Little Hoss Story

[1stGenFan]

When Helen and I first met, she said this was their "fun" car. They ran Little Hoss from June 1967 through October 1968. She commented how after winning on almost all weekends during this time, the mood at the dealership was light and easy. When the ZL1 arrived, the competitiveness of the scene and the move to Super Stock increased the seriousness of the efforts. It was not as much fun, with a more business type approach.

This is the 1st World Record won by Herb Fox driving Little Hoss. I obtained all of the original World Records from Helen Gibb when I owned the car, she gifted them to me. She insisted they remain with the car, and they do.

The picture within this post, was received from Dennis Cumby when I owned Little Hoss. He found it in a school report when attending a local school function. I believe this picture was taken during the 1st record setting. I want to thank him for being so supportive of my efforts when I was involved with the many events, I attended regarding the Fred Gibb memorial car shows.

The technical inspection sheet was given to me by Jerry Burford, of LaHarpe. If you notice the class is FS/X, and I think this was also completed during the 1st record run. Jerry grew up in LaHarpe, worked at Fred Gibb Chevrolet, and still resides there. He helped immensely with my maintenance efforts to keep Little Hoss drivable. I was able to run the car down at least 4 of the tracks from the 1967-1968 season. Beardstown, Wentzville, St. Louis and Kansas City International.