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| BillH | Icon lost -- Grumpy has passed | ||
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Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins has made his last pass on the strip of life.
I've met him, he was pardners with my cousin Dave. Truly one of the dragracing greats. Attach file:  Grumpys-69-ZL-1.jpg (0.00 KB) |
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Posted on: 2012/3/30 15:06
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| bogus | Re: Icon lost -- Grumpy has passed | ||
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I read this over on fb. Musta been the man!
Your title worried me that Grumpy from CF had passed! |
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Posted on: 2012/3/30 16:43
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| pianoguy | Re: Icon lost -- Grumpy has passed | ||
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Awwwwww, bummer! Never got to see him in person, but I sure read a lot about him back in the old days. RIP, Mr. Jenkins.
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Posted on: 2012/3/30 17:12
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| CorvetteBob | Re: Icon lost -- Grumpy has passed | ||
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Bill jenkins is an absolute legend. In high school, I remember reading about him, along with Sox&Martin and others. When he started winning with a sbc in a Vega, it taught the world a lesson in power to weight ratios. I never got to meet the man, but may get the hole shot on the devil and rest in peace.
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Posted on: 2012/3/31 2:08
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| volzfan | Re: Icon lost -- Grumpy has passed | ||
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Very sad......I have so many memories of the Grump. I never actually met him, but I watched him race many times at Bristol, starting back in the '60s in a Nova, then on to the Camaros, Vegas, etc. He changed the way Pro Stock Drag Racing was done. Rest in Peace, Grump!
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| Ultraman | Re: Icon lost -- Grumpy has passed | ||
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| Calm | Re: Icon lost -- Grumpy has passed | ||
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Sad.
Grumpys Toy, the Legend. Show St.Peter your one/two Mr. Jenkins. |
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| flyboy | Re: Icon lost -- Grumpy has passed | ||
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He was at the Chicago Corvette and Muscle Car Show a couple months back signing "Grumpy's Toy" posters for $5 a pop.
There was a line of guys waiting. I got one. He looked old and frail and... grumpy, but sharp. RIP |
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| BillH | Re: Icon lost -- Grumpy has passed | ||
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I was probably there (Bristol) John. We went to Bristol quite a few times. I'm not sure when Grumpy started driving, he was tuning Daves cars first then as the money came in they were both driving. They built 100's of cars. Attach file: 02.jpg (0.00 KB) |
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| BillH | Re: Icon lost -- Grumpy has passed | ||
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Dave & Bill
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Posted on: 2012/3/31 12:43
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| BillH | Re: Icon lost -- Grumpy has passed | ||
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And one for us Gurus
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| teebee | Re: Icon lost -- Grumpy has passed | ||
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I never met him either, but he was one of my heroes back in the day. RIP Grump!
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