How far would Chevrolet go in supporting a racer ?

[JoeC]

Chevy went to great lengths to help certain racers like Penske, Donohue, Yenko, Smokey Yunick, Bill Jenkins, Jim Hall, and a lot more. I don't know about what they did at General Motors Holden but in MI. they would sometimes send out engineering test cars or parts to racers instead of to the scrap yard. Smokey was a pak rat and received many of the items that should have been scrapped. One was a prototype Corvette that was sent to Smokey after being cut up. Smokey had it in storage for many years then sold it to a guy who then restored it. I have a prototype 70 Camaro ZL2 hood that Chevy gave to Grumpy Jenkins instead of scrapping it.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I know a guy in TN who claims to have a Corvette prototype body that I think he got from Yunick, he also has an orig. condition '69 Z, RS, that was a drug seizure from FL!!