weekend, who was the last driver to win a Cup race using the #56... Where and when did it take place and who was his car owner?

I guess I'll throw my two cents in..... Jim Hurtubise won in a Plymouth on March 27th 1966 with #56 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the Atlanta 500... He beat Fred Lorenzen. Car owner was Norm Nelson.

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No posts on here for awhile, so here goes...

Martin Truex, Jr. won at Sonoma this weekend in car #56... before this weekend, who was the last driver to win a Cup race using the #56... Where and when did it take place and who was his car owner?

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First time winners

There have been six NASCAR Cup drivers who won their very first race by winning the Daytona 500. Can you name them?

I guess nobody had a guess on this one..... after a little more research, there were actually seven drivers who won their first race at the Daytona 500.

Tiny Lund (1963)
Mario Andretti (1967)
Pete Hamilton (1970)
Derrike Cope (1990)
Sterling Marlin (1994)
Michael Waltrip (2001)
Trevor Bayne (2011)

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Daytona 500 winners

There have been six NASCAR Cup drivers who won their very first race by winning the Daytona 500. Can you name them?

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The driver that sometimes carried a chicken in his racecar was chicken farmer Junior Johnson. Why he did it...... that's anybodys guess.

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Here's another dose of brain food......

1 - Who are the only brothers to win the NASCAR Cup Rookie of the Year Award?
2 - What NASCAR Cup champion won only one race in his entire career?
3 - What driver sometimes carried a chicken as a passenger in his race car? (I'm not making this stuff up..... Seriously!!!)

1950 Bill Rexford, one win and championship. No luck on the chicken.

[83earnhardt]

Here's another dose of brain food......

1 - Who are the only brothers to win the NASCAR Cup Rookie of the Year Award?
2 - What NASCAR Cup champion won only one race in his entire career?
3 - What driver sometimes carried a chicken as a passenger in his race car? (I'm not making this stuff up..... Seriously!!!)

Brothers were Ron and Ken Bouchard

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I'm thinking two..... Bobby Allison and Mark Donohue.

You are right on the drivers, Still need answer on how many NASCAR races were won in a matador.

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More Useless Trivia

Here's another dose of brain food......

1 - Who are the only brothers to win the NASCAR Cup Rookie of the Year Award?
2 - What NASCAR Cup champion won only one race in his entire career?
3 - What driver sometimes carried a chicken as a passenger in his race car? (I'm not making this stuff up..... Seriously!!!)

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OKay, how about this one, how many NASCAR races were won by the AMC Matador.
And by whom?

I'm thinking two..... Bobby Allison and Mark Donohue.

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Jody Ridley... May 17, 1971 at Dover - the only win for Donlavey as a car owner... Here is a list of the drivers who raced his cars in NASCAR Cup competition:


Buck Baker
Buddy Baker
Stan Barrett
Stanton Barrett
Christine Beckers
Ed Berrier
Max Berrier
Gary Bradberry
Kenny Brightbill
Dick Brooks
Richard Brown
Pancho Carter
Wally Dallenbach, Jr.
Bill Dennis
Yvon DuHamel
Gene Felton
George Follmer
Harry Gant
Charlie Glotzbach
Robby Gordon
Runt Harris
Butch Hartman
J. T. Hayes
Jason Hedelsky
Ray Hendrick
Jimmy Hensley
Bobby Hillin, Jr.
Lance Hooper
Ron Hutcherson
Sonny Hutchins
Ernie Irvan
Bobby Isaac
Chad Little
Fred Lorenzen
Tiny Lund
Rick Mast
Dick May
Jimmy Means
Bud Moore
Jackie Oliver
Richie Panch
Benny Parsons
David Pearson
Steve Perry
Eddie Pettyjohn
Lennie Pond
Paul Radford
Jody Ridley
Johnny Roberts
Earl Ross
Ricky Rudd
Johnny Rutherford
Hermie Sadler
Ken Schrader
Dorsey Schroeder
Morgan Shepherd
Brian Simo
Ramo Stott
Hut Stricklin
Kerry Teague
Speedy Thompson
Dick Trickle
Mike Wallace
Joe Weatherly
Lee Roy Yarbrough
Emanuel Zervakis

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Speaking of Junie Donlavey.....

Which driver gave Junie Donlavey his first win as a car owner? Which track was it at and what year?

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Here's a good one... Which NASCAR Cup owner had 66 different drivers race for him?

I'm pretty sure that would be Junie Donlavey..... I know he had alot of different drivers but had no idea it was that many.