Drag Racing Online - Departments: Quiz Vol. IV No. 5 May 2002

by Chris Martin

THE LOADED QUESTION-er

Since the loaded one has fallen into a 30-year time warp, he thought that maybe we'd have a quiz for the older racers, with the young serving as a kind of weird-ass backdrop. You'll see what we mean below.

1. Larry Dixon's father, Larry Sr., was a way better than average fuel driver in the 1960s and 1970s. His only NHRA national event win came at the 1970 NHRA Winternationals, but he also scored at a number of the big match evens. Which two of the four races listed below did he win?

A. the 1969 Hot Rod Championships
B. the 1969 PDA Top Fuel title
C. the 1971 Irwindale Grand Prix
D. the 1972 AHRA Western Regional at Lions

2. Mike Dunn, currently an ESPN commentator and one of the very top fuel drivers of the past 20 years, is the son of racing great Jim Dunn. One of the four races listed below, Jim did NOT win. (Keep in mind he drove both Top Fuel and Funny Car in his career.) Which one was it?

A. The 1972 Las Vegas Stardust Open
B. The 1968 Irwindale Grand Prix
C. The 1969 Bakersfield Meet.
D. The 1971 Bakersfield Meet.

3. Del Worsham's dad, Chuck, was a partner on numerous Alcohol cars and one very notable Funny Car. Who was the nitro driver?

A. Denny Savage
B. John Martin
C. Richard Day
D. Art Hendey

4. Mark Whisnant, who is one of the up and coming Pro Stock drivers, got a headstart with the competition because of his famed racing father Reid. Reid drove Pro Stock from its beginnings into the late 1980s. Point out a winner below.

A. the 1972 AHRA Southern Nationals in Memphis, Tenn.
B. the 1984 NHRA Gatornationals.
C. the 1973 IHRA Winter Nationals
D. None of the above.

5. Frank Pedregon Sr., father of Cruz, Tony and Frank Jr., drove many Top Fuelers in his heyday. Which was not one of them?

A. Joe Winters' "Swinger I"
B. Roland Leong's "Hawaiian"
C. "The Royal Canadian"
D. the Howard Cam Spl.

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LAST MONTH'S QUIZ ANSWERS

Winner of quiz Volume IV Number 4 was Wes Tarkington who got all but one question correct.

1. At the 1980 IHRA Pro-Am in Rockingham, N.C., this Pro Stock driver was the first one to run a backed up seven-second run. He is: B. Rickie Smith

2. The first Top Fuel winner at the Hot Rod Magazine Championships at Riverside Raceway was: C. Jack Williams

3. At the 1989 NHRA Southern Nationals, the first black NHRA nitro finalist emerged and landed a runner-up finish in Funny Car. He was: A. Eric Reed

4. At an AHRA regional championship event in April 1966, a Walnut Creek, Calif. racer won Top Fuel and broke an overall sport time barrier. He was and did: C. Don Cook won and ran the first legit 220-mph speed

5. Ex-Houston Oiler quarterback Dan Pastorini was the talk of the sport when he logged the Top Fuel win at the 1986 NHRA Southern Nationals. In the final, his victim was: D. Gene Snow

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