From National Dragster, November 5, 2010
Nice little blurb in ‘Bits from the Pits’ in the print version of National Dragster. Yes, I’m a subscriber. Check it out here.
Gapp beats Jenkins with 8.61 – article from Drag News
Gapp beats Jenkins with 8.61
On October 4, 1974 Drag News published the following:
NUMIDIA, Penna. – Numidia’s policy to hire the best match races possible is certaintly paying off as one of the biggest crowds of the year were present to witness a best 2 out of 3 between Bill Jenkins and Gapp & Roush. It was impossible to contain the crowd as two cars came to the line for round 1. After the usual burnouts the cars staged and in 8.82 seconds it was all over. The Grump bumped Wayne Gapp in 8.82–153.58 mph to the Ford’s quicker 8.79–152.
The second round Jenkins fouled and Gapp tore up the strip in pursuit, the little Ford ran its best time of the day setting a new Pro Stock record at 8.61 to Grump’s fouling 9.06–149.50.
Everything hung on the third and final round and the first round reversed itself as Gapp ran a slower, but winning 8.88 to Jenkins 8.79. Once again Gapp won it all, the match race and a new MPH track record at 154.10.
Wayne Gapp readies for his record setting run.
Gapp defeats Jenkins with 8.61
From Drag Times, October 4, 1974
Gapp vs. Sharioff – Match race at York?
Classic early 1970’s match up.
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
