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Photo of the Week and Puzzle: Kelly Brown

It's back! Our Photo of the Week and interactive puzzle returns. This week: Forty years ago this week, Kelly Brown won Top Fuel at the Winternationals en route to the 1978 world championship.
13 Feb 2018
Posted by NHRA.com staff
Photo of the Week
Photo of the Week

Forty years ago this week, Kelly Brown won Top Fuel at the Winternationals en route to the 1978 world championship.

In all, 14 Winternationals Top Fuel winners have gone on to capture the season championship that same year: Jack Williams (1964), Gary Beck (1974), Don Garlits (1975), Brown (1978), Shirley Muldowney (1980), Jeb Allen (1981), Gary Ormsby (1989), Gary Scelzi (2000), Larry Dixon (2002, '03, and '10), Tony Schumacher (2004, '08), and Shawn Langdon (2013).

Can you unscramble the puzzle below? (Flash required)