Motorsports Trivia Thread!
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First Double Overhead Cam (DOHC), 4 valves per cylinder. Innovative and efficient cylinder head, valve and and valve operation technology was copied everywhere and at all times up until today. The original engine dominated at the GP and Indy level for years. What was the controversy, and who were the protagonists?
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ya can't just google this one......even if these arn't the guys.....the story is great.....and add Ernst Henry to the list.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Henry_(engineer)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Henry_(engineer)
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Name as many as you can of the seventeen drivers to compete in all three legs of the Triple Crown of Motorsport (Indianapolis 500, 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Monaco Grand Prix) and to have won at least one of those events. Heading the list is Graham Hill, who won all three.
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Jochen Rindt
Eddie Cheever
Mark Blundell
Rene Dreyfus
Edit: Not Alberto Ascari
Eddie Cheever
Mark Blundell
Rene Dreyfus
Edit: Not Alberto Ascari
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2 of 4 correct.
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Really?
Rindt was a Le Mans (1965) and Monaco (1970) winner and competed at both the 1967 and 1968 Indy 500s.
Cheever won Indy in 1998, had a best finish of 5th at Monaco in 1981 and was part of the Silk Cut Jaguar team at Le Mans in 1986 and 1987.
Blundell won Le Mans with Peugeot in 1992, finished a career best 5th at Monaco in 1995 with McLaren and finished 5th at the 1996 Indy 500.
Dreyfus won the Monaco Grand Prix in 1930, finished 3rd overall at Le Mans in a Delahaye in 1937 and competed at the 1940 Indy 500.
Which ones are wrong?
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Excellent question!
In the Dreyfus case, I was going by the official publisher of the Indy 500 Yearbook. Now that I see by Wikipedia that, though he failed to qualify, he was a relief driver for a few laps, I'm inclined to relent and provisionally allow him as the 18th driver in our exclusive list. Good work there!
However, in the case of Blundell, he did indeed drive the '96 500. But it was the US 500 at Michigan, and not the Indy 500. So the Blundell case is not sustained, unless you have more evidence to present.
@Liquid, One of two correct.
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To bring us current, we have the following correctly named, with 6 more to go. Who has competed in all three legs of the Triple Crown of Motorsport (Indianapolis 500, 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Monaco Grand Prix) and to have won at least one of those events?
Graham Hill
Dan Gurney
Mario Andretti
Jacques Villeneuve
Jim Clark
Denny Hulme
Jack Brabham
Vern Schuppan
Jochen Rindt
Eddie Cheever
Rene Dreyfus
Jackie Stewart
Hint: Of the missing, 3 are American, 1 Italian, 1 Monégasque, and 1 Swedish.
Graham Hill
Dan Gurney
Mario Andretti
Jacques Villeneuve
Jim Clark
Denny Hulme
Jack Brabham
Vern Schuppan
Jochen Rindt
Eddie Cheever
Rene Dreyfus
Jackie Stewart
Hint: Of the missing, 3 are American, 1 Italian, 1 Monégasque, and 1 Swedish.
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The great Alberto Ascari, while he competed in the Triple Crown races, never won any. In the years he was winning virtually every race he ran, Monaco was not on the calendar. Otherwise, he surely would be on our list.
@Liquid I do not think Richie Ginther ever competed at the Indy 500, though he had a disastrous qualifying attempt when a fuel line broke and caught fire. I don't think he ever won LeMans or Monaco where his best finish was 2nd.
Hint: Our remaining drivers were Indy 500 winners (American) or LeMans winners (American and Italian).
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