Yenko & ZL1 @ Eastern Mueseum of Motor Racing

[69L78]

The Eastern Mueseum of Motor Racing is located 30 minutes from Carlisle near York Springs, PA. The owner/care taker, Lynn Paxton, is a local retired sprint car driver most of the muesuem is sprint cars, old dirt track cars, a few Indian motorcycles and a few drag cars and memoriabilia from York US 30 & Maple Grove. Attached are pics of some engines including the Yenko aluminum BB, the ZL1 that he got from Gettle's machine shop in Lebanon, PA and the rare Ardun engine designed by Zora Arkus-Duntov. Also there is a pic of the Ammon R Smith dealearship in York, PA from 1972, Bruce Larson's firesuit from his crash in 1972 and a pic of Linda Vaughn with the Hurst Olds Convt.

[69L78]

More pics.

[mockingbird812]

Great history Jeff. Thanks!! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

[Xplantdad]

Very cool!

[markus37]

An old friend of Don Yenko, Ed Lowther,was a big contributor to that museum. Ed owned Sprints for many years and had many of the best known Indy car guys in the 50's and 60's drive his cars. When Bill Smith ran Yenko Performance , he restored several of Ed's cars in the back room in Canonsburg. I have photos . Ed was also my neighbor across the road and is the man who got me involved with road racing before I went to Yenko in Canonsburg.

[bergy]

Al Hamilton (mentioned in the second picture) was my neighbor - great sprint car driver who was killed in a car crash. I flew with his dad, Al Sr., who was killed in a private plane crash in Ohio. Those guys loved speed! Al Jr.s Bricklin is still under a car cover in their barn.

[bbbenny]

Thanks for sharing the great history of drag racing! BBBenny <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif

[Plowman]

Good stuff.