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This 1957 Kurtis Kraft 500G was the late "Smokey" Yunick's first Indy car. It's heading to the Worldwide Auctioneers sale in Scottsdale, Arizona, where it will be lot 30. This 1957 Kurtis Kraft ...
Smokey Yunick once built a fire-breathing Camaro in Daytona Beach's "Best Damn Garage in Town." The renowned muscle car is leaving the scene.
One of the founding fathers of stock-car racing, Smokey Yunick was a pioneer in the area of rules interpretation which sometimes labeled him an outlaw genius.
This 1969 All-American Racers was the only AAR Eagle sold to a new customer. That customer, Smokey Yunick, held on to the car for over 30 years. Currently, it's lot 31 at the Worldwide Auctioneers ...
Henry “Smokey” Yunick, an innovative stock car mechanic and owner who helped develop Chevrolet’s original small-block engine in 1955, died Wednesday in Daytona Beach, Fla., of complications ...
The late Henry “Smokey” Yunick personified NASCAR’s old school — a profane, pipe-smoking mechanic in the days before auto racing had a King or an Intimidator.
Henry 'Smokey' Yunick is one of racing's most venerated mechanics, as well the sport's best known bender of the rules. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe LUV is said to have been Smokey's personal ...
Smokey did take out patents on the basic hot vapor technology; the Yunick family allowed the patents to enter the public domain back in '03. Still, Smokey took much of the knowledge with him to ...
Four years later at Daytona, another Yunick No. 13 Chevy turned up at Daytona and turned the stock-car world completely on its ear. By 1967, Chevrolet had long since pulled entirely out of the ...
Germain Racing and driver Casey Mears will pay homage to the late, great mechanic and crew chief Smokey Yunick in the Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on Labor Day weekend.
HEY, WILLIE! Your article about the late, great Smokey Yunick and his autobiography (Mar 29, 2023) piqued my interest. I headed over to Amazon to possibly purchase a copy, but for prices ...