this classic photo surfaced from a lost file that is an outtake from a June '69 Car Craft cover, proclaiming "Grump's Aluminum 427-Bill Jenkins Preps Chevy's ZL-1 Camaro for Stocker Bashes." ...

Match racing became hugely popular in 1968-’69, and the ’67 was quickly ... Those vehicles, and especially Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins’ plain-white Camaro set a lofty standard by which Chevy ...

Likewise on the dragstrip. Racers such as Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins had already pushed the first-generation Camaro to the top of the Super Stock ranks and the ’69 Camaro extended the momentum.

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.

Match racing became hugely popular in 1968-'69, and the '67 was quickly ... Those vehicles, and especially Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins' plain-white Camaro set a lofty standard by which Chevy race ...