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8/8/05

THE LOADED QUESTION(er)

“August,” first song, first side of the L.A. group Love’s “Four Sail” LP. August? I can’t think of anything August right now. First Funny Car driver in the fours, Chuck Etchells was born in August, Nate Siegel knocked out Marty Cross in four rounds at Queensboro Stadium, Long Island City, N.Y. in August of 1922, the NHRA U.S. Nationals began more times in August than September … whaddaya want me to do? I know … a quiz to match the scrambled state of the loaded one’s mind. With eyes closed, I reach in the opera hat and pull out a slip of paper that says … “Special Mike Dunn Quiz.”

1.) Dunn began his driving career in 1980 behind the wheel of a Funny Car which was
A.) “The Bear Town Shaker” B.) “Hawaiian Punch”	C.) Joe Pisano’s Firebird D.) “The Super Chief”
2.) Mike Dunn won the U.S. Nationals Funny Car Championship in what year?
A.) 1984 B.) 1985	C.) 1986 D.) 1987
3.) At the end of the 1989 season, Mike Dunn had accomplished a rather remarkable feat aboard Joe Pisano’s Olds Funny Car for that season? What was it?
A.) He turned in the four best elapsed times of the season. B.) He turned in the four best speeds of the season.	C.) He failed to qualify at the last six races of the season. D.) He ran the best elapsed time of the year at 5.13.
4.) Mike Dunn joined the prestigious Cragar 4-Second (Top Fuel) club in what year?
A.) 1988 B.) 1989	C.) 1990 D.) He didn’t make the club.
5.) In his distinguished Funny Car career, Dunn drove for a famed candy company which was?
A.) M&Ms B.) Snickers	C.) Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups D.) Milky Way

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Congratulations to our July quiz winner, James Brooke, who had 4 of 5 answers correct! And now, here are the July quiz answers.

JULY QUIZ ANSWERS

1.) NHRA has never hosted an eighth-mile national event, but IHRA did. It was held in 1974 and called the Southern Nationals. What was the town name associated with the site, you know like Englishtown, Seattle, Pomona, etc., etc.? A. Charlotte

2.) And while on the subject of the 1974 IHRA race, who won Funny Car? A. Kenny Safford (Mr. Norm’s Charger)

3.) The last time NHRA posted eighth-mile fuel records was 1978 or ’79 (I believe) , the team that held the Funny Car ET record was A. Radici & Wise

4.) And on the subject of fuel eighth-mile records, who held the NHRA eighth-mile Top Fuel elapsed time record at the same time as the above question? D. Dale Funk in the English-Frakes-Funk “Kentucky Moonshiner”

5.) It had to happen on an eighth-mile, but who is the only racer to ever register a one-second elapsed time? A. Sam Miller

Whaddaya Know? (trivia quiz) [7/25/05]