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Triv Time: Learn about your Dirt Late Model IQ
By Bob Markos
DirtonDirt.com contributor
In a new monthly feature at DirtonDirt.com, test your DirtonDirt.com knowledge with a 20-question quiz spanning the sport’s history (click here for answers):
1. Which of these legendary Dirt Late Model greats did not come out of drag racing?
(f) Ken Walton
2. What famed Dirt Late Model chassis was developed in the late 1970s in Lonedell, Mo.?
3. What was the added incentive to compete in the 1999 UMP Summer Nationals insured by Lloyd’s of London?
4. Take Interstate 65 to U.S. 50, take 50 west 13 miles to Indiana 250. Then head southeast 1 mile and turn east. Where am I?
5. Which driver wasn't a Lucas Oil Dirt Racing Series Rookie of the Year?
(f) Brandon Sheppard
6. A three-part question. What dirt track hosted the first nationally televised Dirt Late Model event? Which network? Who won the feature?
7. Who won an incredible 215 Dirt Late Model features from 1976 through 1980?
8. Which one of these top Dirt Late Model performers has never won a dirt modified event?
(f) Terry Phillips
9. Which state is most represented in the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame?
(e) Ohio
10. Scott Bloomquist has won more than 600 Dirt Late Model events in his 39-year racing career. Which track did he win his first feature in 1981?
11. Who is Jerry L. Frank?
12. What are the last names of these Dirt Late Model father and son pairs?
(f) Dave and Brian
13. Which past Dirt Late Model great served as a NASCAR crew chief in the mid-1980s for the Phil Barkdoll-owned Helen Rae Special driven by Dave Marcis?
14. A two-parter. On July 5, 1980, the most lucrative ($15,000-to-win) DLM event in history to date was contested. Which track? Which driver won?
15. Which Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer earned 1973 ARCA New Car Division Rookie of the Year honors?
16. Which family of Dirt Late Model racers has won more dirt racing events than any other?
17. Why was Dirt Late Model history made on June 9, 2001?
18. This former female Dirt Late Model racer was the 1985 UMP Rookie of the Year and just missed qualifying for the World 100 that same year. Who was she?
19. Which Hall of Fame car-building mechanic got his start in 1956 and has had top chauffeurs such as Patrick Gann, Benny Davis, Donald Tucker, Billy Hicks and Jonathan Davenport wheel his racers?
20. Which of the following Dirt Late Model Hall of Famers have never competed in a NASCAR Cup event?
