quiz.gif (6688 bytes)  Welcome BAck  Welcome back quizsters. The
quizmaster has been on sabbatical while his spare liver was
being overhauled at the Betty Ford Clinic, but he is back in the
saddle and ready to deliver a new quiz.  Since a lot of noise
was made recently about Billy Glidden's five-race winning streak
and the fact that his dad holds the record for consecutive wins
in a professional doorslammer car the subject of this months
quiz will be streaks and streakers.  #1 During the 1970's and
80's  when St, Louis International Raceway was the home for
both  AHRA and IHRA National Events Don Garlits dominated the
race! How many Top Fuel titles in a row did he win? A 7 C 9 B 5
D 12 #2 In October 1975 Don Garlits set both ends of the Top
Fuel records at 5.63 and 250.69 mph. That turned out to be the
longest standing professional performance record in drag racing
history. The record wasn't reset until Mark Oswald reset the
speed record at 251.39 mph at the NHRA Winternationals in
February 1982. Oswald broke