Drag Racing Online - Departments: Quiz Vol. IV No. 8 August 2002

by Chris Martin

THE LOADED QUESTION-er

Everyone Loves A Winner. Yes, they do. Everyone remembers the guy or gal who gets their hand raised or their name on the trophy. And yet, things exist in terms of their opposites. In other words, to have a winner you have to have a loser, to have a Top Fuel Eliminator you have to have a Top Fuel runner-up. Leaving aside this circuitous aside, here's the Indy runner-up puzzle.

1. Tony Schumacher, the Winston 1999 Top Fuel champ, made his first NHRA final ever (and first career final overall) at the U.S. Nationals. What year did this happen?

A. 1996
B. 1997
C. 1995
D. 1998

2. He took back-to-back runner-ups in 1962 and 1963 before winning the Indy Top Fuel title in 1964. He is

A. Mike Snively
B. Pete Robinson
C. Don Garlits
D. Don Prudhomme

3. He currently drives the Spirit of Las Vegas Top Fuel dragster and took runner-up honors at the 2000 event. He is

A. Andrew Cowin
B. Gary Clapshaw
C. Dave Grubnic
D. Scott Weis

4. In 1995, Pro Stock winner Warren Johnson got an unexpected
challenge from a winless (National event titles) Missouri driver. His
name is ...

A. Robert Patrick
B. Greg Anderson
C. George Marnell
D. Lewis Worden

5. His dad was a former advertising director at National DRAGSTER and he was runner-up at the 1995 Top Fuel show. He is

A. Bob Vandergriff Jr.
B. Doug Herbert
C. Bruce Sarver
D. Cory McClenathan

BONUS QUERY:
It took John Force how many years from his first NHRA final round to win a Funny Car title at Indy? No multiple choice here. This is Force. Hint: his first NHRA final came at the 1979 Cajun Nationals. Hey, c'mon, it's Force.

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LAST MONTH'S QUIZ

For the first time this year, someone got every question correct! The ol' questioner is so proud of Mike Cornelius who knew all of the following.

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

2. Bruce Larson, the 1989 NHRA Winston Funny Car champion, won how many NHRA national event titles? A. 7

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

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

5. On Oct. 11, 1990, Larson ran the second quickest Funny Car elapsed times 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? D. 5.138

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