Q 01/05

In which US state is Daytona International Speedway?

A) Georgia

B) North Carolina

C) Florida

D) Alabama

Answer · why

C) Florida

The 500 is one of three Cup races in the state, alongside the summer race at Daytona and the Homestead round near Miami.

Q 02/05

In which year was the first Daytona 500 run, coinciding with the opening of the speedway?

A) 1965

B) 1959

C) 1971

D) 1979

Answer · why

B) 1959

It was only NASCAR's second 500-mile race, after the Southern 500, and was not commonly called the Daytona 500 until 1961.

Q 03/05

How long is the Daytona tri-oval, meaning a 500-mile race takes 200 laps?

A) 2 miles

B) 1.5 miles

C) 1.33 miles

D) 2.5 miles

Answer · why

D) 2.5 miles

The turns are banked at 31 degrees and the start-finish line at 18.

Q 04/05

The lake in the Daytona infield, dug out to build the banking, is named after which man?

A) Sax Lloyd

B) Bill France

C) Charles Moneypenny

D) Harley Earl

Answer · why

A) Sax Lloyd

Joseph 'Sax' Lloyd was one of the six original members of the Daytona Beach Speedway Authority; the 29-acre lake has hosted powerboat racing.

Q 05/05

Which NASCAR founder built the speedway to replace racing on the Daytona Beach Road Course?

A) Bill France Sr.

B) Harley Earl

C) Big Bill Elliott

D) Carl Kiekhaefer

Answer · why

A) Bill France Sr.

He had founded NASCAR itself in talks at the Streamline Hotel's Ebony Bar in December 1947 and proposed the superspeedway in 1953.