Teamed up with sidekick Dave Strickler of nearby York, Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins doesn ... we find a '65-'70 Chevy "B body" rearend housing and axles replacing the Camaro unit, which is about 2½ ...

Jenkins along ... Nova's and Camaro's,) in the NHRA and AHRA Stock, and Super Stock Eliminator classes. For example, Grumpy's Toy # VIII was equipped with a heavy duty 1965-70 12-bolt GM passenger ...

Rules creep. Don't get us started on the NASCAR version. We selected this shot of Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins' '71 Camaro to illustrate this column not only because Grumpy won that seminal Pro Stock ...

And during that first race, Jenkins Camaro became the first Pro Stock machine to run in the nines. In the first round of eliminations, he ran a 9.98 at 138.46 mph to defeat Bill Hieschler. Grumpy ...

Of course, Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins didn’t invent the big-block 1967 Camaro but his touch in choosing, prepping, tuning, and driving his now famous, plain white ’67 Camaro made a lasting ...

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 ...

There hasn't been much of anything "stock" in the National Hot Rod Association's Pro Stock drag-racing neighborhood since Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins rolled ... for Warren and a Camaro for Kurt in ...

Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins, who helped build the NHRA Pro Stock class with his innovations of the internal combustion engine, died Thursday. He was 81. Despite earning only 13 NHRA victories ...