I believe that’s my brother on the right.
1976 Pinto at Indy
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Here’s a interesting article…
About the Pro Stock final at the NHRA World Finals in 1973.
I can’t imagine how I would have felt if I had known that there was no oil in the engine or the rear end.
Read more here: here
The last race car – 1977 Pinto
I think that this is the last race car put together under the name ‘Gapp & Roush’. Driven by Ken Dondero. I believe that this is a 1977 Pinto. There are a couple of interesting things about this.
First, my Dad had stopped driving. Ken Dondero was hired, who was a pretty good shoe.
The second being that the most web sites state that the in 1976 Gapp & Roush broke up. Yet…here we have a 1977 vehicle running under the flag.
Lastly, the name of the company did not change from Gapp & Roush Performance to Jack Roush Performance Engineering until June of 1978.
Wonder where that name ‘Performance Engineering’ came from?
Maybe…here?
Note the name on the back end.
The original name of my Dad’s company.
Funny how things always circle back.
Towards the end…76 Pinto…
Interesting. That’s Bill Jameson in the background. His name and Al Buckmaster’s name are no longer on the vehicle.
Another 1973 Pinto pic.
1976 Pinto
a 1973 Pinto
Gapp vs. Jenkins
The Tijuana Taxi, owned and driven by Wayne Gapp. That’s Mr. Bill ‘Grumpy’ Jenkins in the other lane.
I titled this one “So you’re saying I have a chance?”.
Good Pic…Dad’s catching a few winks…
Hard day at the track!
One of the cleaner pics that I’ve seen.
