[JoeC]

I have been working on collecting Yenkoís racing history but still donít have it complete as he had many projects going and ran many races in different cars. Don Yenko had a contract with DX Oil to build and race Corvettes with DX Oil sponsorship in at least 1967 and 1968. Don had sponsorship from Gulf Oil from approximately 1960 to 1965 although Gulf went to Ford in 1964 they still helped Don with a 65 corvette B/production. Don was hired by DX to help them gain name recognition in racing until DX was bought out by another big oil co. From what I was told by DX crew members Don ran the program, drove, hired drivers and ran the team. They mostly ran big races for maximum advertising exposure. Don was also working with another company that was making a mid engine sports car with a Chevy engine. Yenko did some work on the prototype and was working on developing a racing program to promote the car. Don even became a ricer in mid 80s and ran a Honda. He, like most racers, was always looking for sponsorship deals of any size.