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You can try some of these:
http://www.smokeyyunick.com/
http://www.amug.org/~mzwhiz/smokey.html
http://www.amug.org/~mzwhiz/smokey.html
Rich Walchuck
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Subject: [Chevelle-List] Smokey's '66 Chevelle
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Hello - I have been trying to find info on an old racecar, Smokey Yunick's
1966 Chevelle which was driven by Curtis Turner in the 1967 race season. In
fact, during the non-Chevy-factory sponsorship years, this car came out of
nowhere to win the pole at the '67 Daytona 500.
This car is famous for the liberal rule bending incorporated in it's
construction. Smokey felt that if the rules did not say you couldn't do it,
it was fair game. Like large diameter fuel lines which coiled all over the
car and had a capacity of 6 gallons...floorboards hammered flat so they
acted as a bellypan, which was outlawed...'stock' bumpers re-made so they
fit tight to the body...etc...etc. The car was even rumored to be actually
7/8 size! Many of Smokey's 'innovations' would be discussed and outlawed by
NASCAR in the week between races, but he seemed to keep coming up with more
creative ideas. Some stories I've read suggest the competitors and Bill
France of NASCAR were getting pretty fed up, but other stories sound like
there may have been some under the counter collusion helping Smokey along!
The original race car crashed and disappeared, but the back-up car still
exists. It was in Floyd Garrett's Muscle Car Museum for awhile, but I
understand it has now been sold to a private party in California.
The Sept. 2001 issue of Super Chevy has a small feature on Smokey and this
car. I have seen the car briefly on one of the weekend car shows, where they
called it a '67. But that's about it.
Do any of you have any sources of info on old NASCAR trivia? Website
suggestions? Other magazine articles? I am not finding much...
Thanks for any help. Jim ACES #2020 2 - '66 SS's
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