Racing Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers
In horse racing, how long is the Breeder's Cup?
A: 1 mile 1 furlong.
Winning a total of 20 races, how many total rides did South
African-born Michael Roberts take in
1992 English horse racing?
A: 1,068.
Which of the triple Crown races is held on Long Island?
A: The Belmont.
Herve Filion topped what sport with a record of 14,084 wins?
A: Harness racing.
The Spa-Francorchamps motor racing track is in what
country?
A: Belgium.
The British call it stock
car racing... what do Americans call
it?
A: Demolition Derbies.
Horse racing's Melbourne Cup is held in what month?
A: November.
Racing's Niki Lauda born in which country?
A: Austria.
What is the name of the song in which Stephen Foster encourages
people to bet on de bay?
A: Camptown races.
Bernie Ecclestone is associated with what multi million dollar
sport?
A: Motor Racing.
Who is France's most successful racing driver of all time?
A: Alain Prost.
What is the last name of the racing brothers Emerson and Wilson?
A: Fittipaldi.
Juan Manuel Fangio comes from what
South American country?
A: Argentina.
Walter Cronkite was part of what car racing team that competed in
the 1959 Sebring 12-hour race?
A: Lancia.
What riding practice did jockey Tod Sloan popularize in horse
racing?
A: The "monkey crouch" position - knees tucked under chin, upper
body lying along the horse's neck.
In horse racing what are the three big races only for fillies
called?
A: The Triple Tiara - the Mother goose, Coaching Club-American
Oaks, and the Acorn.
What racing competition became a best-of-nine series in 1995?
A: The America's Cup.
What racing sport achieves the highest speeds?
A: Airplane racing.
What piece of equipment do recreational bikes have that racing
bikes do not?
A: Brakes.
Where is the horse race known as the Japan Cup held?
A: Tokyo.
In the season Damon Hill was racing's Formula One
world champ,
how many of his races did he win?
A: Eight.
What do the initials BMX stand for in cross country racing?
A: Bicycle moto cross.
Col. Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr. developed most of the rules of
what sport in the United States?
A: Horse racing.
The phrase "turning point" came from what ancient sport?
A: Chariot racing. Turning points were the places where the
chariot drivers turned at both ends of the stadium.
Where did the word furlong as used in horse racing come from?
A: Back when a race was a furrow long... the length of a plowed
field.
Mike Hawthorn, a Formula One motor racing world champion, won how
many of his 45 races?
A: Three.
In the 1990s, who was the first racing driver to win the opening
formula one race and not end the season as the champion?
A: David Coulthard.
Ayrton Senna lost his life at which formula one racing circuit?
A: Imola (San Marino Grand Prix)
