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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 ...
Race fans might not be sure who Grumpy Jenkins is, but you can still count on him being a force on the drag racing scene. Skip to main content Skip to navigation < > Menu ESPN.
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 ...
Instead this is what's left of the 1970 Grumpy Jenkins Pro Stock Camaro! ... The story is that this is also the complete chassis that was raced to the NHRA World Championship by Dennis Ferrara.
When the NHRA created Pro Stock from the top Super Stock ranks in 1970, Jenkins was there, and he would go on to win the NHRA Pro Stock Championship in 1972 as a driver, then again in 1976 as a ...
Based on a 1974 Chevrolet Vega, "Grumpy" Jenkins' drag racer revolutionized the Pro Stock class and won 13 events in its first year at the strip.