28 | December | 2011 | Gettin' A Li'l Psycho On Tyres

I hope you have enjoyed the first two days of the Automobiliart / GALPOT Seasonal Quiz, today’s questions are all about the super fast taxi’s across the pond from the mid sixties to the thrilling season just gone.

Each day from December 26th until January 2nd there will be a new round of questions which started with Films and TV on Monday , Formula One yesterday, NASCAR, see below, the remaining rounds will be Indycar, Ferrari Friday, Sports Cars, Concour’s d’Elegance and Automobiliart making eight rounds in total.

There will be a total of 50 questions which break down into 120 segments. Some segments will require more than one piece of information to score a point. Only full points will be counted.

Enter your answers into the Automobiliart / GALPOT Seasonal Quiz Prize where the outright winner will be invited to choose one set of Paul Chenard Greetings Cards. Entry details at the end of the questions below.

Wishing you all good luck and happy quizzing.

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Click on the link ’11 12 28 A:G S Q Ans P 3:8′ above and you’ll be taken to another page from which the entry form can be down loaded. Don’t forget to add your name to the bottom of the answer sheet.

Automobiliart / GALPOT Seasonal Quiz Day 3 – NASCAR

Question 13

a) What is the #46 above make and model suffixes ?

b) Who drove the #46 above and what was his day job ?

2 pts

Question 14

a) What is (manufacturer and model) and who drove the Miller Time #22

b) The man responsible for building the Miller Time #22 car above is thought to have built over 750 racing vehicles and in 1978 built all of the cars that won all 30 Winston Cup Races, who is he ?

2 pts

Question 15

a) Who is seen about to demonstrate the 2000 Talladega winning #3 Goodwrench Chevrolet Monte Carlo at Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2009 was it :-

i) Landon Cassill, ii) Austin Dillon, iii) Dale Earnhardt Jr, iv) Jeffrey Earnhardt, v) Kelley Earnhardt, vi) Kerry Earnhardt, or vii) Taylor Earnhardt ?

b) How many positions did Dale Earnhardt make up with four laps to go to the chequers at Talledega in 2000

i) Three, ii) Four, iii) Seven, iv) Nine, v) Seventeen, vi) Twenty Nine, vi) Thirty Three or vii) Thirty Four ?

2 pts

Question 16

a) Who recorded a best finish of 37th in the Craftsmen Truck series and is associated with the catch phrase ‘Boogity Boogity Boogity’ ?

b) In which song did Ray Stevens use the phrase “Boogity Boogity” ?

2 pts

Question 17

a) Which popular NASCAR driver is most commonly associated with the telephone number 0800 55 55 55 ?

b) Until the arrival of Toyota in 2007 what was the last recorded foreign manufacturer to start a NASCAR race and what number did it carry ?

c) Who drove it ?

d) What was the event and where was it held and when year ?

e) What race distance did the car cover and how much did the driver take home after finishing 17th and completing 12 laps ?

5 pts

Question 18

a) Who is the driver of the #82 above ?

b) Where, when (year) and in which event did the #82 score it’s only top 5 finish ?

c) Where and when did the driver of the #82 make his first Formula One Grand Prix start ?

3 pts

Question 19

a) What was Lexie’s Challenge ?

1 pt

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The overall winner will be invited to choose one set of Paul Chenard Greetings Cards from the five sets of Paul Chenard Greetings Cards, further details of which can be seen at the end of this blog. THERE WILL BE NO CASH ALTERNATIVE in the event the winner declines to claim his or her prize.

Each day a .doc answer sheet will be available for download from the blog
once you have completed the answers please forward your entries to the e-mail address at the bottom of the answer sheet.

Terms & conditions

1. The winner of the prize will be the person who scores most points from all eight days of the competition.

2. In the unlikely event of a draw, a tie breaker round will be held on Monday 16th of January to find an outright winner.

3. The answers to all 8 rounds of the quiz will also be published on Monday 16th January.

4. The overall winner will be invited to choose one set of Paul Chenard Greetings Cards from the five sets of Paul Chenard Greetings Cards, further details of which can be seen at the http://automobiliart.blogspot.com/2011/11/racing-history-greeting-cards.html. THERE WILL BE NO CASH ALTERNATIVE in the event the winner declines to claim his or her prize.

5. It is regrettable that knowledge is not an exact science, by submitting an entry you accept in good faith that the judges decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into regarding the answers or the prize either with GALPOT or Automobiliart.

6. Closing date for Automobiliart / GALPOT Seasonal Quiz entries is Sunday January 8th midnight GMT.