Both Classic Concentration car wins were right before the double zero. But Dan became the third contestant to advance to the 1990 Tournaments of Champions that would happen in November of that year

Dan was an excellent player. Wow that car round got busy in a hurry. Looked like he had no shot coming up to the end and then he just rattled them off. Then, unlike alot of players, he just went for it when time was up. So many people waste time to see the door open. Only thing I hate about this show though is usually the best players win the least as they have to go home right after winning a car. Also often times they get less prizes in the base game as well since they solve too fast.

There is a Dr Dan Banda in New York, New York....possible the student who won two games and a car??...

It sounds like Alex had a cold with the two episodes

I honestly liked it better when you uploaded these episodes individually with the air dates in the titles and no commercials. How they're being uploaded now is just way too confusing.