"Roy Hill (far lane) would not stage and neither would I. Twice I pulled up to light the pre-stage bulb and then he would back away.  The first time, his crew took the deck lid off and adjusted the shocks.  The second time he backed up, they adjusted the wheelie bars, and then he went back into water and did another burnout! ... and by God, so did I!  And we started our staging routine all over again.  By this time, the frustrated starter threw down his activator and threw up his hands.  All I would've had to do was light one bulb while they worked on their car and they would have been disqualified, but I wanted to beat Roy straight up.   And I did!!!" - A.J.

   In 1984, as the AHRA faded, Animal Jim retrofit "Zeke" with a new, legal IHRA 672" Mountain Motor built by Jon Kaase, which was the biggest engine in Pro Stock at the time.   This photo (which  has become the Zephyr's trademark) was taken at Byron Dragway in Byron, Illinois on August 10th, 1986.   Animal Jim and Zeke won the biggest Pro Stock meet that had ever assembled when he went up against Bob Olson's Pontiac in the final.   Animal Jim won several Pro Stock events and UDRA Nationals from 1984 to 1986 with the 672.