Grumpy Jenkins

probably right around this same time, he was match racing landy just over the cdn/us border at boundary bay in '75, i believe it was right after the fallnats in seattle.

 

we just finished up this tribute to Toy V. Too bad Bill was too ill to appreciate it.

 

R. I. P. Grumpy.

 

'66 indy nats....

 

jenkins at the '68 nats....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai3cnc-77ZE&list=FL6jMytUMp8nMEPKL5qJ3eeA&index=2&feature=plpp_video

 

thank you, that was excellent

 

OH yeah the days of the infamous Bill "I'd rather have a nooner" Donner..........running PIR

 

Jenkins ruled. Great memories great video

 

'72 winternats, coming to the line 1st round....

 

and semi final run....

 

'66 indy final round, big red bulb....



last 1/4 mile pass for this car, wrecked on the way back to PA.

 

Found this on Wikipedia:
The Chevrolet Racing Engine (April 1977) ISBN 978-0-931472-01-5
Grumps book on chevy performance.

 

I've had that book since it first came out...

 

I've had that book for a long time too. The scary thing is that most everything stated in it still applies today. It is jammed full of "knowledge".

 

2 other great books to have is: How to hotrod big block chevys and How to hotrod small block chevys.. I've had those since '76-'77 also..

 

Also... Car Craft, May 1972 (50 cents!). There is an article that looks inside the engine that was in the infamous Vega that won Pro Stock at Pomona. Great stuff!

 

jenkins booth at york a couple weeks ago

 

toy X restored....

 

and most of his 1 2 shifts were with the wheels in the air thats not too easy

 

A friend of mine (larry Kimball) one of the "famous Kimball brothers" here in independence Owned and restored this car...I had heard he sold it a few years back for $750,000.00 too a guy in PA......Larry is also the guy I bought my first car (1969 camaro) from at age 16,

 

I raced every weekend at Wichita,Kansas in early seventy`s. In between rounds me and my brother stood right along side of the starting line,edge of the pavement no barrier.Try that nowdays. Watched Funny cars there in 72 and then Jenkins pulled up to the starting line ,did his burnout and took off. Scared the crap out of me.I remember thinking that guy is crazy. The Vega wheelied and jumped all over the track all the way down the quarter. I remember thinking that thing has way too much power for such a short wheelbase.It was a great time to be young.

 

The Grump at Indy in '66.

Those on facebook are welcome to join the Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins fan page.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Bill-Grumpy-Jenkins/116316768418273

 

The legend continues.