Q 01/05

What does the first 'A' in NASCAR stand for?

A) Association

B) Alliance

C) Academy

D) Authority

Answer · why

A) Association

Association: the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing was formed in 1948 because shady promoters kept leaving with the prize money before dr...

Q 02/05

The 1947 meetings that formed NASCAR were held in the rooftop bar of which Art Deco hotel in Daytona Beach?

A) Streamline

B) Breakers

C) Clarendon

D) Princess Issena

Answer · why

A) Streamline

Streamline: after a 2014 sale the hotel was gutted to its bare walls in a $6 million renovation and reopened in 2017.

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.

Bill France Sr. ran a repair shop in Washington, D.C., moved to Daytona in the 1930s, raced on its beach course and then took over promoting the races...

Q 04/05

The first driver across the line in NASCAR's first top-division race in 1949 was disqualified for what?

A) An oversized engine

B) A hidden fuel tank

C) A lightened body

D) Illegal rear springs

Answer · why

D) Illegal rear springs

Illegal rear springs, a bootlegger's trick for better handling, cost Glenn Dunaway the win, which went to Jim Roper, a Kansan who had finished three l...

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

Strictly Stock meant showroom cars with modifications banned, so one future champion borrowed a neighbor's Buick for the first race, drove it there an...