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Trivia Time: Test your World 100 knowledge
By Bob Markos
DirtonDirt.com contributor
Part of a continuing feature at DirtonDirt.com, test your Dirt Late Model knowledge with a 20-question quiz from longtime racing historian Bob Markos. Here’s a special edition related to Eldora Speedway’s upcoming World 100 (click here for answers; complete World 100 coverage):
1. Which year did United Midwestern Promoters begin sanctioning the World 100?
2. Which dirt track owner-promoter has a runner-up and a pair of third-place finishes in his 11 World 100 appearances?
3. Who celebrated his World 100 victory at 4 a.m. following a long night’s rain delay?
4. How many times has the fastest qualifier scored a win in the World 100?
5. Which World 100 winner’s mother previously served as a World 100 trophy queen in the 1980s?
6. Hall of Famer Larry Moore has collected three World 100 globes. Who were the trio of car owners that he drove to victory for?
(f) Don Thompson
7. Who won an afternoon World 100 and a main event at another speedway the same evening?
8. Which World 100 winner led the least amount of laps in his victory?
9. The late Earl Baltes cut the original Big E, a quarter-mile, out of a cornfield in 1954. Which year was it transformed to its present day half-mile configuration?
10. Who returned from June back surgery to claim a World 100 victory that same season?
11. Which year did the World 100 change from a one-day afternoon affair to a two-day event format?
12. Who was the first driver to earn a World 100 win for chassis builder C.J. Rayburn?
13. Which two World 100 competitors have the most top-five finishes (seven) without scoring a victory?
14. When Jack Boggs won his World 100 in 1995, he banked $28,000. Billy Moyer finished second and collected $10,000. But who took home more than $17,000 that same evening?
15. Match these World 100 champions with the sponsorship on their winning cars.
Flex-A-Form
16. Who earned 42 feature victories in a season capped off by four track titles and a World 100 victory?
17. What was the largest paying Dirt Late Model event contested at Eldora prior to the inaugural World 100?
18. For two renditions, the World 100 served as part of a 12-event National Championship series. What was its name?
19. Which one of these Eldora Speedway regular-season champions has the best finish in a World 100 during their track title season?
(h) Jeep Van Wormer
20. In addition to Late Models, what was the added attraction scheduled for the first nine World 100 race programs?
Trivia Time answers: dirtondirt.com/story_10764.html
Correction: Fixes spelling of second sponsor in question No. 15.
