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5 Drag Racing quizzes and 45 Drag Racing trivia questions.
1.
  Jr. Drag Racing 101: USA    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here is a little quiz for those drag racing fans. It's all about the sport of Jr. Drag Racing in the United States
Average, 10 Qns, Dragsterchick, Dec 11 08
Average
Dragsterchick
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  Drag Racers Are Interesting People    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz will test just how much you know about some of the NHRA's top drivers. Have fun!
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, Jayman0755, Mar 05 05
Very Difficult
Jayman0755
843 plays
3.
  Drag Racing    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Test your knowlege of the world's quickest and fastest motorsport.
Difficult, 10 Qns, Wachteram, Mar 09 06
Difficult
Wachteram
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4.
  Drag Racing 101    
Multiple Choice
 5 Qns
Basic questions for NHRA drag racing.
Average, 5 Qns, SSAAHEMICUDA, Apr 06 09
Average
SSAAHEMICUDA
2159 plays
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  Ultimate Drag Racing    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Some specs and other things about drag racing in the U.S. in 2006.
Difficult, 10 Qns, frantic_idiot, Dec 13 06
Difficult
frantic_idiot
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trivia question Quick Question
What type of ignition systems did Top Fuel and Funny Cars use in the season?

From Quiz "Ultimate Drag Racing"





Drag Racing Trivia Questions
1. According to the NHRA & IHRA rule books at what age can a child start racing a jr. dragster?

From Quiz Jr. Drag Racing 101: USA

Answer: 5

Any child can start racing at age 5 (trainee category), with restrictions in place re engine size. The age was reduced from 8 years of age to 5 years on June 15th, 2014.

2. What was the last remaining NHRA class that required the use of carburetors?

From Quiz Ultimate Drag Racing

Answer: Pro Stock

Pro Stock in 2006 was the only remaining class that had not converted their fuel delivery systems to electronic fuel injection.

3. Funny Car driver Cruz Pedregon comes from a drag racing family. He won his first drag race at the old Orange County International Raceway when he was 15 years old. What did he drive in that race?

From Quiz Drag Racers Are Interesting People

Answer: 1953 Kenworth

Cruz started off in some rather "funny" cars. In his career he has been a go kart racer, and in 2005 he drove a midget car owned by NASCAR star Tony Stewart and World of Outlaws driver Danny Lasoski in the Chili Bowl. Somehow it seems almost natural that he would have chalked up his first drag racing win in a big rig.

4. What is the name of the starting equipment that starts a race?

From Quiz Drag Racing 101

Answer: Christmas Tree

A starter with a flag started the race before the 'tree' came about.

5. Who was the first NHRA Funny Car driver to run 300 mph in a sanctioned National Event?

From Quiz Drag Racing

Answer: Jim Epler

6. What was the largest rear axle ratio allowed in NHRA Pro Mod in 2006?

From Quiz Ultimate Drag Racing

Answer: 4.11

The larger your rear axle ratio, the faster your car will accelerate, but your top speed will be tremendously affected.

7. Which Top Fuel driver's father won the 1970 Winternationals in a Top Fuel Dragster?

From Quiz Drag Racers Are Interesting People

Answer: Larry Dixon

Larry Dixon, Sr. was also a Top Fuel driver, and in 1970 he was the Winternationals Top Fuel winner. Larry, Jr. started his career in the pits before becoming a Top Fuel driver for Don "The Snake" Prudhomme.

8. The NHRA and IHRA leagues allow jr. dragster engines to contain how many pistons/cylinders?

From Quiz Jr. Drag Racing 101: USA

Answer: 1

The engine is a base 5 horse power Briggs and Straton motor. More commonly a lawn mower motor. They are then bored out up to 3 & 3/4 inches piston size. This allows an original 5 horse power motor to have 50 horse power.

9. What does "CFM" stand for?

From Quiz Ultimate Drag Racing

Answer: Cubic feet of air per minute

CFM refers to the maximum amount of air that can flow into the intake manifold via a carburetor or throttle body.

10. Which Pro Stock Bike rider previously spent 10 years as a professional AMA motocross rider?

From Quiz Drag Racers Are Interesting People

Answer: Antron Brown

While a number of Pro Stock Bike pilots enjoy motocross racing as a hobby, only Antron had a lengthy professional career riding a dirt bike.

11. How long was the NHRA sanctioned drag race before it was changed to 1000 feet in 2008?

From Quiz Drag Racing 101

Answer: 1/4 mile

The NHRA began on the streets of California. It was formed in California in 1951.

12. Where did the first 4.8 second pass in NHRA history occur?

From Quiz Drag Racing

Answer: Topeka, KS

4.88 at well over 296 mph. Quickest and fastest at the time (1990).

13. What 2007 Top Fuel driver, used to be a driver in the NHRA Jr. Dragster ranks? This driver had also secured several NHRA Top Fuel wins before 2007.

From Quiz Jr. Drag Racing 101: USA

Answer: J.R. Todd

In 2006 he earned his first career victory at Denver. Todd also earned victories at Sonoma and Reading and posted a runner-up finish at Las Vegas. He won the Auto Club Road to the Future award, which recognizes NHRA's top performing rookie driver. A total of 4 Top Fuel wins and 5 final round appearances in Top Fuel.

14. Computer controlled suspension systems are not allowed in the NHRA, so instead of using traction control, they use what?

From Quiz Ultimate Drag Racing

Answer: Any of these

Traction bars are heavy steel beams that preload the suspension for minimal traction loss during takeoff. Trailing arms keep the wheels aligned on high powered race cars while they go down the track. Ladder bars are highly strengthened traction bars that are used on cars with massive horsepower.

15. Who was the only Pro Stock driver to qualify for all 23 national events in 2002?

From Quiz Drag Racers Are Interesting People

Answer: Ron Krisher

Warren Johnson may be "The Professor", but he and the other Pro Stock drivers were taken to school by Ron Krisher in 2002. Not only did he make the field at all 23 events, he led Pro Stock by taking the top qualifying spot 8 times that year.

16. What does the R in NHRA stand for?

From Quiz Drag Racing 101

Answer: Rod

The NHRA has been around for over 50 years.

17. Who ran the first 300 MPH pass in Top Fuel?

From Quiz Drag Racing

Answer: Kenny Bernstein

18. Top Fuel and Funny Cars used what type of transmission?

From Quiz Ultimate Drag Racing

Answer: 2-speed pneumatic

Top Fuel and Funny Cars used a 2-speed pneumatic transmission actuated by an airshifter in the cockpit.

19. Which Top Fuel driver is the former national advertising director for Argus Publications?

From Quiz Drag Racers Are Interesting People

Answer: Bob Vandergriff, Jr.

Bob Vandergriff, Jr., who majored in business administration at the University of Utah, also spent some time as vice president of the Atlanta drag strip.

20. How many events were there in the NHRA circuit in 2003?

From Quiz Drag Racing 101

Answer: 23

The NHRA spreads over more land than any other racing sanction.

21. What former Major League Baseball slugger owned a Top Fuel team piloted by Tom McEwen in the early 1990's?

From Quiz Drag Racing

Answer: Jack Clark

22. What type of ignition systems did Top Fuel and Funny Cars use in the season?

From Quiz Ultimate Drag Racing

Answer: Twin electronic distributors

Top Fuel and Funny Cars used Twin electronic distributors that produce over 3,500 sparks during every run. This achieved maximum fuel burn-off.

23. Which Funny Car driver is the nephew of famous drag racers Art and Jack Chrisman?

From Quiz Drag Racers Are Interesting People

Answer: Jerry Tolliver

Jerry is also a former power boat racer. Del is, of course, the son of Chuck Worsham, a former Funny Car driver and his car owner. Eric Medlen drives a car whose crew chief is his father, John Medlen. Robert Hight is Funny Car driver and car owner John Force's son-in-law.

24. What is the name of the NHRA fire and safety crews at each national event?

From Quiz Drag Racing

Answer: Safety Safari

25. Over what distance does a NHRA or IHRA Jr. Drag Race take place?

From Quiz Jr. Drag Racing 101: USA

Answer: 1/8th of a mile

A drag race is an acceleration contest between two vehicles over a measured distance, usually a quarter-mile (1,320 feet). Jr. Dragsters compete over a distance of no more than an eighth-mile (660 feet).

26. All NHRA classes used what type of electrical ignition signal?

From Quiz Ultimate Drag Racing

Answer: Analog

An analog ignition signal is required so that ignition voltage can be adjusted.

27. Which Pro Stock Bike rider holds baccalaureate degrees in business management and logistics and computer science from the University of Nevada at Reno?

From Quiz Drag Racers Are Interesting People

Answer: Karen Stoffer

Karen uses all that education in her job with Bentley Nevada, a manufacturer of plant asset management equipment and power generation monitoring technologies.

28. This Houston third baseman is the owner of an NHRA Pro Stock Team.

From Quiz Drag Racing

Answer: Ken Caminiti

Other Sports figures in drag racing: Mike Tyson (Pro Stock Bike Owner), Troy Vincent of the Eagles (Pro Stock Bike Owner), Ken Caminiti of the Astros (Pro Stock Truck Owner), Tom Hammonds of the Timberwolves (Pro Stock Car Driver), Larry Nance formerly of the NBA (Pro Stock Car Driver).

29. NHRA and IHRA Jr. Dragsters are half scale models of which larger professional class?

From Quiz Jr. Drag Racing 101: USA

Answer: Top Fuel Dragster

The cars that Jr. Drag Racing League competitors race are called Jr. Dragsters and are half-scale versions of Top Fuel dragsters.

30. On an OHV engine, the camshaft is located where?

From Quiz Ultimate Drag Racing

Answer: Engine valley

OHV engines are popular with drag racers for there ability to take more abuse and punishment than OHC engines.

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