[JoeC]

Tom, Did NHRA officially recognize any of the Yenko cars? I don't see them listed on the NHRA web site. (The Shelby cars are there.) NHRA would only accept production numbers from the factory so I don't think they accepted the 500 1969 Yenko Camaros as manufactured by Yenko. Chevy would have to supply the production numbers to NHRA like they did with the ZL1. The 69 Yenkos did not have the YS ID tags to show Yenko as manufacturer. I believe Yenko tried to get the 1968 Yenko Camaros approved by NHRA and that may be why he put the YS ID tags on them but I don't think NHRA accepted them for the Super Stock 50 car minimum. AHRA accepted dealer built cars with a 50 minimum and Yenko and Nickey both advertised their Camaros as AHRA legal. I think that many of the 67 Yenko and Nickey Camaros were sold with headers and scatter shields and other drag racing parts to run in AHRA classes. The Corvair Stinger was a completely different story where SCCA considered the car as a two seat "Stinger" manufactured by "Yenko Sports Cars" and they had to have the YS ID number to be certified. This is how the Stinger is listed in the SCCA rule book. This is my opinion.