In the oddest triple play combination, Humphreys ended up with Warren Johnson horsepower through an introduction by Roy Hill and goading from Bob Glidden. Both were at one time fierce WJ rivals.

The one common denominator is that all, to this day, carry a huge amount of mutual respect for each other.

“We had it planned to run 2009 with WJ, but since we were already out of the Countdown, we decided to go ahead and convert over from Mopar back to GM," said Humphreys. In the oddest triple play combination, Humphreys ended up with Warren Johnson horsepower through an introduction by Roy Hill and goading from Bob Glidden. Both were at one time fierce WJ rivals.

The one common denominator is that all, to this day, carry a huge amount of mutual respect for each other.

“We had it planned to run 2009 with WJ, but since we were already out of the Countdown, we decided to go ahead and convert over from Mopar back to GM," said Humphreys.

Humphreys raced Mopar after a falling out with previous engine builder Richard Maskin, and that came after previous crew chief Bob Glidden had retired because of health reasons.

He began leasing engines from Mopar factory driver Allen Johnson.

The thought of WJ horsepower and “Mad Dog” Glidden tuning is something that leaves Humphreys shaking his head.

“That could bring some tension and a lot of chaos,” Humphreys admitted. “They have a mutual respect but I don’t think they’d want to be working in each other’s pits.

“I’d love to have Bob back, but he’s not in the best of health. He needs to stay at home and get his heart better before he thinks about coming out here in this mess. It would be fun but interesting.”