Nascar Trivia

Who was the driver and what year?

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It's been 3 years since the last question, so I'll post a new one. I answered the last question anyway, lol.

Aside from his fluke Daytona 500 win, what other track did Derrike Cope win at in the Cup series?
 
JJ_14 said:
It's been 3 years since the last question, so I'll post a new one. I answered the last question anyway, lol.

Aside from his fluke Daytona 500 win, what other track did Derrike Cope win at in the Cup series?
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It wasn't a fluke. Yeah, maybe Earnhardt SHOULD have won it, but he didn't. Cope ran strong all day, was in the right place at the right time, and capitalized. And the fact that he won another race at a different track, the same year, proves it wasn't a fluke.

I doubt you meant it that way, but I see all kinds of comments (not on R-F) about how Cope sucked and had one lucky win his whole career, which is incorrect.
 
2 Sweet said:
It wasn't a fluke. Yeah, maybe Earnhardt SHOULD have won it, but he didn't. Cope ran strong all day, was in the right place at the right time, and capitalized. And the fact that he won another race at a different track, the same year, proves it wasn't a fluke.

I doubt you meant it that way, but I see all kinds of comments (not on R-F) about how Cope sucked and had one lucky win his whole career, which is incorrect.
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To me it was somewhat flukey in the sense that he never came close to winning another big event like that 500. Also, it took one of the craziest turn of events (flat tire on the last corner of the final lap) to pull it off.

I wasn't trying to disrespect Cope's accomplishment. He's a Daytona 500 winner, not a small feat.

@sdj had the correct answer to my question. Your turn to ask a question, if you desire.
 
Until Cope won the Dayton a 500, he only had five top ten finishes in 71 races. That year he made a respectable showing and thereafter, was little more than a footnote indicating he was the 1990 Daytona 500 winner. A difficult feat for any team but Cope never seemed to have what it takes to be a consistent competitor. He actually showed consistency in the Xfinity Series but even then was not stellar.
 
MRM said:
Cope did win at Dover the same year.
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Cope lucked into the Daytona win and would have finished a respectable second had Earnhardt not cut down a tire. And had Cope not been the recipient of that unfortunate situation and finished second, who would have remembered? Those were the two highlights of his career and achievements very few ever attain. Not taking anything away from Cope but his record speaks for itself.
 
It's agreed that, contrary to urban legend, the 1990 Daytona 500 was not the only Cup race won by Derrike Cope.

But there are several drivers that only made one trip to victory lane following a Cup race, that being after winning the Daytona 500.

Name one of those drivers.
 
pjmolo said:
It's agreed that, contrary to urban legend, the 1990 Daytona 500 was not the only Cup race won by Derrike Cope.

But there are several drivers that only made one trip to victory lane following a Cup race, that being after winning the Daytona 500.

Name one of those drivers.
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Trevor Bayne
 
pjmolo said:
It's agreed that, contrary to urban legend, the 1990 Daytona 500 was not the only Cup race won by Derrike Cope.

But there are several drivers that only made one trip to victory lane following a Cup race, that being after winning the Daytona 500.

Name one of those drivers.
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Austin Cindric (so far)
 
What was Tony Stewart's last win for JGR, what year & who was his sponsor for that race?
 
pjmolo said:
It's agreed that, contrary to urban legend, the 1990 Daytona 500 was not the only Cup race won by Derrike Cope.

But there are several drivers that only made one trip to victory lane following a Cup race, that being after winning the Daytona 500.

Name one of those drivers.
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Trevor Bayne and Austin Cindric are correct but there is at least one other driver that won only one Cup race, the Daytona 500.
 
After answering the question, I went ahead & looked up Daytona 500 winners to see what others qualify for the question. In the process, I discovered a driver I literally had never heard of before, 1970 Daytona 500 winner Pete Hamilton.

You would think that a Daytona 500 winner would be more well known. I had no idea who this guy was, he won 4 races in his career.
 
JJ_14 said:
What was Tony Stewart's last win for JGR, what year & who was his sponsor for that race?
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Fall 2008 at Talladega, the one where Regan Smith went below the yellow line. Subway was his sponsor and it was Tony’s only win in a Toyota.
 
Bill Elliott
Ricky Craven
Bobby Labonte
Terry Labonte? Was that the year he won the Southern 500?
I'm stumped on the others and am going to be mad when I look it up.
 
In what year was Martinsvilles last dirt race and who won?
 
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