Re: Yenko aluminum
Bill Jenkins won the Super Stock title at the 1969 AHRA Spring Nationals, held at Bristol with an E.T. of 10.23 at over 135 MPH. His partner at the race was none other than Dave Strickler. The pic that goes along with the Nov. 1969 Super Stock and FX article shows Jenkin's "Toy IV", the 1968 body. Caption under the pic reads "Light Camaro is unbeatable."
I'll quote the writers decription of his second round win:
"Probably the most outstanding single run in super stock was the next classic duel between Nicholson's Mustang and Jenkins' Camaro. Wheels up and tires smokin', Dyno just couldn't keep up with the lightweight Camaro, and lost with a 10.37 to Jenkins' super-tough 10.28 that brought the house down. They could have run that one over ten times, and the pro-Chevrolet crowd would have loved it every time, and so would the assembled press".
[Edited by 68TopStock (10-23-2001 at 08:45 AM).]
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10-23-2001, 01:45 PM
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