{"id":2033,"date":"2012-03-29T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T17:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/?p=2033"},"modified":"2012-06-21T07:24:02","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T14:24:02","slug":"pro-stock-legend-bill-grumpy-jenkins-dies-march-29th-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/2012\/03\/29\/pro-stock-legend-bill-grumpy-jenkins-dies-march-29th-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Stock legend Bill &#8216;Grumpy&#8217; Jenkins dies &#8211; March 29th 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhra.com\/story\/2012\/3\/29\/pro-stock-legend-bill-grumpy-jenkins-dies\/\">Pro Stock legend Bill &#8216;Grumpy&#8217; Jenkins dies<\/a> &#8211; <em>NHRA<\/em> &#8211; March 29, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:560px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_uGQQC_lnBB4\"><div id=\"lyte_uGQQC_lnBB4\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/uGQQC_lnBB4\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uGQQC_lnBB4\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/uGQQC_lnBB4\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"560\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:560px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2039\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GRUMP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2039\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2039\" title=\"GRUMP\" src=\"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GRUMP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GRUMP.jpg 400w, https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GRUMP-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of DragRacingOnline<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\"><strong>NHRA Bill Jenkins Memorial Video:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:560px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_sJpnzIZjY7E\"><div id=\"lyte_sJpnzIZjY7E\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/sJpnzIZjY7E\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sJpnzIZjY7E\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/sJpnzIZjY7E\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"560\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:560px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nhra.com\/blog\/dragster-insider\/2012\/03\/30\/farewell-to-the-grumpy-one\/\">Farewell to the grumpy one<\/a> by Phil Burgess &#8211; <em>NHRA<\/em> &#8211; March 30, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;&#8230;I\u2019m going to go out on a limb and risk offending some of the many drag racing legends whom I call friends, but I\u2019m going to say that I feel that, strictly on a historic perspective, the loss of Jenkins is the biggest one the sport has ever suffered&#8230;&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/04\/04\/sports\/autoracing\/bill-jenkins-81-drag-racing-driver-and-innovator-dies.html?_r=1\">Bill Jenkins, 81, Drag Racing Driver and Innovator, Dies<\/a> &#8211; <em>New York Times<\/em> &#8211; April 3, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Video submitted by Butch on June 21, 2012:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">httpvh:\/\/youtu.be\/Ai3cnc-77ZE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro Stock legend Bill &#8216;Grumpy&#8217; Jenkins dies &#8211; NHRA &#8211; March 29, 2012 Watch this video on YouTube \u00a0 NHRA Bill Jenkins Memorial Video: Watch this video on YouTube Farewell to the grumpy one by Phil Burgess &#8211; 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