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Question: Which pair of brothers combined to win the Indianapolis 500 race seven times?
Answer: American automobile-racing drivers and brothers Al and Bobby Unser combined to win the Indianapolis 500 race seven times (Bobby in 1968, 1975, and 1981; Al in 1970, 1971, 1978, and 1987).
Question: What form of motor racing, which originated in the United States, has two vehicles race side by side from a standing start over a flat, straight course commonly 0.25 mile (0.4 km) long?
Answer: Drag racing is a form of motor racing in which two vehicles race from a standing start side by side on a drag strip—a flat, straight course, most commonly 0.25 mile (0.4 km) long. The winner is the fastest to the finish line.
Question: What 24-hour sportscar race was originally called the Grand Prix de Vitesse et d’Endurance?
Answer: The 24 Hours of Le Mans, which is among the world’s best-known automobile races, was originally called the Grand Prix de Vitesse et d’Endurance.
Question: In what kind of automobile competition do the driver and navigator attempt to keep to a predetermined schedule between checkpoints over a specified public route?
Answer: One form of rallying is a competition over a specified public route with a driver and navigator attempting to keep to a predetermined schedule between checkpoints. The course is often unknown to contestants until the start of the rally.
Question: Who was the first automobile racer to exceed 200 miles (320 km) per hour?
Answer: American-born English automobile and motorboat racer Sir Henry Segrave was the first automobile racer to exceed 200 miles (320 km) per hour. He did so in 1927.
Question: Who was the first Formula One champion?
Answer: Giuseppe Farina was the first official winner, in 1950, of the Formula One World Drivers’ Championship. He raced an Alfa Romeo.
Question: What stock-car racer, nicknamed “the Intimidator,” won 76 NASCAR Cup races and was a four-time winner of the International Race of Champions?
Answer: American stock-car racer Dale Earnhardt, nicknamed “the Intimindator,” won 76 NASCAR Cup races in his career and was a four-time winner of the International Race of Champions. For much of his career, Earnhardt was NASCAR’s most popular and controversial driver.
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