Motorsports Trivia Thread!

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RazorSharkz
Stirling Moss, Vanwall, 1957 British Grand Prix at Aintree.
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Quite right. That answers #2. Now on to #1!


The winning Vanwall, VW5, before the start of the race. It was shared by Tony Brooks and Stirling Moss, who both played a part in scoring the constructor's first Formula One win.

All but one of the Maserati 250Fsretired from the race.

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John Godfrey Parry-Thomas - Leyland 8-Thomas at the brand new Montlhéry "GP de l'Ouverture" (France) October 1924 -

(Another Future Land speed record holder)

Other drivers in the above event
Pierre de Vizcaya - Bugatti 35
Douglas Hawkes - Ballot Indy
Vladimir de Racowski - Peugeot
Fauchet - Bugatti 22

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Question -

First Asian born winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours race
 
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Ryk
John Godfrey Parry-Thomas - Leyland 8-Thomas at the brand new Montlhéry "GP de l'Ouverture" (France) October 1924 -

(Another Future Land speed record holder)
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An astonishing find, which I did not expect. I had in mind another, much more recent victory. Do you have any data on who else was in the race, or the cars involved?

Even so, I have to allow it as a technically correct answer. I am now in the unenviable position of asking you and @RazorSharkz to duke it out for the next question. Or is it really still @TheCracker 's turn? :O
 
Ryk
First Asian born winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours race
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Masanori Sekiya won the 1995 Le Mans 24 Hours. He was the first winner with an Asian nationality. Whether someone before was born in Asia but raced for a non-Asian country is something else.
 
Sekiya was indeed the first Asian Born driver for an Asian Country but there was another driver born in the Orient who took the laurels first.
He represented a country that has him as the only winner of the Event for that country.
(The UK has had 32 different drivers that have won the 24 hours, as a comparison)
 
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John Duff - Born in China, winner in France. Last Canadian to win Le Mans.

I think Jim just got the win, bad luck Ding.
 
I knew that because I've read about the Bentley Speed 8 and I saw 73 year absence from Le Mans bit and thought "Well, what happened there?" Ended up reading about Bentley's history at Le Mans.

Good question @Ryk .

I hate you, @Jimlaad43 but I look forward to your question.
 
I assumed Valencia was the street circuit. Dangit.

I didn't prepare a question so I have an easy one.

Out of all the Nascar Sprint Cup(Nextel Cup, Winston Cup, Grand National) Championship winners, which one went the longest before getting their first race win?
 
Dotini
Let that be a lesson. But take a turn anyway!
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I edited my post to include my question, but I will copy paste for anyone who wants it.

Out of all the Nascar Sprint Cup(Nextel Cup, Winston Cup, Grand National) Championship winners, which one went the longest before getting their first race win?
 
I don't really claim to know anything about the old era drivers, so I'll pick the modern era champion that feels most likely to fit that criteria - which would be Bobby Labonte.
 
Carbonox
I don't really claim to know anything about the old era drivers, so I'll pick the modern era champion that feels most likely to fit that criteria - which would be Bobby Labonte.
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Good guess but incorrect, a fellow modern era driver holds the record, in fact Labonte and the answer raced against each other quite a bit.
 
RazorSharkz
Out of all the Nascar Sprint Cup(Nextel Cup, Winston Cup, Grand National) Championship winners, which one went the longest before getting their first race win?
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I will guess Alan Kulwicki Rusty Wallace
 
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Dotini
I will guess Alan Kulwicki Rusty Wallace
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Rusty is a good guess but not quite. I was going to narrowit down to a decade but that would only leave 2 drivers that didn't win their first full season. That is your hint.
 

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