Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Beginning with the Camaro’s launch in 1967, Pennsylvania Chevrolet dealer and racer Don Yenko produced some of the most wicked ...

The Yenko Camaro emerged from a loophole in corporate policy and a dealer’s racing obsession, and in the process it reset expectations for what a “factory” performance car could be. By pairing ...

Don Yenko lived an interesting, diverse and prolific life – albeit a short one. Packed in his 59 years was an excellence and an exuberance for flying airplanes, driving race cars, playing the piano, ...

Tuning a Camaro beyond factory specifications isn’t an all-new concept. But a Chevrolet Camaro with “Yenko” in its name isn’t merely a tuning job. The perfect case in point is Specialty Vehicle ...

The Yenko-badged Nova 427 sits at the sharp edge of Chevrolet muscle history, a compact coupe that quietly carried one of the wildest big blocks of its era. Built in tiny numbers and traded today at ...

The name Don Yenko is legendary in the muscle car world. But before the Canonsburg, PA, Chevy dealer built Yenko Camaros, Yenko Novas, or Yenko Chevelles, they made the Corvair-based Yenko Stinger.

What better way to pay 21st Century homage to Don Yenko than to take a 2018 Camaro 1LE and make it 1000hp! This is exactly what Specialty Vehicle Engineering (formerly Street Legal Performance or SLP) ...

The original Yenko Camaro was only in production from 1967-1969, and just about 200 of the originals were made by racer and Chevrolet dealer Don Yenko. That was enough to make the Yenko brand persist ...

SCCA racing in the ‘60s left Don Yenko yearning for something faster, specifically a platform that could pass Mark Donohue’s Ford Mustang. Yenko’s go-to choice was the Chevrolet Corvair, but ...

Americans love cars and the people who make them so much that, unlike anywhere else in the world, some names are impossible to separate from the brands that made them great. And by some names I mean ...

In 1967, Ralph Morrison Jr. was in charge of the DX Oil Company Motor Sports Division and charged with marketing their products. DX purchased and successfully raced a ’67 L88 Corvette with drivers Don ...

Pop quiz, hotshot: What’s the quickest way to haul a few thousand pounds? Let’s review the options, because against all odds, on the eve of the electric car revolution, the limited-edition performance ...