Henry "Smokey" Yunick (May 25, 1923 – May 9, 2001) was an American professional stock car racing crew chief, owner, driver, engineer, engine builder, and...
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member of the Vermont Broadcasters Hall of Fame. He was awarded the 2003 Smokey Yunick Award for his lifelong contributions to motorsports. He was in the Vermont...
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Daytona 500, driving #13, a 1967 Smokey Yunick Chevrolet.) Turner's 1967 Daytona 500 car designed by Smokey Yunick, seen to the right, was the inspiration...
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driving a black and gold 1962 Pontiac built by car builder legend, Smokey Yunick. He also designed Augusta International Raceway, where he would last...
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fifteen NASCAR Grand National races in 1951. Teague and his crew chief Smokey Yunick won 27 of 34 events in major stock car events, including seven NASCAR...
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won in his first start, at Daytona International Speedway driving for Smokey Yunick. This made him one of the youngest drivers ever to win a NASCAR points-paying...
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and owned by Smokey Yunick after taking the lead on lap 187. Panch was not originally scheduled to drive, and was only added to Yunick's team after Fireball...
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Retrieved 11 March 2019. "Toyota Supra Turbo: Think of it as a Lexus for Smokey Yunick" (JPG). Car and Driver (March): 41. 1993. Retrieved 27 April 2013. "Car...
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Goodwrench / Delco Battery 200, a race for which he qualified ninth. Smokey Yunick wrote in his autobiography that, "A.J. Foyt, I think, was the greatest...
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Daytona 200 for Harley-Davidson in 1953. In 1958, driving a Pontiac for Smokey Yunick, Goldsmith won the final NASCAR stock car race on the Daytona Beach...
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52 53 54 NGNC Pts Ref 1966 Bondy Long 71 Chevy AUG RSD 16 DAY NA 0 Smokey Yunick 13 Chevy DAY 20 DAY 37 CAR BRI ATL HCY CLB GPS BGS NWS MAR DAR LGY MGR...
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walked into fellow Daytona Beach resident Smokey Yunick's "Best Damned Garage in Town", and launched Yunick's NASCAR mechanic career. Teague competed in...
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Fireball Roberts, Jackie Stewart, Mickey Thompson, Bobby Unser, and Smokey Yunick, were inducted in 1990. There were three women who were added to the...
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804.672 4:00.30 124.740 200.750 1961 1961 February 26 Marvin Panch 20 Smokey Yunick Pontiac Catalina G 4 200 500 804.672 3:20:32 149.601 240.759 1962 1962...
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nickname "Smut" originated from his admiration for mechanic Smokey Yunick. Since the nickname "Smokey" was already taken in racing circles, Means' crew nicknamed...
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It featured 3+1⁄4 in (82.6 mm) main journals (which the legendary Smokey Yunick reputedly left Pontiac's engineering department over). The 421 SD became...
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10 25 (40.233) 0:18:22 144.694 1961 February 24 22 Fireball Roberts Smokey Yunick Pontiac 39* 97.5 (156.911) 0:45:06 129.711 Report 8 Joe Weatherly Bud...
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first Golden Wrench award on May 25, 2000. In 2008, he was received the Smokey Yunick Award. On June 14, 2011, he was selected to the 2012 class of the NASCAR...
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MER MAS DePaolo Engineering 296 Ford ROA 26 OBS SAN NOR PIF MYB POR Smokey Yunick 32 Chevy DAR 15 CSH CLT LAN POR CLB HBO NWP CLT CCF MAR DePaolo Engineering...
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car to drive at the beginning of 1969 before legendary car builder Smokey Yunick hired him to drive his #44 City of Daytona Beach Eagle-Ford at the Indianapolis...
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38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 NGNC Pts Ref 1969 Smokey Yunick 13 Ford MGR MGY RSD DAY DAY 4 DAY 42 CAR AUG BRI ATL CLB HCY GPS RCH...
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500 (804.672) 4:00:30 124.74 Report 1961 February 26 20 Marvin Panch Smokey Yunick Pontiac N/A 200 500 (804.672) 3:20:32 149.601 Report 1962 February 18...
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the season had been dominated by Chrysler race cars. Turner entered a Smokey Yunick Chevrolet rumored to be radically altered and not in compliance with...
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Flock to win the Grand National championship. With help from crew chief Smokey Yunick, Thomas subsequently became the first owner/driver to take the championship...
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with the driver in an offset gondola on the left, had been used by Smokey Yunick several years earlier). Granatelli also added four-wheel drive to the...
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Racing 1998 Wood Brothers Stock Cars 2000 Gar Wood Power Boats 1990 Cale Yarborough Stock Cars 1994 Brock Yates At Large 2017 Smokey Yunick At Large 2000...
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HCY CLB GPS BGS 4 NWS 26 MAR 7 DAR 16 LGY MGR 3 MON RCH 10th 19910 Smokey Yunick Racing 22 Chevy CLT 43 DTS ASH PIF SMR AWS J.D. Bracken 2 Chevy BLV...
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to race in 24 races. He was offered a ride by famed NASCAR mechanic Smokey Yunick in the 1961 Daytona 500. The car was a year old (1960) Pontiac. Panch...
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from its original date on May 29 to June 19. Longtime NASCAR mechanic Smokey Yunick called the construction location "a giant mistake. If they'd have searched...
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