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5/7/03
THE
LOADED QUESTION-er
Moon, Croon, June, and Spoon
What's that mean? Well, all of it's personal.
"Moon?" My old grade and high school
pal Howard Sheets and I used to moon people
in fast food joints and we usually got our ya-yas
out in the month of June. "Croon?"
I like to sing. "Spoon," I crave my
fun by the lovin' SPOONful. And "June?"
The NHRA Springnationals. (Now if that isn't
a stretch, I don't know what is) I don't care
what corporate kowtowing the Glendorans have
done. The Pontiac Excitement Nationals? Get
outa my life. The June race in Columbus is and
will always be the Springnationals to me. Here's
five questions dealing with this twisted fact.
LAST MONTH'S QUIZ
Three entrants had all of the correct answers.
We're impressed. Don Richerson, however,
was the first of them to send an entry. Congratulations.
- What did Funny Car racer Mike Mitchell's
Barracuda of 1974 have stenciled on the front
spoiler? C. Impeach
Nixon
- Pat Dakin's 1974 Top Fueler had a supine
semi-nude woman clad in bed-cloth on the front
spoiler with the words, "They say everyone
shall be released and I will remember the
face of every man who put me here." The writer
was C. Bob Dylan
- Don Prudhomme got his U.S. Army sponsorship
in B. 1974
- Mert Littlefield's 1974 nitro Funny Car
was sponsored by the A.
U.S. Air Force
- This Funny Car racer was a hot item and
an all-around good guy and fan favorite in
the early- to mid-1980s. In 1986, he won Funny
Car at the 1986 NHRA Winternationals, waving
the banner for conservative opportunist, Mike
Curb, a failed California Governor candidate.
This person is D. Tim
Grose
- The redoubtable Pat Dakin ran a 4.63 at
the Texas Motorplex in the mid-1990s with
what prominent five words plainly displayed
on the rear wing? The first word is "Send."
Send what? (Hint: The author is Warren Zevon.)
Send Lawyers, Guns and
Money
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