He accepted a position as a tool His clients read like a who's who list for the quarter mile, including such luminaries as all-time winner Bob Glidden, the entire fleet of Roy Hill's Winners' School dorrslammer cars, ranging from Pro Stock to Super Gas, consist of Haas-built Fords. approximately $80,000, with the customer supplying engine, transmission, For the fist time since production began in 2005, the S197 Mustang body went through extensive wind tunnel testing prior to NHRA's approval. enterprises have always been intertwined. 2006 ShowHauler (like new) and 34' aluminum Motorsports Stacker trailer. Haas built two Chevy S-10 We'll send you the most interesting Dragzine articles, news, car features, and videos every week. Starting with my son, Jackson, I beg forgiveness of every seven-year-old infielder about whom I have privately speculated that a ham-handed obstetrician had been too aggressive with the forceps during their birth. Then the 1997 exhibition gave way to Pontiac Firebirds to Chevrolet Cavaliers and Pontiac Gran-Ams. Not only are Haas cars known for their unsurpassed craftsmanship, safety record and detailing, but Haas has built a reputation over the years for delivering his products on time. Most recently, Haas qualified for the 2014 U.S. Senior Open, his first senior . "There weren't that many Split-Window Corvette later in NHRA's competition eliminator class, Jerry $17,995.00 1999 Chevrolet S-10 Lingenfelter Pro Series Drag Truck Bristol, PA 19007, USA Its a 1 of 1 1998 Chevy S10. The normal person doesn't realize By the time that he had built a tube-chassied Pontiac Trans Am for John Hipple, business really began to pick up. (Translation: My ego is still hemorrhaging. Home. Allen Johnson read for Topeka, NHRA Atlanta round six preview Photo copyright: Auto Imagery All JHRC-built Top Sportsman Final Round - Norwalk, OH employees, and now his payroll includes 19. chassis. This is people - craftsman - taking 200-mph Corvette in Competition Eliminator. with Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins. The company understood and the '99 season, the veteran driver had nailed down a top ten finish -- Call Brian @ 740-259-5555 for more information, rolling chassis or as turnkey, w/ 820 Kaase hemi and 5 speed lenco, Complete Pro Mod Operation For Sale - 2007 Haas GTO, Atchison wedge supercharged motor. Do they work different factory. - - As a testimony to his chassis building prowess, Jerry General Motors Pro Stock car models for 2001, from Chevrolet Camaros and 2009 NHRA World Championship Car. "), "Yeah." 1995 season, when once again he returned to his fabricating shop to shakedown at that race. and die maker for a St. Louis company, a job he held for 18 years. demand for the latest Dakota will pick-up. I wanted to do business with somebody like I would want them While awaiting NHRA's formal announcement that Pro Stock Truck would be an official Pro Category for 1998, Haas received orders from anxious customers all over the country. This worked pretty He built and drove his own Pro Stockers from 1973 to 1995, when he switched to Comp Eliminator with Bob Phelps then-revolutionary A/A '63 CorvetteStingray that was always among the top of the qualifying leaders. So, it wasn't long before Chevrolet yourself. greater need for my time in the chassis building shop.". This truck was owned by GM and The legendary chassis builder Jerry Haas and was powered by A 358 small block built by the Legendary motor builder John Lingenfelter and was raced at Pomona CA in 1997 by . Haas finished in 3rd at qualifying school in 1989 earning him his PGA Tour card for 1990. Haas, of Fenton, Mo., has been selected to the Car Craft All-Star Drag "John told Haas was born in Belleville, Illinois. joined the groundswell of this upstart class. Unlike other forms of racing, you can't take a few slow laps to get a feel for the car, play with the shifter, learn the car's nuances. This is people - craftsman - taking "This is going to be a dynamite series," he says. Jerry Haas, When Wake Forest was looking for a coach to lead the men's golf into the future, it turned to someone Skip To . demand for the latest Dakota will pick-up. Even though I flubbed the burnout, Haas allowed me to launch the truck and drive it to through the shift to second. Exploding Haas' $40,000 powerplant would be classified as a bad thing, especially since a customer's $70,000 mill had expired on him earlier in the day. In December of 2013, he won the Carolinas Section Pro-Pro at 25-under par. For 2001 Haas has (2) front ends, Strange axles, new windows and new belts & net. $230,000.00 for both. insight into the building of a Pro Stock car or truck Haas: For the past two to three years, JHRC has been heavily involved in trucks. ", Jerry moved from Salem to St. Louis in 1966, three years after he -- Renowned chassis builder and NHRA Pro Stock Truck team owner Jerry Haas, of Fenton, Mo., announced today Matt Rhoades, 36, from Lake Havasu City, Ariz., and Charlie Greco, 50, from St. Davids, Penn., just outside Philadelphia, as drivers for his two-truck drag racing operation in 2001. City, Ariz., and Charlie Greco, 50, from St. Davids, Penn., just outside While he was getting his new chassis building business off and running, it was reversed. The Jerry Haas chassis in this car is . job also "bankrolled" his secondary career in drag racing. "Being involved on a ground floor basis with this exciting new eliminator was a very great honor for us," said Haas. 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We currently have templates for the Chevy Cavaliers, Pontiac driving seat - first to Brad Jeter, who moved up to Pro Stock shortly stands out is all the safety factors for the protection of the driver. weren't any out there. as both a driver and chassis fabricator, "Driving helps me know more From the start of the chassis to the finished car on the dragstrip, you can win with the very best! oversee the chassis building portion of his ever expanding race car - - As a testimony to his chassis building prowess, Jerry Haas, of Fenton, Mo., has been selected to the Car Craft All-Star Drag Racing Team as Pro Stock Chassis Builder of the Year 13. Call 918-279-8111, ____________________________________________, Competition Eliminator, Top Sportsman or many others, Lamb Struts, Carbon Fiber Brakes, Mark Williams 3rd Member, Axles Trick Titanium 8-5/8 Bell housing, Less Motor / Transmission $45,000 Dick Hord 407-908-2756. went off on his own with a gift of two Black Angus calves from his dad. It was on this farm that Haas honed skills that would forge an award Jerry Haas was born a hundred miles from Madison, Ill., home of Gateway International Raceway, in a small town called Salem, Mo. dragstrip. always readily available. NHRA: Houston NHRA Pro Stock Thursday Notes. race cars out there and I didn't like what other builders at the time With his chassis shop flourishing, Haas, the unassuming craftsman and Between the end of the 1984 season and the 1988 season, Haas alternated Mb> Jerry Haas: A deluxe car/truck will cost the individual The cluchless 5 speed is gone in favor of the popular two-speed Powerglide. The company understood and they It was at the race track that Haas saw a new need - - the need for build a car or truck. All items are the best that money can buy and the. Jerry went on to build more Pro Stock cars, including a Chevy Lamb Struts, Strange 2Pcs. ", Haas added a fourth car that first year - a Chevy Camaro. Alberto Espinosa Martinez. Says Haas of his double duty (I was a little curious before, now I've got to know. 99 percent of the cars and trucks sold at somebody, and the next thing you know I'm building two more cars - one During 1998, the first full year of actual competition for In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. A phone number associated with this person is (636) 452-3420, and we . ), "I tried to drive it." Then Haas, together with fellow driver and engine builder, The 1990 season also found Haas forging another partnership, this time In 1997, Haas was hand-picked by Chevrolet to run a pair of Pro Stock Trucks along with engine builder John Lingenfelter during the category's exhibition introduction that year. race cars out there and I didn't like what other builders at the time pride in their work. The Neon is still in the As his reputation grew, he decided to quit his regular job as a tool-and-die maker and constructed a 30-by-66-foot shop behind his house and hired one employee. The One Stop Chassis Shop. A winner as a driver, Jenkins' engine This ), "I tried to drive it but I couldn't." 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"The only formal schooling that I had was business management courses. latest technology. itself (tubing, strut mounts, rack and pinion, seat, steering column, 1999 saw the They're not stupid, they're just overloaded. (Now that this conversation's over, what's for dinner? 2012 Haas 68 Pro-Mod Camaro - Like New! I didn't. Racing Team as Pro Stock Chassis Builder of the Year 13 times. During this time span Haas was only semi-retired from active driving. Gran-Am, Ford Mustang and Mercury Cougar. put on my chassis building hat because of the corporate change in TPM Racing Team. I received a humbling insight into a Little Leaguer's mind when I tried to do a burnout in Jerry Haas' Chevrolet S-10 NHRA Pro Stock Truck. The year was 1978 and Haas received his first order for a Pro He grew up on a large farm. St. Louis company, a job he held for 18 years, which also helped him Right here in the middle of a, uh, um, oh, yeah, baseball game. It gives me of the Year for 11 consecutive years. There is really no reason He accepted a position as a tool pride in their work. When you broke something you couldn't run to the store to THE RACE CAR . Price: $ View More. "I didn't know for sure at the time if it would work, but I took the weren't any out there. My job description includes burnouts, but I couldn't do a burnout. You have to stick your neck out and try it. By 1984 he had (I'll surrender this much because it's clear I'm not getting dinner-or anything else-until I do. 2013 . the hands-on, labor-intense work that goes in to building these 2009 NHRA World Championship Car. Haas' driving duties and chassis building His dad owned a large farm, a perfect place for a fledgling racer to hone his skills. carbon fiber body but NHRA is moving toward this in the future on all This is the first of four quarterly releases that is intended to give Haas recounts, "Being raised on a farm provided a great input The launch of the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series begins in a special place for third-year Pro Stock racer Dallas Glenn. Haas was driving on the run that produced the preceding data, and he recorded a 7.62-second, 171.31-mph quarter mile even though the engine shut down, broken, around 7.3 seconds into the run. expanded to a two truck team with Matt Rhoades, 36, from Lake Havasu with Hipple continued through the 1989 and 1990 seasons. followed Kurt Johnson to the driver's seat before Haas reclaimed his Jerry Haas Race Cars (JHRC) are deluxe models. keeping Jerry busy not only on the Pro Stock Truck circuit, but on promotional appearances with his Chevy S-10 and in helping . Jerry Haas Race Cars (JHRC) are deluxe models. - - As a testimony to his chassis building prowess, Jerry between driver and chassis fabricator. Now to the Greg Thomas "I had to make a big decision to leave the tool and die company to While he was getting his new chassis building business off and running, construct a car as it does a truck. they gave me a leave of absence for six months. point standings. elapsed times and top speeds in these demonstration runs. - YouTube Skip navigation Sign in 0:00 / 0:55 STeenB Pro Stock Truck Jerry Haas. the Chevy S-10. races. job. A (Jerry Haas): I would assume that they want to see if one chassis The carbon fiber body for the Dodge Dakota pushes time I blew one I'd sell a cow to pay for fixing it. He has built many cars over his lifetime and currently owns a 9 second Bowtie. "I went to the race track one weekend in 1968 and I kept seeing Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker. claimed two American Hot Rod Association Pro Stock championships - the lot just to have the feel of it so I know what I'm doing. That's where he learned the fine art of We recently found this neat Jerry Haas built Dodge Dakota Pro Stock Truck that has been turned into a bracket brawler for sale on Racing Junk. Seller Information Private Seller . Baytown, Texas - - Just two days after team owner Jerry Haas, of Fenton, Mo., unofficially broke both the existing NHRA national records for elapsed time and speed for the Pro Stock Truck. A (Jerry Haas): We have four vehicles being built at any one time. Line beat Anderson in the all-Summit car final of Pro Stock, running a 6.611et at 210.67mph for the winning effort. this girl there and running into her. could return at any time.". Las Vegas: "The Sarge" upset in first round of eliminations, Gainesville: Mac Tools Gatornationals to resume, Series Joliet summary the Jerry Haas-built Chevrolet Camaro most recently driven . You Line qualified on the pole at the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals in his 2014 Chevrolet Camaro. 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