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Old Dec 19, 2021 | 06:24 PM
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Kevin Polchan aka 'kp' passed this weekend. He was a bit of a legend in here, he had some very meticulous and strong running Procharger builds. As I recall he was the first F-body in the 8's with a D1.

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Old Dec 20, 2021 | 06:47 AM
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Old Dec 20, 2021 | 06:48 AM
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Old Dec 20, 2021 | 06:56 AM
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I read a lot of his posts when I was running the F1C. Damn Shame. Carry on lost brother!
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Old Dec 20, 2021 | 08:44 AM
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Kevin will be greatly missed, I was really shocked yesterday when I read he had died. If I recall correctly, he ran a 9.13 in the 1/4 with his '98 Trans-Am with a D-1SC. He was using an SDCE bracket at the time. Bob
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Old Dec 20, 2021 | 09:19 AM
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Here's one article I found featuring his Trans Am,

https://www.motortrend.com/features/...tiac-trans-am/
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He was too young at 58ish.
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Old Dec 20, 2021 | 11:35 AM
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I edited my comment, I fat fingered it. He went 8.9 or 8.8 with one of the two cars he built.

RIP, he was a good guy. He was a Chicago native, and he joined our 4th gen scene and kinda blew everyone away. He had been racing and wrenching on SBC/BBC combos in the past going back to when he was in high school.

He later moved to Knoxville TN and had been there for I think 20 years. We talked but not often enough, I last talked to him in October.

Was a great guy.
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Very sad to hear.... too young! I remember his D1SC build hauling the biz waaaaaay back in the day.
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Dang that sucks. I remember KP as well. RIP.
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WOW..RIP Kp, he definitely was too young. Legend indeed.
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I hate seeing posts like this
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R.I.P KP
I always enjoyed reading his post. He was very knowledgable.
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That sucks. RIP. I definitely remember reading his posts back in the day.
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