Drag Racing Online - Departments: Quiz Vol. III No. 11 November 2001

by Chris Martin

THE LOADED QUESTION-er

Okay, okay, the so-called politics buff got caught with his head in the canyon and invalidated the entire October quiz. Richard "I am not a crook" Nixon was deposed in 1974 and not 1972 as I had stated. And as soon as I was apprised of that fact, I knew it right away. Oh well, I get to keep the prize and will, in turn, eat it. Because the know-it-all, show-off side of my personality went berserk last month, I'm going to turn things down a tad this month and keep the answers well within my realm of knowledge. No lunatic fringe jazz here. To wit, an all-IHRA quiz.

1. The winningest IHRA ALCOHOL Funny Car winner is

a. Mark Thomas	c. Von Smith
b. Bob Newberry	d. Jimmy Rector

2. The first driver to win an IHRA national event Funny Car title did so in 1971. He was

a. Charlie Therwanger	c. Dale Pulde
b. Richard Tharp	d. Ron Colson

3. At what track did Don Garlits run IHRA's first backed-up Top Fuel five-second run?

a. Great Lakes Dragaway. Union Grove, Wisc.	c. Rockingham Int'l Dragway. Rockingham, N.C.
b. Bristol Int'l Dragway. Bristol, Tenn.	d. Darlington Int'l Dragway. Darlington, South Carolina

4. The winningest Top Fuel driver in 1971, IHRA's first year operation, was

a. Austin Myers in Jack Hart's "Golddigger:	c. Jim Nicoll
b. Ronnie Martin in Robert Anderson's dragster	d. Don Garlits

5. The SECOND winngest Pro Stock driver in IHRA annals is

a. Ronnie Sox	c. Roy Hill
b. Bob Glidden	d. Lee Edwards

TIE BREAKER

6. Eddie Hill ran the first four at the 1988 IHRA Texas Nationals at the Texas
Motorplex. He also won the race. Who did he beat in the final?

a. Gene Snow	c. Dick LaHaie
b. Darrell Gwynn	d. Joe Amato

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And now, the winner of Quiz Number 10. Tony Stoms was the first contestant who knew the correct answers to the questions:

1. Who won the NHRA Nationals Top Eliminator championship in 1963?
C. Bobby Vodnik

2. What racer won Funny Car at the 1971 NHRA Winternationals?
B. "Butch" Maas

3. Who won Pro Stock at Canada's and NHRA's Le Grandnational Molson in 1972?
A. Bill Jenkins

4. Who was the NHRA Top Fuel World Champion in 1968?
B. Bennie Osborne

5. NHRA Chief Nationals Top Fuel winner in 1987 was?
D. Darrell Gwynn

6. Just before qualifying at what year's NHRA Summernationals, famed entertainer and LQ's favorite comedian Jackie Gleason died. The year and Top Fuel winner was
B. 1988/Darrell Gwynn.

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