Re: Awesome video...Jenkins/Landy match race '75
 

:D:D This video is awesome. This era (70's/80's)of match racing pro stocks is probably the best. Can you imagine Greg and Warren (or others) doing this with today's pro stocks. The idea of putting mufflers on for the street is a little far fetched, but at least the cars looked like street cars (sort of). It's too bad the pro stocks of today are so far from these cars, because they are still one of my favorites to watch. I'll bet these two guys (jenkins and landy) are match racing in heaven, along with the others that have passed on.

Re: Awesome video...Jenkins/Landy match race '75
 

Give me a Pinto, Vega, Arrow & Hornet any day over those stupid looking jellybean cars of today!

Re: Awesome video...Jenkins/Landy match race '75
 

Cool!!!!

Re: Awesome video...Jenkins/Landy match race '75
 

I loved it! Gotta agree with Jeff too. This was about 6 years before I started going to the races. Love the old skool stuff! Those Vegas, Pintos, Hornet's, and Arrows were awesome. Saw a documentary 15 years or so ago about the Pro Stock cars and drivers. They were using the traction dust, and had in car cameras filming the guys rowing the four speeds with cigars clenched in their teeth. Im not sure of the year it was made but Grumpy was driving a Camaro and Landy and Leal were driving Dusters. Don Jackson

Re: Awesome video...Jenkins/Landy match race '75
 

Pretty cool Bret. Good to see you last monday.
Rich Scaz

Re: Awesome video...Jenkins/Landy match race '75
 

Could this have been in '74?

Re: Awesome video...Jenkins/Landy match race '75
 

Reason I'm asking...thought the '75 season at Jenkins Comp. was the Grump in his
Monza...(running NHRA schedule)

Ken Dondero in another Monza...(running AHRA schedule)

Don't think Larry L. was driving at this time...

Very possible Grump retained a Vega for match race appearances ONLY...so to keep
the Monzas "fresh" for the long national points battles....

Anybody?

Re: Awesome video...Jenkins/Landy match race '75
 

Not sure on the date. I done some you tube searching for the Grump and early years prostock, found some good stuff but not the one I watched a decade or so ago. Search you tube search for Bill Grumpy Jenkins at the 68 NHRA Nationals. It's worth the time. Don Jackson

Re: Awesome video...Jenkins/Landy match race '75
 

I'm no expert on the past...just recalling (I think)...from that book about building Chevy
SBC Pro Stock engines written by Jenkins during the Vega/Monza days. I bought a
copy years ago..and it's somewhere in my junk....

Of course, I'm sure Match Racing was very lucrative with guaranteed $$$ as oppossed
to the potential $$$ of a National Event keeping Bill and crew quite busy in between the
major NHRA and AHRA races...

And as we all know...Pro Stock was HOT...and a definate spectator draw.....

Remember seeing the Monza getting into the "Mountain Motor" wars...with that funny
tall Formula-V??? hood scoop...and engines in the 600 ci range...

Later, IHRA took the "helm" in that dept. with engines of over 800 ci.....

That being said....I was fortunate to see Bill match racing (in 1970) with the '69 Camaro,
and the next year...with the 70-1/2, and both these cars went to Nat. Events.

In fact...1970 was about a month before Indy...isn't that the race he sheared the rear
wheel studs on a burnout and lost the race? Tough loss!

Maybe the Vega to Monza transition happened in '75?

Re: Awesome video...Jenkins/Landy match race '75
 

Love to see videos like ^this.


I was born in 75,:eek: