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4/8/05

THE LOADED QUESTION-er

Hi friends. One of the most unspectacular months of the year led by one of its more spectacular opening days, April Fool's Day, the birth date of NHRA all-time great Steve Gibbs. Here are eight queries designed with your mind in mind ... a veritable potpourri (God, I hate that word, but I'm too slow to pick out another as a synonym} of mind teasers like the following. Just to sweeten the pot a wee bit, not all of these are multiple choice. Face the facts, when you were in high school, what kind of mid-term did you prefer ... multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank? I thought so. No, you'll have to work at this a little. Check it out ... really not that hard at all.

1.) This Missouri-based group of siblings had a Chevy-powered nitro Monza Funny Car and beat Billy Meyer in an NHRA WCS (Winston Championship Series) final for their biggest win of the 1974 season. The driver's first name was Jim and he was driving the ________________ Bros. Monza. And the last name was?

2.)The "Trojan Horse." Of course that was the name of the 1972 NHRA Funny Car champ Larry Fullerton's Mustang. There was another "Trojan Horse that ran reasonably well a few years earlier. This racer now reportedly has the biggest collection of SOHC Ford engines in the world and was offered a million bucks from a famed AA/GS racer for said collection. This man's name and the name of the team, was (circa 1969) ....

3.) In his first NHRA Top Fuel national event win, the late Blaine Johnson beat who in the final of the 1995 Winston World Finals.
A.) Connie Kalitta B.) Larry Dixon Jr.	C.) Rob Vandergriff D.) Joe Amato
4.) True or false. Don Garlits' last NHRA national event win was at the 1987NHRA Winernationals.

5.) The first Division 2 (Southeastern U.S.- 1965) NHRA WCS champ was ....
A.) Jimmy Nix B.) Bill Mullins	C.) Julius Hughes D.) Don Garlits
6.) Terry Capp won Top Fuel at the 1980 U.S. Nationals. The crew chief was ...
A.) Dan Ferguson B.) Don "Fats" McKay	C.) Bernie Fedderly D.) Walt Austin
7.) He won the ADRA Top Fuel World Championship Finals in 1985 and 1986. This fun-loving character's name was ...
A.) Frank Bradley B.) Earl Whiting	C.) Rudy Toepke D.) John Medlen
8.) In the November 2000 Hot Rod Magazine a prose/poem called "Route 66 Sandpainting" was published, marking the first time that a serious-ass poem was printed by this highly respected Petersen Publishing Group. The author was ...
A.) Robinson Jeffers B.) Joyce Carol Oates	C.) "Little Stevie Wonder" D.) C. Bley Motorsports Au Go Go

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Congratulations to March's quiz winner, Brian Holmes, who got all five answers correct! Way to go!

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