Smokey Yunick
Contact information, map and directions, contact form, opening hours, services, ratings, photos, videos and announcements from Smokey Yunick, Engineering service, .
A great competitor and person who added so much to the sport, has passed. RIP Glen Wood.
It’s with profound sadness that we mourn the passing of team founder and family patriarch Glen Wood this morning. We want to thank family, friends, our small-town Virginia community of Patrick County, as well as everyone in the NASCAR community for their unwavering support of him, his life, his legacy and everything “Pa” represented. We’ve had some very challenging days but the uplifting words you all have sent truly meant a lot and we thank every one of you for thinking of our family during this difficult time. Funeral arrangements are still pending but it will be a small family service.
Watch Smokey Yunick Make A Side Splitting Speech From His Induction Into the Daytona Stock Car Racing Hall of Fame
bangshift.com Brian Lohnes | Apex Video, BangShift APEX
Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
Happy 92nd Birthday 🎉 to a versatile legend, Hall of Famer Paul Goldmith! 🏁
Smokey Yunick's cover photo
Germain Racing
It's that time of the year...again! Darlington Raceway...we're ready! Ty Dillon will wheel this nod to then rookie Johnny Rutherford's race-winning, Smokey Yunick-owned No. 13 Chevy Impala from Daytona, 1963. Rutherford won in his first-ever NASCAR race and set a closed course qualifying record that weekend.
Capsule Car at speed at Indy.
“Stock car racing has always been a magnet for creative people. We’ve had creative promoters, publicists, and creative people mechanically, engines chassis, etc. There is no doubt that Smokey is the most creative on the mechanical side we’ve ever had in stock car racing. He thought completely out of the box most of the time.
For me, his most phenomenal technological triumph came when his car captured the pole with Curtis Turner at Daytona in ’67. Notice I say car not Chevelle. That was one special machine. I don’t think folks today realize just how impossible it was for Smokey to come in there with that car against the might of Ford and Chrysler with multi, multi-million dollar (sic) factory teams. Only Smokey could pull it off with a dark-horse car numbered 13 among the superstitious racers of the day. He was just about the only Chevy entered, no one knew what a Chevelle should look like. When that black and gold car took to the track, it was like something from a movie. Putting it on the pole was terribly embarrassing to Ford and Chrysler.
The Trick was that along with the customary masterful engine building, Smokey had figured out just how much aerodynamics meant. He slicked that car up and went out there and blew them off the track. There have been other great cars in stock car racing, cars like the Hudson Hornets, and the Chrysler 300’s, but in my mind that car is the number one car in history of stock car racing.”
~Humpy Wheeler from the Introduction to Smokey’s stock car racing volume
Photo: Humpy Wheeler receiving the Smokey Yunick Award from Glen and Leonard Wood.
Vote now: Who should be a nominee for the 2018 NASCAR Hall of Fame? | FOX Sports
Vote Now! Smokey should be up for induction.
http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/story/vote-now-who-should-be-a-nominee-for-the-2018-nascar-hall-of-fame-030817
foxsports.com Make your voice heard and vote on the latest FOXSports.com NASCAR poll.
Smokey Yunick Parts Are Under the Hood of This 15,000-Mile Unrestored 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 - Hot Rod Network
hotrod.com Feature on 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28.
Germain Racing
You've been very patient waiting for this. Now. We want something in return. Your VOTE! For BEST IN SHOW!
Tell your Friends! SHARE! Get everyone to nascar.com/bestinshow and vote THIS CAR to the TOP!
We are so proud of our GEICO Team Chevy that Casey Mears will wheel Darlington Darlington Raceway. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
Danny Thompson Breaks His Dad’s 48-Year-Old Family Bonneville Record
Germain Racing
https://www.facebook.com/GermainRacing/posts/10157151564360136
Make no mistake about it...this week...it's Bristol Motor Speedway baby! But...while we know what racing in the coliseum is all about...we also need to look ahead to the Darlington Raceway! Get to NASCAR .com and VOTE for Casey Mears scheme as
http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2016/8/11/fan-vote-for-top-darlington-throwback-paint-scheme-2016-sprint-cup-series.html
Germain Racing
Share this with your friends! It's a subtle reminder...that it's time to get to NASCAR to vote for for Darlington Raceway paint schemes for the Bojangles' Southern 500 ! We know who we are voting for!
http://www.nascar.com/en_us/darlington-paint-2016.html
Danny Thompson sets land speed record at 406 mph
foxsports.com Mechanical issues thwarted them in the past, but now Mickey Thompson's son has finally pulled it off.
Danny Thompson 402mph Run Steering Wheel Cam (Speed Week 2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K34atFyx4cc
This video was taken during Danny's record setting 402mph backup run on Sunday, August 14, 2016. The camera is attached to the cockpit steering wheel, so you...
RACER Magazine
Danny Thompson, son of the late Mickey Thompson, resumes quest for speed at Bonneville.
Why Smokey Yunick is not (and may never be) in the NASCAR Hall of Fame
http://autoweek.com/article/nascar/case-smokey-yunick
autoweek.com In due time, NASCAR’s five newest nominees for its Hall of Fame will easily make the cut. Retired drivers Ron Hornaday Jr. and Ricky Rudd, team owner Jack Roush, engine builder Waddell Wilson ...
Interview: Smokey Yunick From The Person That Knew Him Best - Chevy Hardcore
chevyhardcore.com Smokey Yunick is widely considered the greatest mechanic of his era. A practical man, He was always honest, even when the truth hurt. We wanted to know what his daughter thought Smokey would say about things today.
Revisit Nascar’s Golden Years With Smokey Yunick’s Unforgettable Story - Petrolicious
1964 Indianapolis 500
Great vintage film footage of the 1964 Indy 500. You can see the capsule car at about 02:20. 52 years ago this weekend. This was a promotional film produced for Studebaker and focuses on Andy Granatelli's three STP Novi entrees in the race. One being Tony Rolt's innovative Ferguson four-wheel drive car, driven by a youthful Bobby Unser.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9PYzK_bC7U
youtube.com 48th Indianapolis 500 May 30, 1964
Another look at Smokey Yunick’s capsule car
macsmotorcitygarage.com One of the most unusual Indy cars ever built, Smokey Yunick’s 1964 capsule car continues to fascinate race fans to this day. Here’s a detailed look. -Indianapolis Motor Speedway photo…
#SpeedRead: The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Blog | Smokey Yunick builds a wild winged Watson in 1962
blog.ims.com We’re chronicling 100 days of Indy 500 history on leading up to the historic 100th Running. With 96 days to go, racing journalist Marshall Pruett begins his look back at milestone cars and technology with a winged car before winged cars were the norm. For more of our 100 days series, clic...
This Helmet Signed By a Slew of F1 Champs Is a Remarkable Piece of Racing History
A great thing for wonderful causes by longtime NASCAR writer for AutoWeek Magazine, Al Pearce!
The auction house currently expects the helmet to fetch anywhere from $11,500 – $17,300. Proceeds will go to support Victory Junction Gang Camp, the Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America, the Jeff Gordon Children's Foundation and the Jimmie Johnson Foundation.
roadandtrack.com It features the signatures of 22 former champions and will be auctioned off this May.
Smokey Yunick & 40 Years of the Small Block Chevy
hotrod.com Smokey Yunick & 40 Years of the Small Block Chevy
Smokey Yunick: A true larger-than-life American original
"Like all truly great American heroes, Smokey Yunick was someone you couldn't invent, a man whose accomplishments dwarf even his formidable, larger-than-life mystique. In the annals of NASCAR history, he stands firmly where legend and fact collide, leaving onlookers to judge his impact for themselves."
foxsports.com 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.
"My dad loved racing at Darlington, tire problems and gnats alike. It's so special to us to have him remembered in this way. The Germain Racing car looks great. I look forward to seeing the black-and-gold 13 on the track again. I am thrilled that Smokey's legacy is getting a chance to be in front of the next generation of NASCAR fans and hope it encourages renewed interest in his story."
~Trish Yunick
Casey Mears' Darlington paint scheme revealed | NASCAR.com
nascar.com The latest from NASCAR
(y)
Yes. A picture might be worth a thousand words. Darlington Raceway We are pleased to present our wonderful sponsor, GEICO, in these colors for your promotion! The Bojangles' Southern 500 can NOT get her soon enough! We think this No. 13 is just...THE BEST. Special thanks to NASCAR Hall of Fame for their help getting prepared for our reveal. Fans - you don't have to wait until September to see a Smokey Yunick 13 car! Get to the Hall of Fame and take a trip down Glory Road! And...get ready ORDER YOUR DIECAST from Lionel Racing
Where's Smokey?
Smokey Tells All - Smokey's Vault - Circle Track Magazine
hotrod.com Legendary racer Smokey Yunick discusses thirty years of fun, games, and playing fast and loose with the rules - Circle Track Magazine