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Bill Shrewsberry (M) from
Torrance, California
USA
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1964 - Category: SPORTSMAN, Type: HN, Class: A/FX, Div: 7 |
| "Sachs & Sons" Owned by Bill Shrewsberry
from
Torrance, California
USA
| Crew Chief: Bill Shrewsberry |
| '64 Mercury Comet by
Dearborn Steel Tubing |
Powered by Carbureted Gas 427 Ford Wedge with
4 speed manual transmission |
| 1/4 Mile ET: |
11.025 at 1964 (AHRA Record) |
1/4 Mile MPH: |
127.53 at 1964 (NHRA Record) |
| 1000 FT ET: |
Unknown at Unknown |
1000 FT MPH: |
Unknown at Unknown |
| 1/8 Mile ET: |
Unknown at Unknown |
1/8 Mile MPH: |
Unknown at Unknown |
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Entry's 1964 Performance Ratings (0 to 100) based on comparison to average ET/MPH:
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1/4 Mile Rating: ET 50.00,
MPH 57.67 |
Entry is 1.00000 times average ET and 1.02847 times average MPH |
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1000 FT Rating: ET 00.00,
MPH 00.00 |
Entry is 0.00000 times average ET and 0.00000 times average MPH |
| 1/8 Mile Rating:
ET 00.00,
MPH 00.00 |
Entry is 0.00000 times average ET and 0.00000 times average MPH |
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| 1964 Records: |
1/4 Mile: 9.475 ET, 147.00 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
| 1964 Average: |
1/4 Mile: 11.025 ET, 124.00 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
| 1964 Minimum: |
1/4 Mile: 12.575 ET, 108.72 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
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Notes: One of the original 11 (10 coupes, one station wagon) factory FXers contracted out to Dearborn Steel Tubing by FoMoCo for the 1964 season. Held NHRA class record (mph) and AHRA record (ET) in early 1964. - RT | Bill was from Mansfield, Ohio, but moved to Torrance in 1962. His parents remained in Mansfield and newspaper reports from that part of the country often attributed him to being from there, but it was never his hometown after 1962. - BP | Bill was at Fremont for the NHRA Division 7 race on July 19. He won the A/FX class with a final Round 11.26/126.05 over Tommy Grove in the "Melrose Missile," who fouled away a quicker 11.10/128. - RH |
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Tommy Grove (M) from
Hayward, California
USA
(Comp Nr/Finish:
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1970 - Category: FUELFC, Type: FN, Class: AA/FC, Div: 7 |
| "The Going Thing" Owned by Tommy Grove
from
Hayward, California
USA
| Crew Chief: Tommy Grove |
| '69 Ford Mustang by
Logghe Stamping Co. |
Powered by Supercharged Nitro 427 Ford SOHC by Tommy Grove with
automatic transmission |
| 1/4 Mile ET: |
7.000 at Suffolk VA 9/13/70 |
1/4 Mile MPH: |
206.42 at Unknown |
| 1000 FT ET: |
Unknown at Unknown |
1000 FT MPH: |
Unknown at Unknown |
| 1/8 Mile ET: |
Unknown at Unknown |
1/8 Mile MPH: |
Unknown at Unknown |
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Entry's 1970 Performance Ratings (0 to 100) based on comparison to average ET/MPH:
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1/4 Mile Rating: ET 79.62,
MPH 69.61 |
Entry is 0.94595 times average ET and 1.03906 times average MPH |
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1000 FT Rating: ET 00.00,
MPH 00.00 |
Entry is 0.00000 times average ET and 0.00000 times average MPH |
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MPH 00.00 |
Entry is 0.00000 times average ET and 0.00000 times average MPH |
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| 1970 Records: |
1/4 Mile: 6.725 ET, 218.44 MPH |
1000 Ft. 5.890 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 4.520 ET, 173.00 MPH |
| 1970 Average: |
1/4 Mile: 7.400 ET, 198.66 MPH |
1000 Ft. 6.210 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 5.010 ET, 154.00 MPH |
| 1970 Minimum: |
1/4 Mile: 8.075 ET, 182.05 MPH |
1000 Ft. 6.630 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 5.410 ET, 142.54 MPH |
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Notes: Tommy Grove's "Going Thing" 1969 Ford Mach I Mustang was one of the best Ford-powered funny cars of all time. Grove was loyal to the 427 SOHC engine and Ford from mid 1965.rnrnThis was after his 3 year FX winning tenure with Dodge’s 426 Maxwedge & Race Hemi from 1962.rnrn Logghe Stamping Company built the 69 chassis, and Paul Shedlik built and painted the Mach I Mustang body. Larry Shinoda designed the paint scheme. Master tin man Al Bergler did the aluminum work. Grove debuted the car in late 1968 and raced it through 1970. Tommy ran 7.28 at 203.69 in 1969 to become one of the first 200 MPH funny cars. Grove achieved notoriety for cracking 200 mph while at the same time rumored to be experimenting with an exotic fuel (hydrazine?) Tommy raced the car until the end of 1970. The "Going Thing" was replaced when it became outdated. (Photo courtesy Mike Ditty. Stats courtesy Dennis Doubleday. Info from Bill Duke and James Ibusuki). | Ford-powered Funny Car's won more than their share of races in '69, with Danny Ongais driving Mickey Thompson's Mustang to many victories and Gas Ronda's Mustang also winning a few events. Dick Loehr also won a couple of events. But for '70, there was only one strong Ford-powered car, and that was Grove's. Thompson switched his cars to the unproven Boss 429 engine, Ronda had his career end with his fire at the AHRA Winternationals, and Loehr went Pro Stock racing. Grove, like Don Nicholson in Pro Stock and Pete Robinson in T/F, was Ford's strong holdout. He won many races and matches but also seemed to set track ET and speed records at will. His season started at the Irwindale New Year's Day race. Tommy qualified #1 in the sixteen-car field with a 7.48. He got sideways in round one, but still won with an 8.45/192.76 over Bob Pickett. In the second round, Danny Ongais ran Low ET of the meet with a 7.42/196 over Grove's 7.71/194.38. On January 18 at OCIR for their second All-Pro race, he beat Randy Walls in the first round, and a 7.55 in the semifinal beat Johnny Wright, but in the final against Gene Conway, his trans let go, and he had to settle for runner-up. He did better at the AHRA Winternationals on January 25 with a big win. He ran a first-round 7.58 over Mart Higginbotham, who fouled. A second-round 7.5 beat Tom McEwen's new Duster at 7.89. In the semifinal, a 7.58 advanced over Larry Reyes in the Hawaiian, who fouled away a 7.46. In the final, his 7.54/196.65 beat Jake Johnston's 7.67/198.23 in the Blue Max. He broke again in the semifinals on February 15 at the Fremont Northern Nationals despite turning 7.37/195.22 and 7.39/195.22. On April 5, Aquasco held an eight-car show, and Tom won a close 7.90/184.80 to 7.91/182.92 first-round race over Al Graeber. He lost in the semis to Bobby Wood's 7.68/193 with a 7.91/183.66. He faced Don Prudhomme in a match race at Capitol on April 11, and he won his first race with a 7.50/193.12 over Prudhomme's quicker 7.35/202.24. Prudhomme came back to win the next two rounds and the match. Grove was supposed to be at Connecticut the next day for a best of three match against Hank Clark in the "Chapman" Camaro, but he failed to show. He did better at his match against Malcolm Durham on May 10 at US 13 in Delaware, where he beat Durham three straight with a 7.71/189.46 best. In May at the Super Stock Nationals, he lost early when Larry Reyes' 7.38 beat his 7.60. Late in May, he was at Southeastern Dragway for a four-car show. He beat the "Invader" Corvette in his first race with a 6.38 on the 1,000 feet. Track. In his second race, he improved to 6.08 to beat Curtis Wasson and win the match. He set Low ET and Top Speed at 7.25/201.34 in winning at Minneapolis on May 30 for an eight-car show. He beat Ron Rivero's 7.41/187.50 in the final with a 7.29/198.67. And on May 31, they ran again at Minneapolis, and again Grove won. He set Low ET with a 7.32 and beat Bryan Teal's (Nelson Carter) 7.47/196 in the final with a 7.44/193.96. At Tri-City on June 7, he lost to Larry Arnold in the first round, when he got out-of-shape and ran off the track. In June, Arnold got him again in the first round, at Martin, Michigan, for an eight-car show where Grove set Top Speed of the meet at 205.01 but lost to Larry's 7.19/202 to his 7.48 182.55. Bruce Larson faced off with Tom on June 27 at Maple Grove. In the first race, Bruce's 7.75/173 won when Grove blew a head gasket. Larson beat the backup car of Ken Poffenberger in the second race, but by the third race, Grove had fixed his Cammer and beat Larson's 7.49/190 with a 7.39/190.26. He lost the match but had the satisfaction of having the Low ET. On July 11, for Capitol's King of King's meet, Tom's first-round 7.42/188.28 beat a fouling Don Schumacher (7.46/170). A second-round 7.16/201.78 beat Roy Gay's 7.44/197, but in the semifinal, Prudhomme's 7.16/206 beat his 7.33/198.22. At Blaney in July, Grove set both ends of the track record at 7.17/205. In July, Edgewater held an eight-car show, and a first-round 7.40/196.12 beat Sid Foster's 8.44 out-of-shape pass. He lost to Bryan Teal's 7.60/154 in the semis when he had to lift and shut off. Grove ran a 7.50 best over Leonard Hughes at the Rockford Manufacturer's meet. He showed up with a new unpainted car and only won one of his three races. He won again on July 26 at the Dallas Funny Car Championships. The track was 900 feet, and Grove held the track record at 5.95 going into this race. A first-round 5.97 beat Houston Platt's 6.28. A second-round 5.95 beat Dick Harrell, and in the semis, he ran another 5.95 over Charlie Allen. In the final, his third 5.95 beat Larry Arnold. In August, the two foes had a match race at Suffolk, where Arnold won the first race with a 7.51/161 when Grove fouled away a 7.42/195.64. He then took the next two wins with runs of 7.17/200.00 and a track record 7.13 at 202.60. On August 10, he was up against Lew Arrington for a match race at Epping. Tom's 7.25/196.92 beat Lew's 7.54/196.06 in the first race, and an even quicker 7.22/201.78 over Arrington's 7.58/186 made it two straight for the match race win. Another win came at Minnesota on September 6 over an eight-car field. A first-round 7.31/194.38 beat Charlie Allen's 7.37/197, and in the semifinal, a 7.29/197.80 beat a shutting-off Terry Hedrick. In the final, his 7.27/201.34 beat Roger Lindamood's 7.45/204.54. He was at Suffolk on September 13, where he ran 7.03/203.60 in the opening round over Arrington and a second-round 7.00/205.46 beat Paula Murphy. He was to face Gene Snow in the final, but the car failed to fire. Tom finished the year with another victory on October 3 at the Dixie Finals at Blaney, where he ran Low ET and Top Speed at 7.17/205 before beating Pat Foster in the Hawaiian in the final. — Ron Howard |
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