Want to test the knowledge of your favorite auto racing fan?
Does your know-it-all relative really know it all?
How many facts do you know about Dover Motor Speedway?
Read on for 16 questions and answers on the Monster Mile's 50-plus years of history.
Don't peek ahead - all of the answers are below.
Good luck!
DMS TRIVIA QUESTIONS
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Who are the four drivers honored with marquee plaques on the Monster Monument?
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Who won the "Drydene 400" NASCAR Cup Series race on May 16, 2021?
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What company is the sponsor of the Monster Monument at Victory Plaza and the Monster Bridge?
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What NASCAR Hall of Famer set the all-time speed record at Dover during IndyCar qualifying in the late 1990s?
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Who was President of the United States on the day Dover hosted its first NASCAR Cup Series race?
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When DMS hosted six races in three days in 2020, how many total laps/miles were run (within 50)?
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What driver is the all-time leader in NASCAR Cup Series victories at Dover?
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Who is the fastest all-time NASCAR Cup Series qualifier at Dover?
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What DMS founding father was honored by naming the Cup Series garage area after him in 1996?
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The first NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover lasted how many laps?
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How many NASCAR Cup Series races has DMS hosted?
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Concrete replaced asphalt as the Monster Mile's racing surface in the winter before what racing year?
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Who was the first Cup Series driver to win on Dover's concrete Monster Mile?
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Who was the first driver to receive a Monster Trophy in Victory Lane?
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What NASCAR Hall of Famer attended the Monster Monument's dedication ceremony in 2008?
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What are the degrees of banking on Dover's frontstretch/backstretch and the top of the turns (within 2 degrees)?
DMS TRIVIA ANSWERS
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Bobby Allison, Jeff Gordon, David Pearson and Richard Petty.
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Alex Bowman.
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Ally.
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Tony Stewart, with a speed of more than 185 mph (19.4 seconds) in 1998.
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Richard Nixon (July 6, 1969).
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The six races across three days in 2020 included 1,347 laps/miles of racing.
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Jimmie Johnson (11 Cup Series wins at Dover).
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Denny Hamlin, with a lap of 166.984 mph (21.559 seconds) on Oct. 5, 2019.
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Melvin Joseph.
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300 (Mason-Dixon 300)
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There have been 103 NASCAR Cup Series races at Dover (one of only 10 tracks in the U.S. to have hosted 100 or more Cup Series races).
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1995 (Concrete was placed in the winter of 1994-95).
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Kyle Petty.
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Ryan Newman, on Sept. 26, 2004.
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Jeff Gordon.
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9 degrees on the frontstretch/backstretch and 24 degrees on the turns.