You've read his name countless times in drag racing magazines and tech articles in various engine-building periodicals. You've heard his name mentioned more on ESPN's telecasts of NHRA POWERade drag ...

Also in this episode: Fiat plans a 500-based crossover, drag-racing legend "Grumpy" Jenkins dies and Volvo unboxes the V60 diesel hybrid. -- We get another glimpse of the reborn Viper. -- Fiat plans ...

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 Compton says Jenkins played an integral role ...

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 NHRA Pro Stock racer Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins, ...

Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins, who helped build the NHRA Pro Stock class with his innovations of the internal combustion engine, died Thursday. He was 81. Despite earning only 13 NHRA victories, Jenkins was ...

Most cultural heroes, regardless of their fields of endeavor, eventually become associated with some sort of catchy but affectionate nickname. When tales are told in entertainment circles of Greta, ...