Quick Quiz - automobile racing - Brief Article

Auto Racing Digest, June-July, 2002

1. Through 2001, in the modern era, which Winston Cup driver has earned the most poles without winning a race: Todd Bodine, Kenny Wallace, Ted Musgrave, or Loy Allen Jr.?

2. Who is the only non-American to win the Winston Cup Rookie of the Year award?

3. Which driver's fast-track early career includes winning the 1994 Busch Rookie of the Year award, the 1995 Busch title, and the 1996 Winston Cup Rookie of the Year award?

4. Who finished in the top 10 in the Winston Cup standings in each year of the 1990s, but in that time never won a race?

5. Who is the only Formula One driver to have won five career championships?

6. Who, in 2002, retired after his record-setting 33rd appearance in the Daytona 500?

7. Entering 2001, which Formula One driver is among the top 10 in career points despite only winning a mere 10 career races: Graham Hill, David Coulthard, Gerhard Berger, or Damon Hill?

8. Who, in 1957, became the first Chevy driver to ever win a Winston Cup championship?

9. For which formula one team are Jarno Trulli and Jenson Button driving in 2002: Sauber, Minardi, Renault, or Williams?

10. At which track was the famed 1991 Spark Plug 400, in which--after a lengthy rain delay--Darrell Waltrip held off a hard-charging Dale Earnhardt for his 81st career win?

Quick Quiz Answers

1. Ted Musgrave (5). 2. Canada's Earl Ross, who won the award in 1974. 3. Johnny Benson. 4. Mark Martin. s. Juan Manuel Fangio. G. Dave Marcis, who was forced to pull out of the race with engine trouble, finishing 42nd. 7. Gerhard Berger. 8. Buck Baker. 9. Renault. 10. Pocono International Raceway. Caption: Steve Park.