STONE WOODS & COOK CARS & STUFF

The cover of the magazine shows the Stone, Woods, and Cook car as a rabbit and my grandfather, Floyd Grist talking to the AHRA official and apparantly asking, "Is this legal?"

My Great Uncle, Ralph Grist has this.  He was my Grandfather, Floyd Grist, Ralph's brother and they were the Grist Bros. Racing Team that fielded a black chopped top 41 Willys.  They ran in A/GAS with an unblown 430 Ford I believe in the fifties and sixties.  They raced primarily in Southern California such as Lions, Pomona, and Santa Ana to name a few.  They held several records and met a lot of people during their trials in drag racing.

I recall one story that my Great Uncle Ralph had told me about the Stone, Woods and Cook gang that I thought was kind of funny.  It goes something along the lines of all the drivers were at some sort of meeting, be it drivers meeting or organization meeting, and a remark was made by the Stone, Woods, and Cook gang that was something to the effect of, "Why don't you Grist Brothers step up and put a supercharger on that Willys and run with the big boys...", and of course my Grandfather and Uncle rattled back, "Yeah, well why don't you guys take off that blower and race us the real way."