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mlpankey 
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Posted: 29 Mar 2012 at 8:25pm |
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Died today rip grumpy
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BennyLumpkin
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Posted: 29 Mar 2012 at 9:40pm |
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A buddy of mine raced him a few times.....he was running a nearly stock 67 Chevelle SS 396 street car and grumpy was running I think C/Gas or A/Gas at the time and got pissed because my buddy beat him 3 out of 3 times past the 60ft mark with a near stock car.....
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JohnCinMd
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Posted: 29 Mar 2012 at 10:30pm |
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That's not the Grumpy that wore the engineer's hat & overalls, is it?
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Butch(OH)
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Posted: 30 Mar 2012 at 5:43am |
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Met him at the 1972 Spring nationals at Columbus and he desrved his nickname. None the less one of my heros in life, sorry to hear of his passing.
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Posted: 30 Mar 2012 at 5:59am |
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never heard or saw of "grump" with overalls , carroll shelby wore overalls and a hat on numerous occasions though. ol shelby was one "cool cat"
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Steve in NJ
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Posted: 30 Mar 2012 at 6:27am |
Chevrolet R&D lost a good one there. Bummer! I chatted with the "Grump" for about an hour or so at the 2000 Nova Nationals. Bill was a huge Nova fan and loved to talk Nova's. He wasn't grumpy talking about them. His street car was a 67 Nova SS four speed car, with special plates. What else? Grump67. He'll be missed fir' sure. His record holding 66' A/S Nova has been in the NHRA record books for years... RIP Bill Jenkins.
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mlpankey
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Posted: 30 Mar 2012 at 6:46am |
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Another note Harold Brookshire suffered a stroke . Ultra dyne racing cams General kinitecs cam designer. Steve Brown PSI springs Died earlier in the month from a small engine plane crash. Not a good month for hotrod fans
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Steve in NJ
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Posted: 30 Mar 2012 at 1:00pm |
Boy, your right Mitch. I think the good Lord is lookin' to git' an BBC engine built. He sure picked the right crew for the job. Add them guys to Smokey Yunick, and he's got his own R&D department! LOL!
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Posted: 30 Mar 2012 at 6:38pm |
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I must of saw him race at the 75' U.S. Nationals at Indy. Then again at Summer Nationals in 76' at Englishtown. Can't remember how well he did. He was very popular. Now I have to look at old pictures.
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jiminnd
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Posted: 30 Mar 2012 at 9:52pm |
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Got to following his racing while in the Army in Germany in Hot Rod mags, always liked him and tried to follow him for years,RIP
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DaveKamp
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Posted: 30 Mar 2012 at 10:06pm |
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Lost Earl Scruggs, too... 88 years old... man set the land-speed-record for 5-string rolls in '48, and it still stands today...
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Fred in Pa
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Posted: 31 Mar 2012 at 8:19am |
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I grew up on the track at York US 30 in the 70's.My brother that is 7 years older then me race againt him .Seen the Grump go down the track many many times at York .Good old days .I know somewhere I haver pictures of him also here atUS 30 .I still live only 7 miles from where the track was in Thomasville .
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