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1/8/04


THE LOADED QUESTION-er

First of the year and the queries will deal with firsts. This will be a tad tricky because a few of the questions are subject to possible reversal. I know, I know, that's a hallmark of this spot. Anyway, in a few of these, I'm going to ask you about first time-zone runs in Pro Stock match-race trim. The answers I came up with came from tracks that publish race reports, and in a few of these there is a very slight possibility that maybe some track like U.S. 30 in Gary, Indiana had a record-breaking run, but because they rarely published race results only the people who were there would actually know it. My answers are based on what appeared in National DRAGSTER, Drag News, Drag World, or any of the magazines. You'll see what I mean below.

1. Based on the above, the first 7.6-second run was a 7.69 at Atco, New Jersey on July 24, 1982. Who was the driver?
A.) Rickie Smith (SRO Mustang)
B.) Warren Johnson (WJ Starfire)		 C.) Pat Musi (Billy & "Shorty" Palmer "Cisco Kid" Camaro)
D:) Lee Shepherd (Reher & Morrison Camaro)
2. The first 7-second match-race Pro Stock time was turned in June of 1978 at another New Jersey track, Raceway Park in Englishtown. The time was a 7.99 and the driver was:
A.) Don Nicholson
B.) Lee Edwards		 C.) Ronnie Sox (Dean Thompson's Mustang)
D.) Bill Jenkins
3. Kurt Johnson ran the first legal NHRA Pro Stock "6" at the Summernationals in Englishtown. What was the year?
A.) 1993
B.) 1994		 C.) 1995
D.) None of the above
4. Who won Pro Stock at the first NHRA Mile-High Nationals back in 1979?
A.) Bob Glidden
B.) Kevin Rotty		 C.) Randy Humphrey
D.) Frank Iaconio
5. The first 7.1-second NHRA Pro Stock time was run at the 1990 Chief Nationals at the Texas Motorplex. The driver was:
A.) Warren Johnson
B.) Jerry Eckman		 C.) Frank Sanchez
D.) Darrell Alderman

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Last Month's Quiz

...And the winner of the Christmas quiz is...(insert drum roll here) Tony Lenti! We'll be sure to send you a fruitcake for your efforts.

  1. "Jingle Bell Rock" came out on Decca Records in December of 1957
    and was recorded by: B.) Bobby Helms

  2. I asked this one last year. No, you may not hit the "Archive"
    button that will take you right to the answer. Which of the following racer was
    born on Christmas Day? A.) Rickie Smith

  3. This year, "Racers For Christ" is celebrating their "WHAT" anniversary? A.) 25th

  4. Which one of the following sentences is false? D.) The famed (and late) John "the Zookeeper" Mulligan won only one NHRA national event Top Fuel title.

  5. We may see the first 4.3-second Top Fuel run in 2004, but which
    racer was the first in the 5.3s? A.) Gary Beck

  6. True or false. No Pro Stock racer has ever, as in EVER, won an NHRA
    National event in their first try. False. Bill Jenkins won at the NHRA 1970 Winternationals.

  7. Which of the following racers did not win SIMULTANEOUSLY (i.e., the
    same year) hot rod associations in the same year. D.) Shirley Muldowney

  8. Who was the 16th and final member of the Cragar Four-Second Club? D.) Kenny Bernstein

  9. Since this is the Holiday season, I, as in the second question of
    this exam, am going to ask a question that I'm relatively sure I've asked
    before. So ... anyone caught hitting the button to sneak in the answer gets a 3
    a.m. visit from the 37th Street Fruitown Gangster Crips. Former U.S. Open Golf Champion and color commentator Ken Venturi had his name on this 1970's Pro Stocker. This person was... D.) Mickey Mills

  10. Back to the music, hombres. And with a Christmas theme. Which one
    (as in only) of the following Christmas/December standards made number #1 on
    the Billboard magazine Top 100 record charts. I.) Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer - Elmo & Patsy
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