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7/8/05

Editor's note: We at DRO would like to apologize to our readers for the June quiz. We messed up and didn't realize our quiz was broken. So here's a second shot at the June quiz, and we'll put the July quiz up in two weeks.

SPRING-ing INTO SUMMER

As you will have read elsewhere, yours truly C. Bley Motorsports Au Go Go is still reeling from the Top Fuel final at Columbus. National Trail Raceway in happy little Kirkersville, Ohio produced a 336-mph top speed, the best piston-driven terminal velocity yet produced in this wacky corner of the world. I am impressed. I'M STUNNED. Columbus? 336-mph??? Pope Benedict XVI kicking Adrian "Texas Dolly" Brunson's ass in Texas Hold 'Em. Yumpin' yimminy!!!

The quiz involves this somewhat restored to respectability NHRA drag racing tradition.

1. The first 5-second Top Fuel run at National Trail was made by:
A.) Don Garlits B.) Carl Olson	C.) Gary Beck D.) Shirley Muldowney
2. The first Top Fuel winner at the National Trail Raceway Springnationals was
A.) Jimmy Nix B.) "Chip" Woodall	C.) Don Garlits D.) John Wiebe
3. What year was the first 300-mph run at the Columbus race?
A.) 1993 B.) 1994	C.) 1995 D.) 1996
4. ... and on the same kinda topic.... who was the first fuel racer in the fours at National Trail?
A.) Joe Amato B.) Gary Ormsby	C.) Eddie Hill D.) Dick LaHaie
5. Now here's a trivia question that any self-respecting Top Fuel fan should know the answer to ... effortless to the Nth degree. Shirley Muldowney won her first NHRA Top Fuel title in 1976 beating WHO(?) in the final?
A.) Bob Edwards B.) Hank Endres	C.) Bill Mullins D.) Bill Pryor

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