The F1 Game

[Kopite Girl 0]

So. I think we should have a little F1 fun.

Basically, whomever answers the last question correctly first, gets to ask the next question. The questions can be as easy or as hard as you like, and you are permitted to ask for hints.

So. I'll ask first.

Which driver is the only driver to have won the Indy 500 and the F1 world title to date?

Bonus point for naming the year and the car too.

[monza gorilla 1]

Err. There's more than one, Steph.

[monza gorilla 1]

Jimmy, Graham & Jacques.

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And Mario. (Had to look that one up)

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And Emmo. (Had to look that one up as well....)

[Medilloni 6]

So. I think we should have a little F1 fun.

Basically, whomever answers the last question correctly first, gets to ask the next question. The questions can be as easy or as hard as you like, and you are permitted to ask for hints.

So. I'll ask first.

Which driver is the only driver to have won the Indy 500 and the F1 world title to date?

Bonus point for naming the year and the car too.

Jim Clark - Lotus in 1965

And...

Graham Hill - Was it a lola? 1966

Poor 'ol Nige lost by the skin of his thong

EDIT: By George Russ, yes, JV, and surely Emmo did?

EDIt AGAIN: And Mario indeedy. Must Google it when I get home!

[monza gorilla 1]

My work here is done. I shall now play Total Annihilation. You can't beat the old 'uns.

[Kopite Girl 0]

Sorry. I meant to say in the same year. Its my chimp brain. Duh.

[Medilloni 6]

Sorry. I meant to say in the same year. Its my chimp brain. Duh.

Jim Clark in '65

[Kopite Girl 0]

Jim Clark in '65

Indeed. Car was Lotus 38.

Fire away, Mr. Meds!

[Medilloni 6]

Indeed. Car was Lotus 38.

Fire away, Mr. Meds!

Sorry Steph, missed this!

Next question, well, a soiree for y'all:

1. How many drivers have raced in F1, NASCAR and Indy at the Brickyard?

2. Name them.

3. Why is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway nicknamed 'The Brickyard'?

4. The tradition of kissing the bricks... * who was the driver that started this tradition? and, ** in what year?

First correct gaggle of answers gets huge recognition and one of these >>>>

Edit: Those of you ahead of GMT, no cheating by answering the Q's before I posted them, those of you behind GMT, get a move on!

[HandyNZL 1]

Sorry Steph, missed this!

Next question, well, a soiree for y'all:

1. How many drivers have raced in F1, NASCAR and Indy at the Brickyard?

Well, definately Montoya, and guess you're including Nationwide Series, so JV too, and maybe Speed...though not so sure he raced Indy, and I'd also think either Emo or Mario did a once off in NASCAR for the hell of it...Mario certainly did a lot of sports car races and many on speedways in the US

2. Name them.

3. Why is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway nicknamed 'The Brickyard'? Used to be made of bricks...the track that is

4. The tradition of kissing the bricks... * who was the driver that started this tradition? and, ** in what year?

No friggin' idea.

First correct gaggle of answers gets huge recognition and one of these >>>>

Edit: Those of you ahead of GMT, no cheating by answering the Q's before I posted them, those of you behind GMT, get a move on!

[Kopite Girl 0]

4. Dale Jarret, 1996. No, I didn't look it up. It was on Mobil1 when I was in hospital a couple months ago.

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4. Dale Jarret, 1996. No, I didn't look it up. It was on Mobil1 when I was in hospital a couple months ago.
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Obviously, I can't tell you on the forum that your answer is correct Stephy, I'll do that by pm later.

Anyone got all the answers yet?

[Autumnpuma 0]

Sorry Steph, missed this!

Next question, well, a soiree for y'all:

1. How many drivers have raced in F1, NASCAR and Indy at the Brickyard?

2

2. Name them.

Montoya and Speed. (JV never raced NASCAR at the Brickyard)

3. Why is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway nicknamed 'The Brickyard'?

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, they paved the whole surface with brick (the previous material, crushed rock and dirt I think, was too dangerous). The strip of bricks that a certain uncouth German complained about one year is the only remnant of the brick paving.

4. The tradition of kissing the bricks... * who was the driver that started this tradition? and, ** in what year?

It started in NASCAR in the '90s, during the Brickyard 400. I was watching during that first 'kiss' but I never knew who started it until I looked it up just now. Todd Parrott. Too many damned double consonants in that boy's name. Sorry Steph, it wasn't Dale Jarrett, but they were pals so you're half right.

[Kopite Girl 0]

No Mike. Parrott made the comment to Jarret 'it sure would be neat to kiss those bricks, Dale Jarret was the first to actually kiss them.

[Medilloni 6]

Well done that man Mike.

Bollock me, I forgot all about Scott Speed, and I thought it was Dale Jarrett wot snogged the bricks too. Meh, I'm a damn foreigner anyways

Your question/s then Mike?

EDIT: Damn it Steph, you beat me to it! I reckon Mike is next on the grounds that a/Everyone else is too slow, and b/the comment about the uncouth German is true

[Kopite Girl 0]

Well done that man Mike.

Bollock me, I forgot all about Scott Speed, and I thought it was Dale Jarrett wot snogged the bricks too. Meh, I'm a damn foreigner anyways

Your question/s then Mike?

Meds, he was. Look above! Still Mike's question but I know for a fact that I am right.

[Autumnpuma 0]

No Mike. Parrott made the comment to Jarret 'it sure would be neat to kiss those bricks, Dale Jarret was the first to actually kiss them.

Actually, Meds' question was 'who was the driver that started the tradition', not 'who was the first driver to kiss the bricks'. Here's the story according to NASCAR.com:

http://www.nascar.com/2006/news/opinion/08/10/indy_kiss/index.html

Kiss the bricks.

Marty Smith

It's the ultimate Frank the Tank moment: It tastes so good when it hits your lips. And though just a decade old, it is one of NASCAR's most cherished traditions.

Gather the entire Brickyard 400 championship team, align each individual side-by-side along the row of bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway start/finish line, turn the hat around backwards, crouch down on the front straightaway and smooch 'til your lips are raw. (Or in the case of the most recent brick-sucker, Jimmie Johnson, rubbery.)

Everyone knows the drill and its significance.

But few, it seems, know its origin.

It was 1996, and Todd Parrott had just directed the No. 88 Robert Yates Racing team to victory in third annual Brickyard 400. Standing there alongside driver Dale Jarrett, pinching himself to ensure the moment was indeed real, an idea hit him.

He turned to Jarrett and said, 'Hey, rally the troops and come on. I have an idea.'

"We went for the ceremonial ride in the pace car around track, and when we got back to Victory Lane I looked down at those bricks and said, 'Hey, lets get the guys together, we're gonna do something really cool.'

"So we went out there, turned our hats around backwards and got down on our knees and gave her a big ol' kiss. It was sweet, man."

As a child, Parrott watched many an open-wheel legend sip milk in Victory Lane at the Indianapolis 500, and considered it the most genuine of traditions. Who knew he'd go on to create his own?

"That makes me feel special -- it's good to give something back to the sport," Parrott said with a tinge of facetiousness.

Then his voice inflection shifts to a more serious tone.

"Everybody goes there thinking 'I wanna kiss the bricks,'" Parrott said. "That's the signature. When you get to kiss the bricks, that means you've succeeded, you've really done something [special]."

Jarrett takes pride in starting a meaningful tradition, as well.

"Something we got started and a great tradition now, it looks like. It's cool," he said last year. "It's kind of a NASCAR spin on how much we appreciate the opportunity to race here -- for the victors to be able to go to the start/finish line and have their little ceremony right there.

"It's kind of fun to know that we were a part of getting that started."

Photos of that moment hang in Parrott's home. Winning that race was a landmark moment in his career, a noteworthy bullet point in a family legacy built on, and engrained in, auto racing.

Talk about leaving your mark...

It's not often a man's euphoric split-second decision creates an institution.

[Autumnpuma 0]

Actually, I got it wrong. Scott Speed never ran the Indy 500, just F1 and the NASCAR Brickyard 400. I just checked and my memory replaced Scott Sharp (who did run) with Scott Speed. Ugh.

[Kopite Girl 0]

Well, in that case we can take half a point each, as it was Parrott's idea, but Jarret actually started the thing by committing the action. I think thats fair!

I think we should pick on John now.

[Medilloni 6]

Well, in that case we can take half a point each, as it was Parrott's idea, but Jarret actually started the thing by committing the action. I think thats fair!

I think we should pick on John now.

Pah, you two are just trying to confuse me, well it worked! I now nominate Mike to ask the next question.

Love the kissing bricks legacy (do they use tongue?) now all we need to do is get le mans to go back to the running starts

[Autumnpuma 0]

Okay, I'm your huckleberry. Since Steph and I tag-teamed the answers to the last one, my question is about someone we both have a huge admiration for: Jim Clark.

Jimmy was reportedly an introverted, indecisive worry-wart off-track but on-track, sitting there behind the wheel, he was complete. He always imagined himself a farmer but deep down he knew that he was a race driver and nothing else. But there was one time that he wanted to walk away from it all.

So my question is this: At what race (year and circuit) did Jimmy make a vow to never race again. Bonus points if you can explain why he felt that way.

[Kopite Girl 0]

I'm stuck.

Its either Spa 1960 when Chris Bristow's accident left his body on track and there was blood on Clark's car, Jim managed to narrowly avoid the body. Same race Alan Stacy got hit in the face by a bird.

Or was 61 after the death of Von Trips of which Jimmy's Lotus collided with. He went to Chapman to resign but Chapman talked him out of it.

Either way, if I'm wrong. Put me down like a dog and shame on my name.

[HandyNZL 1]

Bang Bang @ Steph