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Old 10 Jan 2000, 14:10 (Ref:7642)   #1
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as some of you may know im doing some work for ten tenths and have come across some interesting things along the way ..so I have 3 questions for yas.

Q1. who won the first ever race at the old Nurburgring when and in what?

Q2.When was the first race ever held at the Indianapolis motor speedway?

Q3.When were rear wings first used in Formula one?

knowing you guys probably to easy for yas..but have fun anyway
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Old 10 Jan 2000, 16:15 (Ref:7643)   #2
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Q1: dunno, 1920's??
Q2: 1909
Q3: Ferrari introduced the rear wing in the Belgian GP of 1968.
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Old 10 Jan 2000, 17:29 (Ref:7644)   #3
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Q1. Don't know, but would guess around 1935. The track was built as a make work project during the depression.
Q2. IMS was built in 1909 and the first 500 mile race was in 1911. Won by Ray Harroun in a Marmon Wasp, 6 cyl. 447 cubic inches. The only 1-man car in the race.
Q3.My guess is 1967

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Old 11 Jan 2000, 04:04 (Ref:7645)   #4
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ok answers to questions are close...
Q1 Seems to be a tricky one so Ill let it continue ...any takers???

Q2. The first race was held in 1909 at indy it was a balloon race ..and yes the first 500 was 1911.

Q3.Leo got it right on the rear wing question 1968 Belgian gp.

anyone on the old nurburgring question????
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Old 12 Jan 2000, 00:06 (Ref:7646)   #5
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Q1. A tricky question this one is.
The circuit opened in 1927 and the first race was held in the same year.
But I'm not quite sure which race that was.
I know the German GP of 1927 was won by Otto Merz from Germany in a Mercedes-Benz.
But Rudolf Caracciola, another German, won a Sportscar race in 1927 with a Mercedes-Benz S type.
I don't know which of these two races was held first.
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Old 12 Jan 2000, 00:49 (Ref:7647)   #6
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OH Gerard I think Im gonna have to look into this a bit more...the info I have is that it was Rudolf Caracciola in 1922 in a mercedes 680 model...strange as you say it was built in 1927...will try to get the problem solved
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Old 12 Jan 2000, 04:38 (Ref:7648)   #7
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Marcus, I've done some research about the Nurburgring, and where to find better results than at the Rings' own website.
Building started in 1925 and the track was opened the 18th of June 1927. www.nuerburgring.de
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Old 27 Jan 2000, 22:03 (Ref:7649)   #8
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1927 is correct, and it was the the sports car race, and not the GP (although cars in both categories had been the same in those days). It was in fact great Rudolf Carracciola, and the correct type of the car was 27/680 S. 27 described the tax HP, 680 the engine size of 6.8 ltr, and the "S" stoods for "Sport". By the way, the car is still existing today in the hands of a German collector.
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Old 28 Jan 2000, 00:43 (Ref:7650)   #9
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thanks michael...and welcome to ten tenths..yes it seems the source I had for this showed the incorrect date...so im off to sit in the coener and ponder the meaning of life and cry in my beer
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