Don Yenko on Video

[GMH454]

Joe thank you for that. Can you confirm that Don drove a prototype (???) L-88 convert vette in 1966. The Blue Coupe that ran at Daytona, has been made famous, partly by its relationship to Penske, and mostly by the many entertaing stories from Dick Guldstand.
I have only seen a small piece of conjecture on the white 66, and I think Don was supposd to have been on board. Is much more known about this car these days (I have been out of the loop since around 1997,) was Don the "shoe".
I could be completley wrong about the 66, but Don kept a much lower profile on his Vette racing, than Dick or Bob Bondurant, and Friedman has not got a photo archive on him, otherwise we would probably be on our 3rd Don Yenko book by now. The fact that it is much harder to find stuff on him does not reduce his significance.
I wonder if he had a backdoor contract like Jim Hall or Greenwood ("I REALLY can't remember...") [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif[/img]

[JoeC]

here is a picture of the 66 Corvette that was sponsored by Best Photo. This car is restored but they put a stock windshield back in it. Some people say this car and Penske's were special built 66 pre L88 factory cars but not sure about that. Chevy went where the money was and Don had lost his big sponsorship deal with Gulf. The Oil Co. were spending the big money so I guess they went with Penske and Sunoco. Don won B/P in 62 and 63 in Gulf cars. Don was with Dick Guldstand and Bob Bondurant at LeMans in 67 but is not listed in the records. Then Don was with DX Oil in 67 and 68. After that I think he had a deal with Marathon Oil. Don also co drove with Greenwood, Dave Heinz, Jerry Thompson and others.