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DeKon Chassis 1010

 

 First owner  Greg Pickett #6 (c/n 1010) Pickett Racing

IMSA Camel GT - Laguna Seca 100 mile

Monterey, CA - May 1, 1977

(Photo by Brent Martin)

Greg Pickett #6 (c/n 1010) Pickett Racing

IMSA Camel GT - Laguna Seca 100 mile

Monterey, CA - May 1, 1977

(Photo by Brent Martin)

Greg Pickett #6 (c/n 1010) Pickett Racing

IMSA Camel GT - Laguna Seca 100 mile

Monterey, CA - May 1, 1977

(Photo by Brent Martin)

     

Greg Pickett #6 (c/n 1010) Pickett Racing

SCCA Trans-Am - Circuit Mont-Tremblant

Mont-Tremblant, QC, Canada - September 11, 1977

Greg Pickett #6 (c/n 1010) Pickett Racing

Some 7,500 in attendance at the 2.65 mile long circuit

Mont-Tremblant, QC - September 11, 1977

Greg Pickett #6 (c/n 1010) Pickett Racing

Competition paddock

Mont-Tremblant, QC - September 11, 1977

     

Greg Pickett #6 (c/n 1010) Pickett Racing

Team trailer and motor home in paddock

Mont-Tremblant, QC - September 11, 1977

Greg Pickett #6 (c/n 1010) Pickett Racing

Final check list before lift-off

Mont-Tremblant, QC - September 11, 1977

Greg Pickett #6 (c/n 1010) Pickett Racing

Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant's scenic raceway

Mont-Tremblant, QC - September 11, 1977

 

 

 

Greg Pickett

First owner DeKon 1010 - Pickett Racing 1976-1977

 

Pickett took delivery of his DeKon in 1976, owned the car for about one-year and drove the 1977 season.  He entered eleven races in SCCA Trans-Am, Cat. II and one or more IMSA Camel GT races.  Pickett's best finish with this car was 2nd at Westwood Racing Circuit and was Canada's first road course. The 1.8 mile track was located in Vancouver, BC area but is now gone. Greg Pickett traded his DeKon for Jerry Hansen's Corvette and got a little cash in the deal. He went on to win Trans-Am championship the following year in that Corvette.

 

"I entered my first IMSA 'pro' race in 1974 or ’75 at Laguna Seca Raceway. In 1976 I ordered my first new race car to run the next year’s (1976) Trans Am series... a Decon [DeKon] Monza build by Horst Kroll [Kwech] and Lee Dykstra. I ran the Trans Am season in 1976. What was important about that year was that, late in the season, we had gone to Elkhart Lake and Jerry Hansen showed up with one of the latest Greenwood Corvettes designed by Bob Riley and built by Protofab Engineering... that was Charlie Selix and Gary Pratt. I remember that big block Corvette. He would go by me on the straightaway by easily 30-40 MPH. Eventually we traded cars and a little bit of money and I got the Riley/Greenwood Corvette."

 

Ellwood, W., & Guyette, M. (2006). Greenwood Corvette - Profiles. Retrieved from http://www.greenwoodcorvettes.com/Profile.html

Greg Pickett

 

 

Results for Greg Pickett

Date 

Race

Track

No.

Driver

Car

St

Fn

Laps

Status

Money

May 01, 1977

IMSA GT 

Laguna Seca Raceway

6

Greg Pickett

c/n 1010

6

9

51

running 

 

May 30, 1977

Trans-Am 

Pacific Raceways

6

Greg Pickett

c/n 1010

2

38

accident 

 

Jun 05, 1977

Trans-Am 

Westwood Motorsport Park

6

Greg Pickett

c/n 1010

3

2

56 

running 

$1,200

Jun 12, 1977

Trans-Am 

Portland Int'l Raceway

6

Greg Pickett

c/n 1010

5

39

drive shaft

 

Jun 26, 1977

Trans-Am 

Nelson Ledges

6

Greg Pickett

c/n 1010

2

23

36 

engine 

 

Jul 09, 1977

Trans-Am 

Watkins Glen Int'l

6

Greg Pickett

c/n 1010

11

38

55 

accident 

 

Jul 31, 1977

Trans-Am 

Hallett Motor Racing Circuit

6

Greg Pickett

c/n 1010

3

8

51 

running 

$450

Aug 14, 1977

Trans-Am 

Brainerd Int'l Raceway

6

Greg Pickett

c/n 1010

4

4

31 

running 

$1,060

Sep 03, 1977

Trans-Am 

Road America

6

Greg Pickett

c/n 1010

6

5

19 

running 

$600

Sep 04, 1977

Trans-Am 

Road America

6

Greg Pickett

c/n 1010

5

4

20 

running 

$700

Sep 11, 1977

Trans-Am 

Circuit Mont-Tremblant

6

Greg Pickett

c/n 1010

3

4

36 

running 

$1,950

 

 

Second owner Jerry Hansen #4 (c/n 1010) LSI Corp.

SCCA National - Road America June Sprints

Elkhart Lake, WI - June 1978

 

 

Monte Shelton driving Hansen's #4 (c/n 1010)

SCCA Trans-Am - Road America

Elkhart Lake, WI - September 4, 1978

 

The Minnesota Contingent

Jerry Hansen (left) and chief mechanic Mike Lindorfer discuss race strategy. Mike also worked for Gerry Wellik Racing, and Tuck Thomas who drove the Fournier built Monza. All were friends from Minnesota.

     

Jerry Hansen

Second owner - 1978

Midwest Federal / LSI Corp. / Berger Transfer

 

Winner of 27 SCCA national racing championships, Hansen was the best of the best drivers in almost any type of car, from Showroom Stock to his preference for all-out Can-Am and big-bore production race cars. However, the Monza he got from Pickett in a trade was just a brief ride, and perhaps not his favorite. Below are two posts from internet forums about Hansen's DeKon Monza.

"The car is a Chevrolet Monza. Jerry Hansen got the Monza in a trade with Greg Pickett after the 1977 Trans Am season. Hansen traded his Greenwood super Corvette, the one with the radiators in the doors, to Pickett for Pickett's Monza and some cash. Pickett went on to win the 1978 Trans Am championship in the Corvette. Hansen drove the Monza sparingly, but did win the Brainerd Trans Am. He lent the car to Monte Shelton for the Road America race when Shelton's car broke in practice. He later sold the Monza to Gerry Wellik a fellow Minnesotan, but I believe borrowed it on an occasion or two. This would account for the different paint jobs."  - Tom Schultz

 

Jerry still drove this car on occasion after he sold it to Gerry Wellik. The Berger on this car was a Trucking Company and the LSI was a cabinet making concern of Gerry Wellik's. Jerry Hansen says that: "Gerry Wellik was a real quality guy." Jerry really enjoyed being with Wellik.  - Jerry Entin

 

In 2011, I had the opportunity to talk with Doug Rippie, former team driver for Gerry Wellik Racing/Team LSI, who occasionally test drove the Monza. Doug drove his own '69 Corvette in the vintage race group at the SCCA Regional club race at Brainerd, Minnesota that year. He said, "Jerry Hansen got the car from Greg Pickett after trading his Corvette for the Monza. He didn’t like the car much, as it was high maintenance. He only drove the car for a short period... and may have been part owner with Gerry Wellik." Mr. Rippie also mentioned that Gerry Wellik and his chief mechanic, Mike Lindorfer, took the Monza to Mexico to race it in 1978.  - Stacy Scharch

 

Results for Jerry Hansen

Date 

Race

Series

No.

Driver

Car

Sponsor

Fn

Laps

Status

Money

Aug 15, 1976

Brainerd Int'l Raceway 

Trans-Am Cat.II

44

Jerry Hansen

Monza 350

Jay Kline

24

16

crankshaft 

 

Aug 13, 1978

Brainerd Int'l Raceway 

Trans-Am Cat.II

4

Jerry Hansen

c/n 1010

LSI Corp

1

33

running 

$2,700 

Sep 04, 1978

Road America 

Trans-Am Cat.II

4

Monte Shelton

c/n 1010

 

38

7

engine 

$600

Jul 26, 1981

Road America 

Trans-Am

50

Jerry Hansen

c/n 1010

LSI Corp

47

1

oil line 

 

Aug 09, 1981

Brainerd Int'l Raceway 

Trans-Am

50

Jerry Hansen

c/n 1010

LSI Corp

31

8

engine 

$300 

Sep 12, 1981

MOSPORT

Trans-Am

50

Jerry Hansen

Monza

 

 

 

DNA

 

 

SCCA Trans-Am - Category racing 1976 - 1979


CATEGORY I

Cars prepared to specifications for SCCA production and sedan classes.

CATEGORY II

Cars prepared to FIA Groups 1-5 rules and specially authorized cars.

 

 

Third owner Gerry Wellik #4 (c/n 1010) Team LSI

"Brainerd Int'l Raceway Uncola Supernational"

Brainerd Int'l Raceway, MN - 1979

(Photo by Jerry Winker)

 Gerry Wellik #4 (c/n 1010) Team LSI

IMSA Winston GT - Brainerd Int'l Raceway 100 mi

Brainerd, MN - June 17, 1979

(Photo by Randy Van de Loo)

 Gerry Wellik #4 (c/n 1010) Team LSI

IMSA Winston GT - Brainerd Int'l Raceway 100 mi

Brainerd, MN - June 17, 1979

     

 Gerry Wellik #4 (c/n 1010) Team LSI

IMSA Winston GT - Brainerd Int'l Raceway 100 mi

Brainerd, MN - June 17, 1979

(Photo by Jerry Winker)

Gerry Wellik #4 (c/n 1010) Team LSI

SCCA Trans-Am - Road America

Elkhart Lake, WI - July 21, 1979

 Daniel Muniz #4 (c/n 1010) Team LSI

SCCA Trans-Am - Road America

Elkhart Lake, WI - July 21, 1979

     
 

 

   

 

   
   

 

Gerry Wellik #50 c/n 1010

IMSA Camel GT - Brainerd Int'l Raceway

Brainerd, MN - June 14, 1981

(Photo by Jerry Winker)

     

Gerry Wellik

Third owner: 1978-1982

Gerry Wellik Racing / Team LSI

LSI Corporation

 

Ownership of this car and it's chassis number is convoluted during this period. Gerry Wellik may have owned two Monza DeKons, no. 1007 and 1010. According to one of his team drivers, Gerry Wellik bought DeKon 1010 from friend Jerry Hansen and continued with the same race number on car.  According to Rippie, "Hansen still drove the car on occasion after selling it."  Some race results found online show different chassis numbers for Gerry Wellik's Monza. Four races with DeKon c/n 1007 and two other race entries don't specify any chassis number.

 

Wellik's best finish with the Monza was 3rd at Watkins Glen's SCCA Trans-Am race on August 5, 1979.  He also finished 4th at Trois-Rivières, QC SCCA Trans-Am on September 1, 1979. Some of Wellik's sponsors were Berger Transfer, and his own LSI Corporation. Team drivers were Jerry Hansen, Doug Rippie, and Gerry Wellik. Hansen is quoted as saying, "Gerry Wellik was a real quality guy," and enjoyed being with him.

 

Gerald Wellik was the founder of LSI Corp. of America, which makes plastic-laminated cabinets and shelves used in hospitals and schools around the nation. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in business and began his career as a salesman and was a natural entrepreneur and businessman. In 1967, he founded LSI Corporation of America, Inc., which became a major manufacturer of plastic laminate casework for schools and hospitals. Through his tireless work ethic, LSI grew to national prominence and was an industry leader.

 

For several years Gerry was a successful SCCA sports car driver. In the early 1970s, Wellik began participating in the SCCA Trans-Am sports car racing series, competing at Brainerd International Raceway, as well as circuits in California, New York, Florida, Canada and Mexico.  In 1980, he raced as part of a three-man team of Minnesotans in the Daytona 24-hour Challenge.

 

The February 5, 1980, Minneapolis Star reported that as he was cruising at 165 mph, when his Camaro blew a right rear tire. "It just popped. I thought it was all over," Wellik said. After the blowout, his car slowed and turned backwards. "That's a heck of a feeling, going backwards down the track and watching those guys coming at you," said Wellik. Wellik had to fix the tire himself, a rule in the endurance race. He and his teammates had other mechanical problems as well, but finished fifth in the GTO class and 19th overall.

 

Jerry Hansen was the nation's top amateur road racer from Minnesota, owned Brainerd International Raceway, and raced a car owned by Wellik in the early 1970s. Hansen said, "Gerry was a quality guy, who promoted and supported racing."

 

Gerry Wellik continued to follow auto racing over the years.  He retired in 1999 and was 75 years old when he passed away on September 30, 2007.

 

Cohen, Ben. "Gerald Wellik took work, and play, seriously," StarTribune October 17, 2007  Link to article

 

Results for Gerry Wellik

Date 

Race

Series

No.

Driver

Car

Sponsor

Fn

Laps

Status

Money

Oct 08, 1978

Laguna Seca

Trans-Am Cat.II

14

Gerry Wellik

DeKon 1007

LSI Corp 

8

48 

running 

$415

Nov 05, 1978

Copa Mexico

Trans-Am Cat.II

48

Daniel Muniz

Monza 350

LSI Corp 

13

 

accident

 

Jun 17, 1979

Brainerd 100 mi

IMSA GTX

4

Gerry Wellik

DeKon 1010

LSI Corp

12

31 

running 

 

Jul 21, 1979

Road America

Trans-Am Cat.II

4

Daniel Muniz

DeKon 1010

LSI Corp 

3

 

 

 

Aug 05, 1979

Watkins Glen

Trans-Am Cat.II

4

Gerry Wellik

Monza

LSI Corp 

3

29 

running 

$1,400

Sep 01, 1979

Trois-Rivières 

Trans-Am Cat.II

4

Gerry Wellik

Monza

LSI Corp 

4

33 

running 

$1,000

Jun 14, 1981

Brainerd 200 km

IMSA GTX

50

Gerry Wellik

DeKon 1007

 

26

10 

DNF

 

Sep 06, 1981

Trois-Rivières 

Trans-Am

50

Gerry Wellik

DeKon 1007

LSI-Berger

31

DNS

 

 
 
 

 

Uknown owner

Year 2007

 

Unknown #33 red Monza (DeKon 1007 or 1010?)

Vintage Racing Club of British Columbia (VRCBC)

BC Historic Motor Races - Mission Raceway Park

Mission, BC Canada - August 5, 2007

"Drivers:

Greg Picket 1976 Trans-Am Champion

Jerry Hansen 1978 Road Atlanta Champion"

Unknown #33 red Monza (DeKon 1007 or 1010?)

Vintage Racing Club of British Columbia (VRCBC)

BC Historic Motor Races - Mission Raceway Park

Mission, BC Canada - August 5, 2007

 

 

 

The owner of this red Monza #33 (above) is unknown. But if writing on the roof is correct, this would be DeKon c/n 1010. Photos were taken at Mission Raceway Park in Mission, BC, Canada at the British Columbia Historic Motor Races in 2007.

 

Chassis identity has not yet been determined, whether or not it is Greg Pickett's old car, which was subsequently and apparently owned by Mike Rounds. That car was said to have gone with next owner to Canada, around 1982. Coincidently, the number 33 is same as Mike Rounds. The writing on the roof  reads, "Drivers: Greg Picket 1976 Trans-Am Champion, Jerry Hansen 1978 Road Atlanta Champion."

 

 
Owners of DeKon c/n 1010

 

Owner

Entrant

Year

1.

Greg Pickett (US)

Pickett Racing

1977

2.

Jerry Hansen (US)

Midwest Federal

1978

3.

Gerry Wellik (US)

LSI Corporation

1978-81

4.

unknown

 

1981-