Hershel McGriff will turn 81 tomorrow

Hershel McGriff, driver and team boss of the original Oly Express Dodge Charger , will be celebrating his 81st birthday tomorrow. He might not jump in and out of a stock car as seen here in Le Mans in 1976,...

13/12/2008

Hershel McGriff's Le Mans snowplow Camaro

Hershel McGriff returned to race at Le Mans in 1982. After the not so successfull attempt with his son Doug in the Dodge Charger in 1976, Billy Hagan signed on Hershel to drive the Stratagraph 1979 Camaro with Dick Brooks.

20/05/2008

Hershel McGriff racing a Ford at Daytona !?!

This is really one for the experts! Now, y'all know that Hershel drove mostly Mopars, like the West Virginia Almost Heaven Charger when he teamed up with Richard Petty. Judging from the picture that François Breton, an Oly fan from...

02/03/2008

Happy New Year 2008 !

We had a great 2007 with races at Monza, Nürburgring and Reims. On top of that, driver and crewmember DIck Pierson recorded his own victory over a cancer! As a strong and bonded team, we are looking forward to our...

31/12/2007

Hershel McGriff at Langley by Reg Royle

Murray Jones just sent us a couple of photos from the Reg Royle collection, which were donated to the Langley Speedway Historical Society. These pictures of Hershel McGriff at Langley's International Drivers Challenge on July22nd, 1972, came from negatives (Y'll...

02/11/2007

Hershel McGriff at Langley, Canada by Reg Royle

Murray Jones just sent us a couple of photos from the Reg Royle collection, which were donated to the Langley Speedway Historical Society. These pictures of Hershel McGriff at Langley's International Drivers Challenge on July22nd, 1972, came from negatives (Y'll...

02/11/2007

Historic Racing News features Oly Express

Great Britains monthly Historic Racing News magazine features our Dodge Charger in their report on the Nürburgring Classic Endurance Race. As in Monza, we are quoted as one of the crowds favourites!

18/09/2007

Hemmings e Weekly features Oly Express

Hemmings, the worlds premier collector car publication features our Oly Express website in their August 8, 2007 weekly newsletter. For those readers coming form Hemmings, I recommend to check our 2006 Le Mans Classic race reports and pictures (do not...

10/08/2007

HEMI Rumble: more than beautiful noise

We always have a good laugh when we fire up our HEMI in the pits for the first time of the race week-end. People are just not prepared for the level of noise that it makes! Then comes the moment...

05/08/2007

HEMI Charger shakes and bakes at the Ring

We just had two days of great thunder at the Ring! HEMI Thunder,that is! After a promising qualifying time of 2'26125 and race laps in the 2'28, we were set to do a good finish. However, two slow tyre punctures...

02/07/2007

HOT ROD Magazine on Oly Dodge Charger

Don Cann did once more a phantastic job writing about our Charger. This time, HOT ROD Magazine features the story about the re-brewed NASCAR racer in their August 2007 issue. HOT ROD was and is our reference for many reasons....

22/06/2007

Hershel McGriff back at Le Mans

Today was sure a day to remember for Team Oly Express as Hershel McGriff came back to the Le Mans track. After racing the Charger here in 1976 and one of Billy Hagan's Camaro's in 1982, Hershel, alongside with wife...

13/05/2007

Hot Laps at Rocroi prior to Monza CER Race

We took our Charger to GTS Automotive's test site at Rocroi (F) in order to do a complete shakedown before Monza. Needless to say that we had a great day....

04/04/2007

Hershel's other Dodge Charger at Daytona

Much better known to the general NASCAR fan than the Oly Express, is Hershel McGriff's Almost Heaven Dodge....
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10/02/2007

Hershel McGriff host Dinner in Portland

Following his introduction in the Motorsports Hall of Fame, Hershel McGriff hosted a dinner party in Portland for his family, friends and former team members. Alongside Hershels youngest daughter Gina and his grand-grand-baby-grandson, a total of 42 people attended, most...
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11/12/2006

Hershel McGriff in Motorsports Hall of Fame

We learned with great pleasure that Hershel McGriff is now a member of the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. The induction ceremony was held on August 17th, 2006 in Novi, Michigan....
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06/09/2006