NASCAR trivia

[narcimund 0]

I could use some trivia facts about the personal lives of these NASCAR drivers. Anyone know anything interesting about them?

1) Carl Edwards
2) Dale Earnhardt Jr.
3) Denny Hamlin
4) Jeff Gordon
5) Jimmie Johnson
6) Kasey Kahne
7) Tony Stewart

A super top-secret surprise gift to the top 7 answers!

First Class Citizen Twice Over

[NWFlyer 2]

I'd like to nominate this thread for "topic you would least expect the poster to bring up."

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[kingbunky 3]

tony stewart drives a hearse when he's home in indiana.

carl edwards does a back-flip off his car whenever he wins. (not really trivia if the person is a fan of any sort)

also, i second the least likely subject/poster combination.

"Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart."
MB4252 TDS699
killing threads since 2001

[DeNReN 0]

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I could use some trivia facts about the personal lives of these NASCAR drivers. Anyone know anything interesting about them?

1) Carl Edwards
2) Dale Earnhardt Jr.
3) Denny Hamlin
4) Jeff Gordon
5) Jimmie Johnson
6) Kasey Kahne
7) Tony Stewart

A super top-secret surprise gift to the top 7 answers!

Carl Edwards wears womens underwear for super speedway races.

Dale Junior has a penis extension

Denny Hamlin has Mob ties

Jeff Gordon breeds gerbils

Jimmie Johnson has a fear of ear wax

Kasey Kahne is a member of the KKK

Tony Stewart had to take his driving test 8 times before passing it.

[narcimund 0]

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Carl Edwards wears womens underwear for super speedway races.
Dale Junior has a penis extension
Denny Hamlin has Mob ties
Jeff Gordon breeds gerbils
Jimmie Johnson has a fear of ear wax
Kasey Kahne is a member of the KKK
Tony Stewart had to take his driving test 8 times before passing it.

Oh, did I mention that I'll need some verification of each of the factiods to be eligible for the super top secret prize?

And why is everyone so surprised I'm interested in this? Didn't you know NASCAR grew out of a bootlegging operation?

First Class Citizen Twice Over

[DeNReN 0]

You want real trivia...pfffffffft.

My trivia is much more fun.

[piisfish 140]

You didn't mention
DICK TRICKLE

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[GravityJunky 0]

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Jeff Gordon breeds gerbils

According to the tabloids? ahem a little more up close a personal then you think or we care to know!
No seriously could you rephrase that? That's just WRONG MISTER!

*My Inner Child is A Fucking Prick Too!
*Everyones entitled to be stupid but you are abusing the priviledge
*Well I'd love to stay & chat, But youre a total Bitch! {Stewie}

[GravityJunky 0]

No but I know what NASCAR stands for !
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S port
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*My Inner Child is A Fucking Prick Too!
*Everyones entitled to be stupid but you are abusing the priviledge
*Well I'd love to stay & chat, But youre a total Bitch! {Stewie}

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Go Here For Any NasCar Drivers History

You will find everything your looking for.

1) Carl Edwards - Rousch - Fenway Racing - Drives The #99 Nextel Cup Car & The #60 Busch Car. Mr "Beginner's Luck" I look for him to break his kneck doing one of his infamous back flips after a win one day. He's nothing more than a big cry baby.

2) Dale Earnhardt Jr. AKA: "Hammer Head" - Drives the # 8 Impala SS Nextel Cup car car for D.E.I. DEI fields 3 Nextel Cup Cars, #8 - #15 & the #1 & One Busch Car, Car #15, Driven By Paul Menard. "Junebug" Formed Jr. Motor Sports with the help of his sister Kelly, He Owns the Monte Carlo SS #88 Busch Car driven By Shane Huffman & sponsored by the Navy. (He Also Owns his own track In Kannapolis, N.C.) He built a replica of the city he grew up in, Kannapolis North Carolina On His Property In Kannopolis N.C. Look for Junebug to splinter off from DEI if Theresa doesn't relent complete control of DEI to him.

3) Denny Hamlin - J.D. Gibbs Racing (JGR Racing, Inc) Coach Of The Washington Redskins. Comes on strong at the first of every year, then fades. He's a great driver, but lacks mentorship which could easily be provided by senior teammate Tony Stewart.

4) Jeff Gordon - Drives the Nextel Cup Impala SS #24 For Rick Hendrick Motorsports & Is The Owner Of The Nextel Cup Impala SS #48 Car Driven By Jimmy Johnson. Jeff has 4 Winston Cup Championship trophies to his credit. He is nick named the "Rainbow Warrior" He, and Dale Sr. were fierce competeters when Jeff hit the Cup Series in November of 1992. (Dale Sr. "Knowed Gordon Up" On More Than One Occasion) Jeff Is The Current Points Leader In The 2007 Nextel Cup Series. Gordon recorded his first Cup victory in the series' longest race, the Coca-Cola 600, in May 1994. Also that year he won the inaugural Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Gordon ended the season with seven top-fives and 14 top-10s to finish eighth in points, beginning a record string of 11 consecutive years of ranking in the top-10 in the final standings.

Gordon began a dominating stretch in 1995 by winning his first Cup title. That season he posted seven victories, 17 top-fives, 23 top-10s and eight poles. The next year he recorded the first of his three consecutive double-digit win seasons with 10, finishing second in points.

Gordon won back-to-back titles in 1997-98 with 10 and 13 victories, respectively. In '97, at age 25, he became the youngest winner of the Daytona 500. His '98 season included 26 top-fives and 28 top-10s in 33 races. Remember, it took Dale Sr. 20 years to win the Daytona 500. He lost, or as he said "I was the first loser" 19 times. He died on the same race track in 2001. Michael Waltrip won that race, and Dale Jr. collected a 2nd place win, the old man would have finished 3rd had he not crashed. He did not wear the HANS device, but insisted that all of his drivers including Junebug to wear them. He called the HANS device a "Hangsman's Noose" and refused to wear it. As a result of his tragic death, NasCar went back to "Square One" installed soft barriers and the HANS device will be worn like it or not.

Gordon won his fourth championship in 2001, beginning a four-year run of finishing in the top five in points. He became the first driver to eclipse $10 million in season earnings in 2001 and holds numerous other records, including all-time money won.

5) Jimmie Johnson - Hendricks Motorsports Team, Drives Jeff Gordon's # 48 Chevrolet Impala SS (They switched from the Monte Carlo SS body Style to the Impala SS for the COT.) Jimmie is a class act. He is the reining Nas Car Nextel Cup Champinion From The 2006 Season.

6) Kasey Kahne - Ray Everham Racing. Drives the # 9 Dodge Charger Nextel Cup Car that Bill Elliot used to drive. He was hand picked by Elliot to succeed him. He will win a title in the future as he is one of Nas Car's most tenacious driver's. Ray Everham was Jeff Gordon's Crew Cheif during Two Of his four Cup Championship Seasons. Jeff has 4 Cups to his credit. Only two other driver's in Nascar History have more: Richard "The King" Petty with 7 Winston Cup Victories, and Dale Earnhardt Sr. With 7 Winston / Nextel Cup Victories To His Credit As Well.

7) Tony Stewart - Drives the # 20 Impala SS Nextel Cup Car Sponsored By Home Depot, Joe Gibbs Racing. he has two Nextel Cup Victories to his credit and he's not done yet by no means. He also owns & Operates his own race track in Indiana. he has his own radio station as well on XM. I love watching his climbing the fence post race victory scherade, it's quite an exibition. He once pulled Bryan Vickers out of his #25 GMAC Cup Car in the garage area post race and slapped him around for about 10 minutes, a stunt which costs Stewart $50,000.00.

Current Standings After Bristol:

Legend:Points - Behind Leader - Starts - Poles - Top 5 - Top 10 - Winnings To Date 2007.

1 +1 Jeff Gordon 791 Leader 5 2 0 3 4 1,223,670
2 +1 Jeff Burton 788 -3 5 0 0 4 4 1,470,580
3 +1 Jimmie Johnson 716 -75 5 0 2 3 3 1,353,260
4 +1 Matt Kenseth 697 -94 5 0 1 3 3 1,138,190
5 +2 Kevin Harvick 647 -144 5 0 1 2 2 2,104,190
6 +8 Kyle Busch 639 -152 5 0 1 1 3 805,458
7 -6 Mark Martin 629 -162 4 0 0 3 4 1,635,090
8 +1 Clint Bowyer 621 -170 5 0 0 0 3 669,650
9 -1 Denny Hamlin 606 -185 5 0 0 1 1 847,600
10 -- Carl Edwards 598 -193 5 0 0 0 2 677,333
11 -- David Stremme 587 -204 5 0 0 0 0 647,283
12 -6 Tony Stewart 575 -216 5 0 0 1 3 1,155,900
13 -- Elliott Sadler 543 -248 5 0 0 0 1 872,083
14 +3 Bobby Labonte 525 -266 5 0 0 0 0 794,255
15 -3 J.J. Yeley 522 -269 5 0 0 0 0 764,748
16 +11 Greg Biffle 521 -270 5 0 0 1 1 733,965
17 +9 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 512 -279 5 0 0 0 1 872,440
18 +6 Jamie McMurray 512 -279 5 0 0 0 2 657,608
19 -4 Juan Montoya* 510 -281 5 0 0 1 1 787,808
20 -- Kurt Busch 497 -294 5 0 0 0 1 855,498
21 -5 Robby Gordon 497 -294 5 0 0 0 0 612,300
22 +1 David Ragan* 471 -320 5 0 0 1 1 1,001,350
23 -5 Ryan Newman 468 -323 5 1 0 0 1 810,483
24 -3 David Gilliland 448 -343 5 1 0 0 1 925,420
25 -3 Martin Truex Jr. 444 -347 5 0 0 0 1 739,885
26 +6 Casey Mears 429 -362 5 0 0 0 1 633,600
27 +8 Jeff Green 424 -367 5 0 0 0 1 677,564
28 -9 Joe Nemechek 420 -371 4 0 0 0 1 541,958
29 -4 Reed Sorenson 405 -386 5 0 0 0 1 675,694
30 +1 Tony Raines 404 -387 5 0 0 0 0 637,168
31 -2 Sterling Marlin 400 -391 5 0 0 0 0 628,743
32 +2 Kyle Petty 382 -409 5 0 0 0 0 622,474
33 -3 Ricky Rudd 374 -417 5 0 0 0 0 735,073
34 +2 Kasey Kahne 365 -426 5 1 0 0 1 946,688
35 -7 Johnny Sauter 346 -445 4 0 0 0 0 497,050
36 +2 Dave Blaney 325 -466 5 0 0 0 0 638,237
37 -4 Dale Jarrett 320 -471 5 0 0 0 0 604,245
38 +2 Brian Vickers 299 -492 3 0 0 0 1 311,928
39 -- Scott Riggs 265 -526 5 0 0 0 0 654,792
40 +1 Ken Schrader 244 -547 4 0 0 0 0 605,051
41 -4 Paul Menard* 240 -551 3 0 0 0 0 256,133
42 +3 Mike Bliss 212 -579 2 0 0 0 0 210,241
43 +3 Kenny Wallace 191 -600 2 0 0 0 0 187,500
44 -2 Mike Wallace 160 -631 1 0 0 1 1 615,658
45 -2 David Reutimann* 150 -641 3 0 0 0 0 409,601
46 +4 Ward Burton 143 -648 2 0 0 0 0 184,102
47 -3 Boris Said 121 -670 1 0 0 0 0 307,375
48 -- Regan Smith 88 -703 1 0 0 0 0 123,280
49 -2 Jon Wood 76 -715 1 0 0 0 0 104,064
50 -- Jeremy Mayfield 66 -725 1 0 0 0 0 99,500
51 -3 John Andretti 61 -730 1 0 0 0 0 80,150
52 -- A.J. Allmendinger* 43 -748 1 0 0 0 0 98,750
53 -4 Aric Almirola 40 -751 1 0 0 0 0 78,775
54 -3 Michael Waltrip -27 -818 1 0 0 0 0 269,708

We will be at Texas Motor speedway For The Spring Event 04-14-2007 to 04-15-2007. Saturday: O'Reilly 300 Busch Series Race - Sunday: Samsung 500 Mile Nextel Cup Race. Last Year: Sunday's attendence: 325 Thousand Race Fans.

-Richard-
"You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall"

[kingbunky 3]

dale jr. (and several other past and present race drivers) had voice parts in the animated 'Cars' movie.

"Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart."
MB4252 TDS699
killing threads since 2001

[masterrig 1]

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tony stewart drives a hearse when he's home in indiana.

carl edwards does a back-flip off his car whenever he wins. (not really trivia if the person is a fan of any sort)

also, i second the least likely subject/poster combination.

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Jeff Gordon 's gay
He must be gay
At least that's what
all the Earnhart fans say!
He's probably usin'
Vaseline on the 24 Chevrolet!
Jeff Gordon 's gay!




Chuck

[willard 0]

Jeff Gordon was racing sprint cars at age 13. Still holds the record for most wins in a single season at Millstream Speedway in Ohio.
Gordon is gay.

Tony Stewart was working in a welding shop when he decided to make an all-out attempt to race professionally. First person to win three seperate racing championships in the same year: USAC Sprint, Midget, and Silver Crown series, any of the three would be a career milestone. Only person to win both IRL and NASCAR races and championships. Only person to finish in the top ten at both Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 and on the same day! Still races sprints and midgets. Owns and operates Eldora Speedway, a "wicked fast" half mile dirt track.
Arguably the most versatile driver anywhere in the world today.

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Tony Stewart's nickname, 'Smoke', was given him while racing IRL. Seems he couldn't get the knack of leaving without smoking the tires. He told this story in 2002 at the Phoenix Tony Stewart Fan Club Picnic after taking questions from the fans there.

"I'm not lost. I don't know where I'm going, but there's no sense in being late."
Mathew Quigley

[narcimund 0]

This stuff is great. Keep it coming!

Why is everyone so hung up on this Jeff Gordon rumor? Where did it come from?

First Class Citizen Twice Over

[kingbunky 3]

another tony stewart bit. he's (so far) the only driver to win both a winston cup and a nextel cup in nascar's top series.

"Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart."
MB4252 TDS699
killing threads since 2001

[rwieder 0]

It's a "Hate" thing. No more, no less. If Jeff Gordon is gay (and it wouldn't matter to me one way or another) he sure hangs out with some georgous transvestites. Jeff Gordon is 3rd all time NasCar winner next to The King & The Intimidator. In fact when Jeff first started driving the Nascar circuit he intimitated the intimidator every now and then. He's never let anyone get to him. He even races Jimmie Johnson hard, even though Jimmie's car belongs to him. I've seen him wreck Jimmie just to collect the checkered flag, guess that makes him gay?

-Richard-
"You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall"

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Why is everyone so hung up on this Jeff Gordon rumor? Where did it come from?

Its the manifestation not of what Jeff Gordon is, but what he is not.

- He is not from the south = bad
- He is from California = even worse
- He does not have a southern accent
- His car had a rainbow painted on it for years (Dupont is the sponsor)
- His wives are too hot and his car is too fast
- He became a car owner and hired a guy from southern California

Basically, he is viewed as an outsider. This outsider has been one of the best of all time and people hate him for it. Its similar to how the French feel about Lance Armstrong. People don't like it when you come and kick the crap out of them in their own race.

Jimmie - went to Granite Hills HS in El Cajon with Brian and Marcus Giles (both play for the San Diego Padres)

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This stuff is great. Keep it coming!

Why is everyone so hung up on this Jeff Gordon rumor? Where did it come from?

It's not really a 'rumor" as such, since nobody takes it seriously.
Though Jeff will almost certainly end up 2nd in career NASCAR wins, he will always have the silver spoon image to deal with. I think that is where a lot of the badgering comes from. While almost all his competitors started their careers driving second hand equipment that they built and maintained themselves, Jeff has always had first class equipment to drive. The sprints he drove at 13 were better than anything most guys would ever sit in their entire career. But he could drive the wheels off that stuff! He made some really good drivers look really bad.

[kingbunky 3]

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It's a "Hate" thing. No more, no less. If Jeff Gordon is gay (and it wouldn't matter to me one way or another) he sure hangs out with some georgous transvestites. Jeff Gordon is 3rd all time NasCar winner next to The King & The Intimidator. In fact when Jeff first started driving the Nascar circuit he intimitated the intimidator every now and then. He's never let anyone get to him. He even races Jimmie Johnson hard, even though Jimmie's car belongs to him. I've seen him wreck Jimmie just to collect the checkered flag, guess that makes him gay?

isn't he fourth? petty (200) , waltrip (84), earnhardt(76), then gordon(75). he'll be 2nd before he hangs it up, but i don't think anyone can mathmatically catch petty.

"Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart."
MB4252 TDS699
killing threads since 2001

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isn't he fourth? petty (200) , waltrip (84), earnhardt(76), then gordon(75). he'll be 2nd before he hangs it up, but i don't think anyone can mathmatically catch petty.

I'm referring to championship trophies, not total wins in their careers. Jeff has 4 Cup Championship Trophies, Petty & Earnhardt Sr. have 7 Cup trophies each. Smoke has 2 Cup Championship trophies, and Johnson has 1 Championship trophy, and is the reigning Nextel Cup Champion from the 2006 season. Gordon is 1st in points right now. After this upcoming race, whomever is not in the top 35 in points has no chance to make the "Race For The Chase" that's what it's all about, the "Top Ten."

In any event, Gordon is the only active NasCar driver that has a chance to tie the "King" & The "Intimidator," for 7 Cup Championships. If he does win a cup championship, it will be his first Nextel Cup, but his 5th overall championship. The other 4 trophies he has are Winston Cup Series, before the "Greenies" forced the change because they didn't want a cigarette brand associated with NasCar. Ain't that a kick in the head? Nascar's "Freak Factor" is way low.

-Richard-
"You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall"

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I'd like to nominate this thread for "topic you would least expect the poster to bring up."

Seconded!

Blues,
Dave

"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
(drink Mountain Dew)

[kingbunky 3]

ah, okay, didn't catch the championships bit.

"Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart."
MB4252 TDS699
killing threads since 2001

[masterrig 1]

He's never let anyone get to him.
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He let Matt Kenseth get to him! Last season, Kenseth spun Gordon out in the final lap to get the checkered flag. When Kenseth tried to apologise to Gordon, he shoved Kenseth and the NASCAR folks stepped-in. Gordon can dish it out but, he can't take it.
I don't think, anyone really knows where the 'gay' thing came from but, he's sure caught a lot of hell over it.


Chuck

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He let Matt Kenseth get to him! Last season, Kenseth spun Gordon out in the final lap to get the checkered flag. When Kenseth tried to apologise to Gordon, he shoved Kenseth and the NASCAR folks stepped-in. Gordon can dish it out but, he can't take it

Whoops, i forgot about that one! O.K. he let it happen once. Matty had no business going to Gordon's pit after that. But, i did notice Gordon had his helmut on when he pushed him. All BS aside, he generally keeps his wits about him.

-Richard-
"You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall"