Here is the Bear’s Quiz – 20 Questions, 107 points. See the Announcement on this page for rules and prizes. You must submit your answers no later than Midnight, Eastern Standard Time, 14 December, 2009.
Answer the following questions in an email by numbering your answers the same as the questions are numbered here, and send to mhbearesq@gmail.com
1. Name PTG’s drivers in the 2001 American Le Mans Series season. (1 point for each)
2. What is the significance of Portola Road in sports car racing history? (5 points)
3. Who is Mel Hawkins? (5 points)
4. What progenitor of a famous racing family was proud to be on Richard Nixon’s ‘Enemies List’? (5 points)
5. Who was the winner of the first Pebble Beach Road Race in 1950? (5 points)
6. When and where did seven time World Driving Champion Michael Schumacher last race in North America? (5 points)
7. Who was the last driver to qualify and race a front engine car in the Indianapolis 500? What year was it? (5 points)
8. Identify the driver and the car. (3 points for each)
9. What North American racing incident involved the driver in the photograph? (5 points)
10. Name the ‘Odd Couple,’ a Silicon Valley CEO and a former college tennis player who combined to launch a sports car racing team, then drove to a podium finish at Le Mans. (5 points)
11. The werks John Wyer and Porsche Salzburg (1970) and Martini (1971) teams won all but four races in which they entered the 917 in the FIA Group 5 World Championship of Makes. Name the four races in which the werks 917’s were beaten, whether points-paying or not, and the car that won in each instance. (8 points, 1 for venue, 1 for car in each instance)
12. What Le Mans winner won a race in a Scarab? (5 points)
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13. What driver finished second overall in NASCAR points in his rookie season (year 1), then the next year third overall at Le Mans (year 2) and finally third in points in the following NASCAR season (year 3)? (5 points)
14. Who celebrated a milestone birthday at Sonoma, California in July, 2000. (5 points)
15. What do TWR USA/Jaguar, Nissan Performance Technology, Risi Competizione, and Tafel Racing have in common? (5 points)
16. Which team won the biggest ever sports car purse, what was the race and year? (5 points)
17. What driver called a GT1 a “real race car” when asked to contrast it to the car he usually raced. (5 points)
18. What driver competed in six ALMS seasons with an artificial heart valve? (5 points)
19. Murphy the Bear’s office is located in what institution on Monterey’s Wave Street? (5 points)
20. Who completed a cross county motorcycle ride between ALMS races at Lime Rock and Infineon. (5 points)
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Does a self-proclaimed purist lose the title if he can only answer 8/20 off the top of his head?
Of course not. This is a difficult quiz. Scores so far are not high, so please enter. (8 of 10 “off the top of your head” is really pretty good.) It’s only fun if the Bear gets a lot of entries. You could win.