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2/8/05

It's February and everyone in this country knows the big event that calls up. Valentine's Day! VALENTINE'S DAY!? Are you nuts? As Mr. T might put it, "I pity the fool who doesn't know it's BLACK HISTORY MONTH!!!" This quiz might be a little more difficult than usual as we honor the occasion. So with combined spiritual energy ranging from the fire of Charley Patton, Public Enemy and Huey Newton to the straight-line relevance of John Kimble, R.S. Thomas, and Malcolm Durham, release the hounds!!!

1.) He was the first and only black racer to win a hot rod association national event Funny Car title.
A.) Rodney Flournoy B.) Eric Reed-Dowd	C.) Leon Caine D.) Tony MaCallum
2.) In the mid-seventies, L.A. racers Eddie and son Rodney Flournoy bought a '74 Mustang Funny Car and campaigned into the very early 1980s. The race car came from ...
A.) Jerry Ruth B.) Keeling and Clayton	C.) Roger Garten D.) Larry Fullerton
3.) In the mid-1970s, Joe Fisher of the famed Christie & Disher Super Stock team and (for a while) Sox & Martin, drove a Plymouth Pro Stocker for what fairly well-known black Pro Stock racer?
A.) Rufus "Brooklyn Heavy" Boyd B.) Ronald Lyles	C.) "Fast" Earl Mitchell D.) Bill & Shorty Palmer
4.) This famous boxer once raced in IHRA Super Gas competition until his manager and promoter advised him to cease and desist.
A.) Pernell Whitaker B.) Thomas Hearns	C.) Chris Byrd D.) "Neon Leon" Spinks
5.) This talented mechanic was based in San Diego, Calif., and worked on a number of Top Fuel dragsters in the 1960s and early 1970s, most notably Bill Leavitt's "Quickie Too" and the Croshier-Baltes-Lavato entries. He was...
A.) Harold Miller B.) Clarence Bailey	C.) Vernice Lonnie Craft D.) Eddie Flournoy

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Last Month's Winner

Congratultions to Jim Moe, January's quiz winner, with 5 out of 6 correct answers!

1.) A barrier buster of the first order, Big set records far and wide. At what track, in what state did he get his first 200 MPH time slip? Bainbridge, Georgia

2.) Who was in the other lane the night of Garlits' infamous blowup at Lions Drag Strip? Richard Tharp

3.) The Dodge Dart funny car campaigned by Big Daddy and Emory Cook is considered part of the Swamp Rat lineage. What number was it? Swamp Rat #9

4.) Gar was a traveler before it became the norm. What year did he make his first trip out of Florida, and into the record books of tracks nationwide? 1957 (Trip to Cordova World Series)

5.) Known for his dominant role in the American Hot Rod Association, Garlits set records for wins and Points titles with that group. Where and when did he capture his first AHRA Top Fuel event win? Great Bend, Kansas 1958

6.) Garlits had many rivals, for many reasons, during his career. A fellow innovator and sometimes critic gave Garlits the nickname, "Swamp Rat." Who was it? Setto Postoian

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