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8/8/03
THE
LOADED QUESTION-er
By the time you read this, we will be hanging
on the cusp (I'm not sure I said that right)
of the 50th Anniversary World Series of Drag
Racing at Cordova Dragway Park in Cordova, Illinois.
Oh, and I know, a week later the NHRA Labor
Day potato sack race at Indy. [Author's Warning
about the following: I AM PREJUDICED. Having
flacked for the Indy race for years, I am somewhat
over it as the young people say, so consequently
this quiz will concern itself a little more
with the Cordova show than the deal in India-No-Place.]
LAST MONTH'S QUIZ
The July quiz came down to reaction times, with
our winner getting a seven minute jump on the
runner-up. In cyberspace, that's quite a holeshot.
Grant Bittner is the
fastest guy with all these correct answers.
- In July of 1967 this drag race began as
one of the great annual pro events in the
history of the sport. What was it? C.
The PDA race
- In 1984, two Funny Cars collided in a fiery,
body-tossing, pipe-bending crash during qualifying
at the Cajun Nationals. The two drivers were
A. Ed McCulloch and
John Collins
- Who is the only NHRA national event Funny
Car winner who was not able to appear in the
winner's circle after winning a race? (He
crashed badly.) C. Al
Hofmann
- He won back-to-back NHRA national event
Funny Car titles in the mid-1980s, both times
with the car ablaze. He is D.
Al Segrini
- Which one of these famed drivers was born
in July? E. None of
the above
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