[Bob Tanner]

OK... You folks have my attention! I've wandered into a site full of NASCAR history buffs, right? (I still am shaking my head over the Bob Pronger question)

OK here is one more that should take more than an hour for someone to answer:

NASCAR Winston Cup has had drivers from six of the seven continents. (They couldn't get a seat to fit a penguin, hence no driver from Antarctica)

Fill in the blanks with any driver you can find:

North America....................
South America...................
Europe.............................
Australia..........................
Asia.................................
Africa...............................

The first three are give-aways, the forth isn't too difficult, the fifth won't be too hard but number six...? Good luck but it happened.

[Dupont4five]

North America- Jeff Gordon, etc.
South America-Adrian Fernández
European- Mario Andretti
Australian- Marcos Ambrose
Asia- Hideo Fukuyama
Africa- Wendall Scott

Thats my guesses

[Bob Tanner]

Very good guesses. This one will take some time.

Originally Posted by Dupont4five

North America- Jeff Gordon, etc. ]

Correct

Originally Posted by Dupont4five

[South America-Adrian Fernández

Nope. Has never ran a Cup race

Originally Posted by Dupont4five

European- Mario Andretti

Sounds European but Mario's an American

Originally Posted by Dupont4five

Australian- Marcos Ambrose

Nope. Has never run in Cup

Originally Posted by Dupont4five

Asia- Hideo Fukuyama

Correct!

Originally Posted by Dupont4five

Africa- Wendall Scott

LOL Nope. American

Two out of seven. Not bad for a first try. Methinks this one may prove to be a toughie?

[Dupont4five]

Originally Posted by Bob Tanner

Very good guesses. This one will take some time.


Correct

Nope. Has never ran a Cup race

Sounds European but Mario's an American

Nope. Has never run in Cup

Correct!

LOL Nope. American

Two out of seven. Not bad for a first try. Methinks this one may prove to be a toughie?

Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940 in Montona d'Istria, Italy (now Motovun, Croatia)

Your wrong bobby, he was born in Italy

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by Dupont4five

Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940 in Montona d'Istria, Italy (now Motovun, Croatia)

Your wrong bobby, he was born in Italy

I was referring to his nationality. However, I'll concede to you. There were others but Mario'll do. Good job!

[TN_Gal]

Originally Posted by Bob Tanner

I was referring to his being a US citizen. However, I'll concede to you. There were others but Mario'll do. Good job!

Ah, I just love it when we all get along.....

[Lefty Noob]

Okay, did some digging and found an Australian driver named Dick Johnson who spent some time in Winston Cup.

But that's all I've been able to dig up so far. You gave us a good one here, Bob!

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Okay, did some digging and found an Australian driver named Dick Johnson who spent some time in Winston Cup.But that's all I've been able to dig up so far. You gave us a good one here, Bob!

Right. Dick Johnson was from Brisbane. The most famous Aussie to drive in Cup was probably Jack Brabham, a former F1 World Champ, in 1994.
Keep digging. We still still have openings for the South America and Africa answer. There have been multiple South American drivers but, I can find only one African driver.
Remember, this question specified since NASCAR became Winston Cup, so that narrows down the search a bit.
Happy hunting...

[LSC9901]

Christian Fitipaldi did run in Winston Cup.


Excellent trivia Bob.

[Lefty Noob]

Aha! Christian Fittipaldi is Brazilian and ran Winston Cup for Petty Enterprises starting in 2002.

[Lefty Noob]

Damn, LSC, you beat me to it by 6 minutes!

[simple simon]

apparently i am the forums Greatest Google Guru, and you shall all now refer to me as such

Serge Adams Canada1968

Mario Andretti Italy1966

Claude Ballot-Lena France 1978

John Banks Canada 1973

Christine Beckers Belgium 1977

Leo Bergeron Canada 1953

Don Beiderman Canada 1966

Buddie Boys Canada 1983

Trevor Boys Canada 1982

Geoff Brabham Australia 1994

Wally Branston Canada 1954

Jim Bray Canada 1962

Terry Byers Australia 1989

Jim Clark Scotland 1967

Les Covey Canada 1972

Jack Donohue Canada 1974

Yvon DuHamel Canada 1973

Vic Elford England 1969

Ron Fellows Canada 1995

Christian Fittipaldi Brazil 2002

Dick Foley Canada 1957

Billy Foster Canada 1966

Hideo Fukiyama Japan 2002

Frank Gardner Australia 1968

Jorge Goeters Mexico 2005

Mario Gosselin Canada 2004

Klaus Graf Germany2004

Allan Grice Australia 1987

Allen Heath Canada 1951

David Hobbs England 1976

Cliff Hucul Canada 1986

Innes Ireland England 1967

Dick Johnson Australia 1989

Gary Kershaw Canada 1981

Albert Lemieux Canada 1952

Lella Lombard Italy 1977

Randy MacDonald Canada 1994

Lothar Motschenbacher Germany 1970

Brain Naylor England 1961

Rick O'Dell Canada 1981

Jackie Oliver England 1971

Vic Parsons Canada 1972

Larry Pollard Canada 1987

Nick Rampling Canada 1966

Laurent Rioux Canada 1983

Pedro Rodriguez *Mexico 1959

Earl Ross #Canada 1973

Norman Schihl Canada 1956

Jo Schlesser France 1964

Fritz Schulz Germany 1971

Lloyd Shaw Canada 1953

Jack Simpson Canada1973

Roy Smith %Canada 1975

Tony Spanos Australia 1987

Rolf Stommelen Germany 1971

Ross Surgenor Canada 1974

Jim Wilson Canada 1955

Sarel van der Merwe South Africa 1990

that should answer your question Bob

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by simple simon

apparently i am the forums Greatest Google Guru, and you shall all now refer to me as such
Sarel van der Merwe South Africa 1990

that should answer your question Bob

Good job. It does. Well, now you and several others have a bit more knowledge so the exercise was successful.

If my little trivia questions have piqued some one's interest enough to do some reading and studying, I am happy.

However, I have some little tid bits which I know are not on the net, or at least buried very deeply.

Watch for them.

[LSC9901]

Bob ....

With everything that is on the internet the only thing that may have escaped is some bad deed you and another of your sibblings may have done back in 1954. That was before Al Gore invented the internet.