NASCAR Trivia III

NASCAR TRIVIA III

21) What year did Jeff Gordon NOT win the Daytona 500?

1998 1997 2005 1999

In 1998, Dale Earnhardt Sr. won his only Great American Race (after 19 previous attempts and many heartbreaking finishes).

22) Which driver holds the overall all-time winning percentage?

HERB THOMAS JIMMIE JOHNSON RICHARD PETTY TIM FLOCK

According to the NASCAR record book, for drivers with 100 or more career starts, Thomas had a winning percentage of 21.053 percent (48 wins over 228 starts).

23) Who was the first African-American driver to win a race in the Grand National Series?

DARRELL WALLACE JR WILLY T. RIBBS WENDELL SCOTT BILL LESTER

On December 1, 1963, Wendell Scott won a Grand National Series race at Speedway Park in Jacksonville, Florida, becoming the first black driver to win a race at NASCAR's premier level. His career was repeatedly affected by racial prejudice and problems with top-level NASCAR officials, but he was posthumously inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2015.

24) How many convertibles raced in the first Daytona 500?

2 20 10 0

20 of the 59 cars in the 1959 Daytona 500 were convertibles.