Q 01/05

In what year was NASCAR founded?

A) 1948

B) 1953

C) 1958

D) 1962

Answer · why

A) 1948

The organizing meetings ran through December 1947 and the paperwork was signed on February 21, 1948, a week after the first sanctioned race on the Day...

Q 02/05

The December 1947 meetings that formed NASCAR were held in the Ebony Bar of which Daytona Beach hotel?

A) Streamline

B) Breakers

C) Clarendon

D) Princess Issena

Answer · why

A) Streamline

The talks took place in the Ebony Bar on the hotel's rooftop, and the Streamline still operates on Atlantic Avenue today.

Q 03/05

Who founded NASCAR?

A) Curtis Turner

B) Bill France Sr.

C) Raymond Parks

D) Red Byron

Answer · why

B) Bill France Sr.

"Big Bill" was a Washington, D.C. mechanic who moved his family to Daytona in the 1930s and went on to build both Daytona International Speedway and T...

Q 04/05

Who won the very first race of NASCAR's top division on June 19, 1949?

A) Red Byron

B) Curtis Turner

C) Jim Roper

D) Fonty Flock

Answer · why

C) Jim Roper

Glenn Dunaway crossed the line first but was disqualified for illegal rear springs, handing the win to Roper, who had driven his Lincoln to the race f...

Q 05/05

What was NASCAR's top division called in its first season, 1949?

A) Grand National

B) Modified Division

C) Strictly Stock

D) Sportsman Division

Answer · why

C) Strictly Stock

The name meant exactly that: showroom cars with almost no modifications allowed, which is why the first winner was disqualified over his springs.