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 role ...

You've read his name countless times in drag racing magazines and tech articles in various engine-building periodicals. You've heard his name mentioned more on ESPN's telecasts of NHRA POWERade drag ...

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" Jenkins, ...

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Bill Jenkins, an influential and revered figure in drag racing who helped lift the sport from the streets to the professional track while introducing a host of technical innovations, died March 29 in ...

In the early 1960s, the National Hot Rod Association had a one-year-only class specified as Optional Super Stock. A 1961 Chevrolet Biscayne built and owned by Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins and Dave Strickler ...

GLENDORA – Pro Stock icon Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins, a three-time winner at the Winternationals, died Thursday at age 81, according to a NHRA press release. He won 13 NHRA national events, but Jenkins was ...