?? NASCAR Quiz ??

1. We all know who holds the record for the number of NASCAR wins. But can you name the driver who is second?
2. Mark Martin has never won a NASCAR Championship. Do you know how many times he has finished as runner-up?
3. Who won the first NASCAR Race?
4. What is Bill Elliot’s nickname and how did he earn it?
5. Which is the oldest facility on NASCAR’s regular list of racetracks?
6. Who was the first U.S. President to invite top NASCAR Drivers to the White House?
7. How many NASCAR Nextel Races per year are not shown on National Television?
8. In what year did the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series begin?
9. Which Nextel NASCAR Driver carried the torch at the 2002 Winter Olympics?
10. Who is the only driver to win three straight NASCAR Championships?
11. Denny Hamlin currently drives the #11 for Joe Gibb’s racing. Name two other famous drivers who shared this number (Jason Leffler doesn’t count)?
12. What year did Bill France, Sr. start NASCAR?
13. What does NASCAR stand for?

Answers:

1. David Pearson, a three-time NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Champion, is second on the all-time win list with 105 wins, second only to Richard Petty.
2. Mark Martin has finished as the NASCAR runner-up on four occasions.
3. Although Robert "Red" Byron only completed in three NASCAR seasons, he was the winner of the first NASCAR-sanctioned race in 1948. The next year, he became the first overall NASCAR season champion.
4. In 1985, Bill Elliot earned the nickname "Million Dollar Bill" by claiming the $1 million bonus from R. J. Reynolds for winning three of the four crown jewel races on the NASCAR schedule. Elliot was victorious in the Daytona 500, the Winson 500 at Talladega, and the Southern 500 at Darlington.
5. The oldest facility on NASCAR's regular list of racetracks is Darlington Raceway in South Carolina, which has been hosting races since 1950.
6. In 1978, President Jimmy Carter, a native of NASCAR-crazy Georgia, invited several top NASCAR drivers and officials to the White House, a first-time honor for the sport.
7. Since 1989, every NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race has been seen on national television.
8. The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series began in 1995 and features specially modified pickup trucks.
9. Dale Jarrett carried the Olympic torch at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
10. The only NASCAR driver to win three straight championships (from 1976 to 1978), Cale Yarborough earned 83 NASCAR victories and 70 pole positions in a career that spanned four decades.
11. Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip, Todd Bodine and Terry Labonte have all driven the number 11 car.
12. In 1947, Bill France, Sr. organized a meeting of drivers and others involved in stock car racing. Fromo that meeting, came the organization known as NASCAR. The first race took place in 1948.
13. National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.