Classic early 1970’s match up.
Monthly Archives: October 2010
Wayne Gapp Edelbrock Ad – Insanairity! and the Pop Rod race
The ad is as it appears. The creator stretched the ‘Taxi’ to get the effect.
The Gapp related highlights of the ad are the following:
Sanair – GrandNational Molson event
Pro Stock Winner – Wayne Gapp
New Pro Stock ET Record – Wayne Gapp
Popular Hot Rod meet at US-131
Pro Stock Winner – Wayne Gapp
Pro Stock Top Qualifier – Wayne Gapp
Wayne Gapp -1969 Mustang – Logghe Chassis, Boss 429
This is a picture provided by Daryl Huffman.
This picture shows, on the left, Wayne Gapp and on the right Bill Jameson. The vehicle is in a fabricators shop for the work on the intake for the injected gas Boss 429.
Classic Match up at Ontario
The caption reads:
It came on the final race of the second round of eliminations for Pro Stock. A rematch of the Pro Stock final at the Amarillo World’s Finals. Wayne Gapp, consistently in the 8’s, had led all qualifiers the previous Sunday at 8.90 but Jenkins had also qualified in the 8’s at 8.99, and in the first round had cut a somewhat dubious but nonetheless mind-boggling 8.64!
An extremely close contest was virtually assured, with Jenkins seeming at that point to be Chevrolet’s best hope for upending the Ford domination of the class.
The result: Gapp – 8.91, Jenkins – 8.96, both turning top speeds of 151.77 and Gapp the winner by a scant five foot margin. With this run, Jenkins became the first 8-second Pro Stock loser!
Gapp & Roush Intake
If you have one of these you have a rare bird indeed. The reason is not the intake. Roush ground off the ‘Gapp &’ bit from the intakes after they went their separate way.
…and here’s another pic…
Super Cat match race ad
Gapp & Roush Continue Pro Stock Rampage With OMS Win
How can you not like that headline?
Gapp & Roush Continue Pro Stock Rampage With OMS Win
SUPERNATIONALS – Yet another all-Ford final marked the money run into Pro Stock Eliminator, and the usual close race resulted as World Champion Wayne Gpp edged U.S. Nationals Champion Bob Glidden in a classic side-by-side battle as Gapp overcame Glidden’s slight hole shot lead to take the wino on the top end with 8.87, 152.02 mph charge to Glidden’s 8.96, 152.80. It was the fourth time that each driver had reached a Pro Stock final this year, with Gapp scoring 2 wins and 2 runner-ups and Glidden settling for 3 runner-ups along with his lone U.S. Nationals win. It was also the second year in a row that Glidden had been nipped in a Supernationals final.