Drag Racing Online - Departments: Quiz Vol. IV No. 7 July 2002

by Chris Martin

THE LOADED QUESTION-er

Since the Loaded One's bi-monthly conerns have orbited around the new NHRA Media Guide, he fought through the fog and thought, "Why not have a quiz based entirely on the contents of said new guide?" I mean, why not? Soooo .... Here 'tis.

1. In 1969, NHRA officially ran Funny Car as a year-round eliminator category at its National events. The first winner was a "Jungle Jim" Liberman car, but Liberman was not driving. His number two driver and the winner was:

A. Clare Sanders
B. Pete Williams
C. Larry Reyes
D. Bobby Rowe

2. Bruce Larson, the 1989 NHRA Winston Funny Car champion, won how many NHRA national event titles?

A. 7
B. 9
C. 13
D. 5

3. Larson also proved to be a way better than average Top Fuel driver. He won four IHRA national events driving for whom?

A. John Carey
B. Don Garlits
C. Fred Farndon
D. Keenan & Pike

4. "Jungle Jim", along with Mickey Thompson, Gene Snow and Roland Leong was one of the early pioneers of multi-carred Funny Car teams. Six drivers are listed below. Only one never drove for Liberman. Where's Waldo?

A. Pete Williams
B. Roy Harris
C. Russell Long
D. Jake Crimmins
E. Arnie Behling
F. Tom Raley

5. On Oct. 11, 1990, Larson ran the second quickest Funny Car elapsed
time ever while competing at the Chief Nationals at the Texas Motorplex.
Ed McCulloch ran the quickest one with a 5.132 a year earlier at the same
NHRA event. What was Larson's career best and the best time of the
1990 season?

A. 5.151
B. 5.150
C. 5.147
D. 5.138
E. 5.111

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LAST MONTH'S ANSWERS

We had a repeat winner for the June quiz. Wes Tarkington again was the first person with the most correct answers. For the rest of you, here they are.

1. The NHRA national event track with the worst Funny Car speed mark, a sissy-like 310.24-mph, is C. Bristol Dragway

2. As of January 2002, the track with the worst NHRA Pro Stock speed mark, a syphletic 198.41 mph is (and we're leaving out Bandimere Speedway because of the way normally aspirated cars gag and die up there) A. The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

3. Current NHRA Top Fuel points leader Larry Dixon has never won this event E. All of the above

4. The Funny Car winner at the last NHRA Cajun Nationals in 1990 was B. John Force

5. The NHRA MATCO Nationals at Houston was discontinued after the 2000 race. The winningest Pro Stock driver with two wins was C. Jeg Coughlin Jr.

6. The first driver listed for Top Fuel in NHRA's National Performance Records was Jim Bucher in March of 1973 with a 6.07 elapsed time. What's the big deal about it? It's the last time anything other than an aftermarket Chrysler-based Hemi engine held the Top Fuel e.t. mark. Bucher's engine was a Chevy.

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