"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In 1974, Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins took the body shell of a Chevrolet Vega and built a race car inside of it.

The Modified Production cars (like the MoPar you see here) posted e.t. 's in the 10's, and the stocker versions have been on or near the national record for their respective class ever since. In fact, ...