Henry "Smokey" Yunick (May 25, 1923 – May 9, 2001) was an American professional stock car racing crew chief, owner, driver, engineer, engine builder, and car designer. He also served as a pilot in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II.

2024年10月10日 · Smokey Yunick was an American racecar designer and engineer known for exploiting loopholes like nobody else. These are our seven favourite Yunick hacks.

2016年3月27日 · Since its 2010 inception, the Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina, has considered 60 nominees and selected 35. Despite solid credentials, Yunick has never been nominated.

Home of legendary mechanic Smokey Yunick and the his autobiography: Best Damn Garage in Town, plus t-shirts, hats, signs and more.

Among the most legendary Smokey Yunick stories are the 7/8 scale Chevelle, the "empty-gas-tank," the 1964 Indy sidecar, and his passion and persistence with both stock block engines for racing and adiabatic engines for passenger cars.

2016年5月10日 · 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...

Henry “Smokey” Yunick was an American race car mechanic, designer and innovator. With a legendary past, and being known as a bit of a cowboy, fans shared tall tales of his exploits years after he retired.

A sly mechanical genius whose reputation as one of the premier mechanics in NASCAR hasn’t diminished over the years, Henry Smokey Yunick was the “Best Damn Race Car Mechanic” who worked out of the “Best Damn Garage In Town,” in Daytona Beach, Fla.

DAYTONA BEACH - Henry "Smokey" Yunick, one of auto racing's most brilliant mechanics and innovators, died early Wednesday morning at his home after a year-long battle with leukemia. Yunick, 77, was born in Neshaminy, Pa., and settled here in 1946 after serving as an Air force bomber pilot in World War II.

Smokey Yunick's bio and race record, including accreditations, halls of fame, patents and awards.