Smokey Yunick always thought big. With access to Chevy's brand new 1967 Camaro, and liking its wind-cheating body, power-to-weight ratio, and the availability of both small-block and big-block power, ...

I was a little late to the party for that new Smokey Yunick monument next to his old garage property in Daytona Beach. But I paid my respects this past week. It's the latest worthy project completed ...

The early days of NASCAR involved a paper-thin rulebook that gave engineers and crew chiefs quite a lot of wiggle room to misbehave. The most notorious of these was Henry “Smokey” Yunick, who is ...

If you’re at all interested in NASCAR folklore, you’ve no doubt heard of Smokey Yunick. He was a stock car racing crew chief, builder, owner, driver, engineer, engine builder, and car designer, but an ...

Editor's note: This week marks the 15th anniversary of the death of the legendary mechanic and crew chief Smokey Yunick, one of the most brilliant and controversial minds in NASCAR history. I ...