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Toyota Corolla and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter have always been the best in their classes in this world. Toyota is still the world ...
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 ...
Chevrolet engineers needed a larger-displacement motor that could handle the needs of the larger, heavier cars that were ... by famous drag racer Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins, went for $525,000 at ...
“Like, you’ll feel your stomach shaking as these cars go down the track ... drivers like “Big Daddy” Don Garlits, Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins, to modern superstars, Scott Palmer, and ...
A California Democratic lawmaker has introduced a bill he calls "groundbreaking" that would require all new cars sold in the Golden State to be equipped with a device preventing them from ...
Following initial praise, the car ... Jenkins also introduced cool cans, electric water pump fans, gas port pistons, and slick-shift manual transmissions to the sport. Nicknamed "Grumpy," Bill ...
Camaros have long been among America's most-raced cars. Alongside Donohue's Camaro, legends like Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins was campaigning Camaros in NHRA drag racing. Here's Grumpy's 1968 Camaro on ...
Reading the cover story from our July 1970 issue on the1970 Camaro of Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins ... conspired against us, and Jenkins in the preparation of this car. Some features of the Camaro ...
When talking about vintage dragsters, we often think about truly iconic quarter-mile runners driven by the likes of Don Garlits, Don Prudhomme, and Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins. We often tend to forget ...
A 1961 Chevrolet Biscayne built and owned by Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins and Dave ... Brennan once asked Jenkins of all the cars he had raced, which would he most like to have back.
Of course, it's been modified since Jenkins, and at one point it had some sort of restoration done where the only parts used were those pertinent to the car when it was raced by Bill "Grumpy ...