Test your NASCAR knowledge by taking NASCAR Illustrated's Trivia Quiz

By SceneDaily.com Staff

Saturday, March 13, 2010

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NASCAR Illustrated’s first-ever trivia quiz is trickier than running four-wide at Bristol, tougher than Pocono’s tunnel turn.

With the first decade of the 21st century behind us, NI and SceneDaily.com cooked up 54 questions about those heady days. Were you paying attention?

Here is a sampling of those questions to test your NASCAR knowledge. Go ahead, let’s see what you’ve got.

1. What hasn’t crew chief Chad Knaus been penalized for?
A. Offset mounting bolts
B. Improper language
C. Pneumatic valves
D. Car too low

2. Who spent part of 2002 traveling with Tony Stewart?
A. Iguana
B. Anger management coach
C. Two Rockettes
D. Nelly

3. What state other than Alabama and Florida held a restrictor-plate race in 2000?
A. New Hampshire
B. Tennessee
C. South Carolina
D. New York

4. Which driver strutted his stuff by running the famed Boston Marathon in 2000?
A. Hut Stricklin
B. Matt Kenseth
C. Ricky Craven
D. Michael Waltrip

5. How did team owner Chip Ganassi tell driver Jimmy Spencer that he was fired?
A. Fax
B. Meeting
C. Cellphone
D. E-mail

6. What did Sterling Marlin do during a red flag that cost him a shot at winning the 2002 Daytona 500?
A. Refueled his car
B. Took a nap
C. Checked his carburetor
D. Tugged on a fender

7. Who said of Jack Roush: “I guess I’m the only man in Alabama who didn’t know who he was,” after pulling the team owner from the wreckage of a crashed plane?
A. Richard Shelby
B. Bob Riley
C. Larry Hicks
D. Dennis Franchione

8. Which one of these was the name of a character Jeff Gordon played when he hosted “Saturday Night Live” in 2003?
A. Brack Maggard
B. Rickye Funck
C. Olivier Panis
D. Johnny Cecotto

9. Which one of these things did not happen to Dale Earnhardt Jr.?
A. A Sports Illustrated swimsuit model wrote across the front of her driver’s suit after Junior drove her around Daytona: “You can drive me anytime.”
B. A woman flashed him while the media was interviewing him following a win at Phoenix.
C. He partied in a hot tub with college girls during spring break.
D. He was intentionally locked in the Playboy mansion with Miss April, May and June after a photo shoot.

10. Which of the following has not happened to Kurt Busch?
A. Punched in the nose by Jimmy Spencer.
B. Struck on the head with a beer can thrown by an angry fan at Bristol.
C. Called “an arrogant punk” by Kevin Harvick.
D. Had his credential pulled by NASCAR.

11. What was the name of Rusty Wallace’s 2005 farewell tour?
A. One Last Round For Rusty
B. Rusty’s Memories For Life
C. You Lite Up My Life
D. Rusty’s Last Call

12. Who wrote Dale Earnhardt Jr. a letter urging him to stop promoting KFC?
A. Pauly Shore
B. Pamela Anderson
C. Paul McCartney
D. Sharon Stone

13. Who hasn’t waved the green flag for the Daytona 500?
A. NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw
B. Actress Angie Harmon
C. Singer Mariah Carey
D. President George W. Bush
E. Comedian Whoopi Goldberg
F. Actor Ashton Kutcher

14. Until death do you part? Which of these individuals did not get divorced during the decade?
A. Jeff Gordon
B. Ray Evernham
C. Brian France
D. Jimmie Johnson
E. Kelley Earnhardt

15. Which major company became the only primary sponsor to fine its driver? (And who was that driver?)

16. Match the driver with the track where he won his first race:
A. Kasey Kahne
B. Jimmie Johnson
C. Brian Vickers
D. Juan Pablo Montoya
E. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
F. Clint Bowyer
G. Denny Hamlin
H. Casey Mears

1. Auto Club Speedway
2. Charlotte Motor Speedway
3. Richmond International Raceway
4. Talladega Superspeedway
5. New Hampshire Motor Speedway
6. Pocono Raceway
7. Infineon Raceway
8. Texas Motor Speedway

17. Match the driver with his television cameo:
A. Michael Waltrip
B. Carl Edwards
C. Jamie McMurray
D. Jimmie Johnson
E. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
F. Clint Bowyer
G. Mark Martin

1. “Passions”
2. “My Name Is Earl”
3. “Las Vegas”
4. “24”
5. “Yes, Dear”
6. “Guiding Light”
7. “The Biggest Loser”

18. When Kurt Busch was pulled over for speeding and suspicion of drunk driving near Phoenix International Raceway, he called deputies “a joke” and “punks.” He didn’t stop there. Which one of the three zingers below did not come from Busch?
A. “Do you know who I am?”
B. “I make more money in one race than you do all year.”
C. “You’re only doing this because you’re a Jeff Gordon fan.”

19. Confrontations aren’t always reserved for competitors. At Texas in 2006, which two ladies engaged in some verbal sparring along pit road?
A. Katie Kenseth
B. Krissie Newman
C. Nicole Lunders Biffle
D. Eva Bryan Busch
E. Pattie Petty

20. Match the quote with the person who said it:
1. Michael Waltrip
2. Kurt Busch
3. Michael McDowell
4. Tony Stewart
5. Regan Smith
6. Boris Said
7. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

A. “He wanted to throw a punch, but I bobbed and weaved like a middle welterweight. We went toe to toe, I think, because I told him he has a large waistline.”
B. “It’s hard to feel proud about being a driver in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series when they’re throwing cautions. It’s like playing God. They can almost dictate the race at that point instead of the drivers doing it.”
C. “The relationship that we have today is the same relationship we had when I was 6 years old when I moved into that house with Dad and her. … It ain’t a bed of roses.”
D. “The first few rolls were pretty violent. … I didn’t know if I was in the grandstands or hanging out in the infield with the fans.”
E. “It might not say it in the rules or the history books, but the 01 car won today.”
F. “You can’t hurt me any worse than I am right now.”
G. “It’s the biggest racing accomplishment I have ever had. … Fourth place for me is a freaking win.”

THE ANSWERS

1. C
2. B
3. A
4. D
5. C
6. D
7. C
8. B
9. D
10. B
11. D
12. B
13. D, Bush was grand marshal but did not wave the flag
14. D
15. The Home Depot, Tony Stewart
16. 3, 1, 4, 7, 8, 5, 6, 2
17. 2, 4, 1, 3, 5, 7, 6
18. B
19. C, D
20. A:2, B:4, C:7, D:3, E:5, F:1, G:6