How Much Do You Really Know About the Indianapolis 500?
500+ Multiple-Choice Questions to Educate and Test Your Knowledge of the Hundred-Year History
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Test your knowledge while educating yourself on the greatest automobile race in the world. For nearly one hundred years, the greatest spectacle in racing plays out each May in Indianapolis. The entire scope of the Indianapolis 500 is presented in this fun test: drivers, track information, teams, race information, cars, rules, records, and so on. Grade your knowledge on the Indy 500 scale. The answers are provided in the back of the book. Rick Mears drove at the Speedway for how many years before crashing a car? (a) three years (b) seven years (c) eleven years (d) fourteen years Which driver had the almost unbelievable record of finishes from 1959 to 1964 of: first, second, third, first, fourth, second and then failed to qualify in 1965? (a) Jimmy Clark (b) A. J. Foyt (c) Parnelli Jones (d) Roger Ward How old was Lyn St. James in 1992 when she made her first 500? (a) thirty-five (b) forty (c) forty-five (d) fifty What multiple winner of the 500 pulled a rookie mistake in his first race by failing to buckle his helmet for the start of the race? (a) A. J. Foyt (b) Rick Mears (c) Al Unser Sr. (d) Bobby Unser What family is the only one to have three brothers qualify for the same Indy 500? (a) Andretti (b) Foyt (c) Unser (d) Whittington
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Test your knowledge while educating yourself on the greatest automobile race in the world. For nearly one hundred years, the greatest spectacle in racing plays out each May in Indianapolis. The entire scope of the Indianapolis 500 is presented in this fun test: drivers, track information, teams, race information, cars, rules, records, and so on. Grade your knowledge on the Indy 500 scale. The answers are provided in the back of the book.
About the Author
Pat Kennedy attended his first Indianapolis 500 with his family in 1963 when he was six years old and has not missed a race since. His interest and passion was immediate and has continued to grow, culminating in this collection. His grandfather and father sponsored race cars at Indy from 1936 to the early 1950s under the name of their family-owned business: the Kennedy Tank Special. Kennedy Tank and Manufacturing Company has been a supplier of pit fueling tanks for many years at Indy. Pat has continued the family tradition of involvement in the Indy 500. Pat Kennedy is the president of a group of family-owned companies, including Kennedy Tank and Manufacturing Company (Indianapolis, IN); Southern Tank and Manufacturing Company (Owensboro, KY), and Steel Tank and Manufacturing Corp., Columbia City, IN.