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Don Yenko - Racer
[b]I was researching Frank Dominiani, an SCCA racer from the fifties and sixties, and came across these
old Don Yenko shots I thought would be enjoyed. Frank is in his eighties and still comes to work everyday of the week, running his speed shop on Long Island. He has been in the same location for over sixty years! I have some shots of him and his shop I'll be posting as soon as I get it together. - Yenko at VIR - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...otos/dyVIR.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/donyenko.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...tos/dyenko.jpg - - Earlier #12 partially hidden - notice the air horns! - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...os/12Yenko.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/12yenkoa.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/dy8.jpg - - '61 Yenko Team Cars - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...eamcars-61.jpg - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...nko-trophy.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...yenko-flag.jpg - |
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Whttps://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gifW Dog...I think that white #11 car is Grand Sport #02 in it's first configuration!!!
The close up first pic of #12 is a '56 or '57 and appears to be the same car w/ the airhorns in the background behind the '63 coupes and GS also the one track shot...closer scrutiny of the rearview mirror may help clarify which year it is?. And cool Monza gas filler...just like the Motion cars had later!. The other #12's on the track and the one parked w/ #10 all look like they're 61's.. Cool Firestone truck in the background behind GS #02...and is that Don's truck in the shot w/ the Porsche 356?. You always come up w/ the best pics Dog...thanks for sharing!. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif ~ Pete |
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[b] Yes the #11 is the Grand Sport
Car's #10 & 11 were owned by Dick Thompson with Ed Lowther driving the Grand Sport Car #9 was an Ex-Sebring car driven by Grady Davis Car #51 was driven by Bob Mouat - just a cool shot with a '62 Grand Prix tow car and a '58 Ford retractable next to it! There's also a shot of Yenko's truck - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...tos/br-109.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...tos/br-09c.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...tos/br-09b.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...otos/br-09.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...tos/br-09a.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/br.jpg - |
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Nice vintage shots... love the GS... that is awesome seeing it like it was built...
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Excellent!..BKH https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif
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Absolutely! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif This is the best stuff posted here in weeks!
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Thank you! I'd love to see more of the truck... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif
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Man Dog, those really are unbelievable shots!.
What's on the trailer beside the '63 Chevy, Mazzy B'cage, Scarab...maybe even a Lister?https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif And the little characture guy on Don's truck and trailer too...any close ups of this?. Is this a well known thing...maybe our new SYC mascot? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/laugh.gif Keep Shaking that photo archive Dog...and thanks for posting these!. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif ~ Pete https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ouguysrock.gif |
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[b]Unfortunately these are all I have - I found these doing research - I didn't take them
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/5-2.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/6-1.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/1-4.jpg - |
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[b]Lister's - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/10.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/10a.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/10b.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/10c.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/10d.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/10e.jpg |
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[b] Chapparal's - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/2-2.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/3-3.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/4-2.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/7-1.jpg - 300 SL - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...y/photos/8.jpg - - Apache - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/11.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/12.jpg - |
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Dog,
Thanks for the research and the shots. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif I like the vintage drag race photos, but.... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif I love the vintage road race photos, But I am a road racer. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/headbang.gif |
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[b] By '66 Dick Thompson had moved on from the Grand Sport to a GT 40
(Thompson is still alive in his late eighties - He was inducted into the Corvette Hall of Fame in 2000. He won the SCCA championship in his Corvette's in classes A,B and C in '56, '57, '60, '61 & '62! He won Watkins Glen in the Grand Sport in '63)) http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/gt.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/gt1.jpg - - Notice the hauler parked along side the GT - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/gt2.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/gt4.jpg - |
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[b] Here is the Grand Sport in 9 /68 - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/gs.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/gs1.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/gs2.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/gs3.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/gs4.jpg - |
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[b] One more shot of the early Yenko #12 - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...hotos/12-1.jpg - - Got to have a couple Camaro shots!! - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/gs5.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/gs6.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...tos/camaro.jpg - |
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Dog you are the man with the vintage shots... WOW! Love the GS shots... who shot these?
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[b]Dick Thompson obviously had that Zora Arkus-Duntov connection - here is a shot of him in a
Stingray from an Aug. 1960 Road & Track article. - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/stingray.jpg - - These shots are attributable to several photographers - Roger Blanchard, Gordon Warren, Tucker Conley, Bill Reynolds, Nick England, Ed Lloyd, Bob Fitzpatrick, John Ewald, Jack Upchurch, Les Nance, Gerald Eckstein, Bill King and Jack Stokes. My apologies if I left anyone out. I have some Shelby Mustang & Cobra shots if anyone would like to see that Ford Stuff posted. |
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This is the best thread on here right now...
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http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...hotos/11-1.gif - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/11a.gif - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/11b.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...hotos/10-1.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...otos/10a-1.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...otos/10c-1.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/8e.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/8f.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/8g.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/8h.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/8-1.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/8a.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/8b.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/8c.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/8d.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/9-1.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/9a.jpg - |
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[b] How about a Stinger! Dick Thompson's car
- - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/4a.gif - - Bob Holbert Cobra - Ex-Sebring car - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/bh1.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/bh.jpg - Cool - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...hotos/cool.jpg - - Ed Lowther 427 Cobra - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/4-4.gif - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/4-3.jpg - - Mark Donohue - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/3-4.jpg - - Bob Sharp - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/3a.jpg - - Bob Warren GT-350 - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/3b.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/3b1.jpg - |
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Did you see the curved neck radiator in the Red 69 Cross Ram Z...
WOW 69 L88's... the glory days of road racing... More Dog more..... |
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[b] Meister Brauser Team
#25 - Chapparal & #26 - Scarab - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/1-5.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...hotos/1a-4.jpg - - Roger Penske - Birdcage Maserati - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/2-3.jpg - - Dick Thompson - Lister / Corvette - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/2a.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/2b.jpg - - Dick Thompson again in '62 - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/2c.jpg - - Graham Shaw - lister / Corvette - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/2d.jpg - - Ron Gooding - notice the plates on the car - I wonder if he drove to the track? - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/2f1.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/2f.jpg - |
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[b] Petty / Raineville Barracuda - '66 - check out Petty's driving shoes!
- - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/5-3.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/5a.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/5b.jpg - - Johnson / Yeager - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/6-2.jpg - - Durst / Schall - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/6a.jpg - - Lake / Turner - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/6b.jpg - - Krinner GT-350 - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/7-2.gif - - Harold Whims - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/4b.jpg - - |
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incredible pix and story...thanks Glenn.
I notice you're only about 5 months younger than me. Hope you took better care of yourself. Bring your Camaro to the SCR this summer. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif SS |
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That's it. I'm cleaning up the slots for this summer!
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/11a.gif Awesome pics Glenn. As usual.. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif |
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Wow thats some cool pics https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/headbang.gif
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[ QUOTE ]
That's it. I'm cleaning up the slots for this summer! [/ QUOTE ] [b] Yes the slots looked great and were real popular back then - My Camaro had a set when I got it 30+ years ago - Wonder where they are?? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/C1.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/C16.jpg - |
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Dog..I think you need to bring that car to St. Louis this summer and let it stretch it's legs..
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[b]It will be a hell of a ride with the 4.88's https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif
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https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif photos.........
With the '88s you'll have to start heading there now.... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif |
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Dog....think trailer........
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Ohhhhh.............
Actually I'd love to, this is my last summer for AAU basketball though and that schedule determines what my free time is. Thanks for the invite if I don't make it this year - I'll be there next. |
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Ohhhhh............. Actually I'd love to, this is my last summer for AAU basketball though and that schedule determines what my free time is. Thanks for the invite if I don't make it this year - I'll be there next. [/ QUOTE ] They weren't requesting...they were demanding...LOL https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif |
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[b] I've found more shots I had collected a couple months ago - My apologies if there are any duplications!
- - Some more of Yenko - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...gradydavis.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...os/v1yenko.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...y/photos/v.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...tos/v8dony.jpg - - 1957 - Shelby in a Maserati 450S - he won this day! - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/v-shelby.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../v-shelbyb.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../v-shelbya.jpg - |
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[b] Ferrari 246 S
- - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/v18.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...hotos/v18a.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...hotos/v18b.jpg - - Coopers - Briggs Cunningham - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/vcooperb.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...cunningham.gif - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/vcooper1.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...os/vcooper.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...operpenske.jpg - |
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[b] Ladies of the era
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http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/v19.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/v1a.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/v1b.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../photos/v2.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/v20.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/v21.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/v24.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/v17.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/v26.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...hotos/v26q.gif - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...photos/v27.jpg - |
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