Feb. 13, 2025

Daytona 500 Trivia

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Mark Ellison revs up fascinating facts about The Great American Race. From photo finish controversies to buried Coca-Cola bottles, this episode explores NASCAR's biggest event. Learn how steep the famous banks really are and discover which movie star started a pace car tradition.

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Calorogus Shark Media. Greetings racing fans. I'm Mark Ellison, and

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today we're exploring fascinating facts about the Great American Race.

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Question one, Why was the very first Daytona five hundred

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and nineteen fifty nine decided three days after the race ended?

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And what did they use to determine the winner? Question two?

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Which movie star drove the pace car in nineteen seventy seven?

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Leading to what famous pre race tradition? Question three? What

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unique feature makes Daytona's track different from regular ovals requiring

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drivers to do what with their cars? Question four? Which

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country music star has performed the most pre race concerts

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at Daytona and what song does he always end with?

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Question five? What unexpected object from the nineteen fifties was

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found during track renovations in twenty thirteen? Leading to what

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new tradition. We'll be right back with these high speed

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answers after this break. Welcome back, trivia fans. Let's reveal

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today's answers. Question one asked why was the very first

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Daytona five hundred and nineteen fifty nine decided three days

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after the race ended? And what did they use to

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determine the winner? Answer? Officials used newsreel footage to declare

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Lee Petty the winner over Johnny Beauchamp in a photo finish.

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This led to NASCAR installing photo finished cameras at all tracks.

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Question two asked which movie star drove the pace car

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in nineteen seventy seven, leading to what famous pre race

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tradition answer. Burt Reynolds drove the pace car after starring

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in Smoky in the Bandit, starting the tradition of celebrity

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pace car drivers. He used the actual transam from the movie.

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Question three asked what unique feature makes Daytona's track different

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from regular ovals requiring drivers to do what with their cars? Answer?

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The thirty one degree banking in the turns is so

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steep that cars can roll down them with their engines off.

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Drivers must turn right to go straight due to the

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extreme angles. Question four asked which country music star has

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performed the most pre race concerts at Daytona and what

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song does he always end with. Answer. Lee Greenwood has

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performed seven times, always ending with God Blessed the USA.

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He started the tradition of pre race concerts in nineteen

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ninety one. Question five asked what unexpected object from the

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nineteen fifties was found during track renovations in twenty thirteen,

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leading to what new tradition. Answer workers found an original

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nineteen fifty eight bottle of Coca cola buried in the

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Tracks foundation. Now, a full coke is buried during every

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major renovation that concludes today's five Daily Trivia questions. I'm

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Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help

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of AI technology. If you'd like to enjoy five daily

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trivia questions without ads, check the link in our show notes.

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See you tomorrow.

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