Bill traces his Grumpy moniker way back to the ... Stock Eliminator at the '70 Pomona opener. Jenkins stepped up to his then-radical tube-framed Vega in '72 and proceeded to dominate the category ...

We selected this shot of Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins' '71 Camaro ... race (in a '68), but also because this was Jenkins' last Pro Stocker before his '72 Vega, which was the first Pro Stocker with ...

Of course, Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins didn’t invent the big-block ... proving to Jenkins that a small-block powered sub-compact Vega could compete with weight factored Pro Stocks.

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 ...

In addition to the features he debuted in the Vega, Jenkins also introduced cool ... manual transmissions to the sport. Nicknamed "Grumpy," Bill won 13 NHRA championships between 1965 and 1975 ...

In the new Pro Stock categories, the Vega found its niche with racers like Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins, who stuffed big motors between the little car's fenders and wide tires out back, to come up with ...

NHRA Pro Stock racer Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins, one of drag racing's most influential stars, has died. He was 81. Jenkins died on March 29. NHRA president Tom Compton says Jenkins played an integral ...

NHRA Pro Stock racer Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins, one of drag racing's most influential stars, has died. He was 81. Jenkins died on March 29. NHRA president Tom NHRA Pro Stock racer Bill "Grumpy ...

Drag-racing legend Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins has died at the age of 81. Jenkins earned fame by helping revolutionize the Pro Stock class through innovations in engines, suspensions and other parts.