[Supercar_Kid]

Tom wins this one. While looking over several period pics of his famed DY Yenko that were on display at SCR7, Ed Hedrick had an interesting recollection. Together, Ed and I were examining the changes that were made to the car during the course of it’s campaign, and I had commented on it’s lack of rocker moldings in some later photos. Ed went on to explain that it was a trick of Grump’s to section the outer quarter panel lip, with a few pie slice reliefs, lengthening the wheel opening all the way until it fit flush with the inner wheel tub, freeing up an extra inch or two for bigger slicks. He said it wasn’t technically legal, but it wasn’t technically illegal either. He explained that it was always Grump’s interpretation, that if a modification wasn’t specifically prohibited in the rulebook, it was fair game. He said after they had stretched the opening, they would eliminate the rocker moldings and squirt them black clear up to the door opening to help divert attention away from the alteration. They never got any flak from track officials about it. Just another reason why Grump, Strickler, & Hedrick ran so fast. Pretty slick you gotta admit.