NHRA Pro Stock racer Bill “Grumpy’’ Jenkins, one of drag racing’s most influential stars, has died. He was 81.

Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins, who helped build the NHRA Pro Stock class with his innovations of the internal combustion engine, died Thursday. He was 81 ...

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

NHRA Pro Stock racer Bill ''Grumpy'' Jenkins, one of drag racing's most influential stars, has died. He was 81.

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 appeared, ...

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 ...

Race fans might not be sure who Grumpy Jenkins is, but you can still count on him being a force on the drag racing scene.

NHRA Pro Stock racer Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins, one of drag racing’s most influential stars, has died. He was 81.