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Every year for the past four, NASCAR has been included as a category on Jeopardy! I present you with the clues from tonight's televised game, plus the three previous ones. You need to highlight the answers with your mouse (white font on white background).
Category: REV UP FOR NASCAR (June 18, 2025)
$200
During a race there can be 5 or 6 members of this team "over the wall" to aid drivers & their cars
Answer: the pit crew
$400
Flags used during NASCAR races include checkered, yellow, green & this one meaning one lap to go
Answer: white
$600
The shape of Martinsville Speedway in Virginia has given it this nickname of a common office supply
Answer: "The Paperclip"
$800
Designed to limit engine power, these plates were made mandatory in certain races beginning in 1988
Answer: restrictor plates
$1000
With a record 200 Cup Series wins during his career, this King of NASCAR drove the Number 43 car for much of his reign
Answer: Richard Petty
Category: MUSCLE CARS (May 17, 2024)
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(Lisa Ann Walter delivers the clue.) Designed to dominate NASCAR, the Plymouth Superbird shows its racing origins in its aerodynamic nose & its huge wing type of this device designed to counteract lift & keep the rear end on the track
Answer: a spoiler
$400
(Lisa Ann Walter delivers the clue.) Featuring a mammoth 455-cubic-inch V8 engine, the 1970 Buick GSX zoomed around with an impressive 350 horsepower & 510 foot-pounds of this
Answer: torque
$600
(Lisa Ann Walter delivers the clue.) Melissa Schemmenti, my character on "Abbott Elementary", loves Italian stuff, but in real life, I love this legendary American muscle car that was rolled out by Dodge in 1970 & rebooted to great acclaim in 2008; I've owned four
Answer: a Challenger
$800
(Lisa Ann Walter delivers the clue.) Pontiac introduced the sporty Firebird in 1967; in 1969 it brought out this even more powerful variant that took its name from a series of races held at tracks across the country
Answer: the Pontiac Trans Am
$1000
(Lisa Ann Walter delivers the clue.) Count off the barrels in its carburetor, the speeds in its transmission & its dual exhaust pipes to get the numeric name of this classic 1964 Oldsmobile
Answer: the 442
Category: NASCAR GEOGRAPHY (October 10, 2023)
(Ken: We need the state where each NASCAR track is located.)
$200
Daytona International Speedway
Answer: Florida
$400
Sonoma Raceway
Answer: California
$600
Talladega Superspeedway
Answer: Alabama
$800
Martinsville Speedway, Richmond Raceway
Answer: Virginia
$1000
Watkins Glen International
Answer: New York
Category: FROM THE SPEEDWAY (July 7, 2022)
$200
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.) The Las Vegas Motor Speedway track, like most NASCAR tracks, is made of this paving material, also called blacktop, but specially formulated as it has to stand up to 150-degree temperatures.
Answer: asphalt
$400
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.) Yes, there are speed limits in NASCAR; at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, it's 45 miles per hour on this road where cars are serviced.
Answer: the pit (road)
$600
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.) The era of one-company sponsorship for the championship of NASCAR began with this tobacco brand in 1971.
Answer: Winston
$800
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.) In 2019, the Vegas Speedway was the site of aerodynamic testing, including a longer splitter, the front end equivalent to this rear piece; by increasing downforce, it reduces lift & maintains traction.
Answer: a spoiler
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.) The purpose of drafting, or following closely behind another car, is to create this between his tail & your nose; so he pulls you along as your draft is reduced substantially.
Answer: a vacuum
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