And by the mid-'70s, Pro Stock, too, had become all about nonstock tube-chassis cars. Rules creep. Don't get us started on the NASCAR version. We selected this shot of Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins' '71 ...

"It (the car) was presented as the Bill, "Grumpy" Jenkins, "Grumpy's Toy VIII." but the seller didn't have any documentation at that point to prove it. He was also hard to get hold of, and a ...

Those vehicles, and especially Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins’ plain-white Camaro set a lofty standard by which Chevy race cars continue to be measured.

In 1974, Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins took the body shell of a Chevrolet Vega and built a race car inside of it. It changed the world of drag racing. And after that NHRA Pro Stock drag race Vega ...