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Fun Trivia: N : NASCAR Challenge

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What year was there no Daytona 500?

    1974. In 1974 it was the Daytona 450, because of the fuel crisis. Bill France asked all the track owners to cut the length of their races by 10 percent in the early part of the season.

How many women competed in the 1977 Firecracker 400?
    3. The three women drivers were Janet Guthrie, Christine Beckers and Lella Lombardi. The previous time this had happened was back in 1949.

Geoff Bodine added a unique twist to the 1981 Daytona 500 by doing this?
    By crashing into a car that wasn't entered in the race. On lap 48, Bodine spun towards the infield and slammed into a parked station wagon belonging to a television crew there to film the race.

Davey Allison's first Winston Cup race, at the age of 24, came in 1985: at which racetrack?
    Talladega. In 1985 Davey drove to a tenth place finish in his very first Winston Cup race.

How many Winston Cup races did Mario Andretti win?
    1. Mario had 14 starts in Nascar and only won one race. The Daytona 500 in 1967.

In the May 1973 Winston Cup event at Talladega, how many cars started the field?
    60. Nascar decided the Talladega track was so big it could easily accommodate a 60 car field. Not long after the start of the race there was a massive 21 car wreck (on the tenth lap).

What year did Bill Elliott earn the nickname 'Awesome Bill'?
    1985. In the 1985 season Bill won 11 races and the Winston Million, forever earning him this nickname.

Which of these drivers has never been Rookie of the Year?
    Terry Labonte. Ken Schrader was rookie of the year in 1985, Kenny Irwin in 1998 and Ricky Craven in 1995.

How many Winston Cup victories did Wendall Scott have?
    1. Wendall won his only Nascar race at Jacksonville Speedway in Florida on December 1, 1963. This was the first time that a race in Nascar won by an African-American driver.

Jeff Gordon was the youngest driver to win a Winston Cup championship in the modern era ?
    True. Jeff won his first championship in 1995 at the age of 24 years, making him the second-youngest champion in the history of the sport , but it also made him the youngest Nascar Champion in the modern era.


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