Don Yenko Championship Trophy

[YenkoStuff]

I was lucky enough to recently acquire a personal trophy of Don's dated 1968 SCCA Steel Cities Region. Thought I'd post this up and see if there might be any interest in it on this forum. I'm curious if any Yenko collectors out there have anything similar in their collections! This came from his estate along with some personal effects of another local racer named Ed Lowther...

[YenkoStuff]

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[SS427]

That needs to be in Joe Barr's collection! He's a member here.

[YenkoStuff]

Truth be told, I'm a Volkswagen guy, so I'd be willing to entertain offers if a Yenko collector is interested in it.

[John]

... Neat tray <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

[RLS_Jr]

I have 15 to 20 Race Trophies of Dons thru out his racing career, along with many personal items.

[cudino]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: YenkoStuff</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This came from his estate along with some personal effects of another local racer named Ed Lowther...
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Ed Lowther was quite an accomplished SCCA A-Production (Ap) 427 Cobra racer from 1966-67. Driving (and at the time owning) Competition Cobra #CSX3009 in both those seasons he was SCCA Ap NE Division champ, which allowed him to enter the yearend American Road Race of Champions (ARRC) national championship race finales both years. In 1966 at the ARRC at Riverside he actually took 1st, making him the 1966 US Champion. In 1967 at the ARRC at Daytona he had pole position and came very close to a repeat performance, but came in 3rd just behind Dick Smith's 427 Cobra and Tony DeLorenzo's L88 Corvette. If you ended up with any of Lowther's trophies from this era I believe the current owner of 427 Cobra CSX3009 would be interested in hearing from you.
- Wade

[YenkoStuff]

I did the owner of the Cobra one better than that! I reunited the car with Ed's original Cobra race suit...

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[68l30]

Way too cool... <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif Some great history on display here... <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif


BIG

[YenkoStuff]

Thanks! This is another of Ed Lowther's Cobra suits. It now resides in the Shelby America Museum in Colorado...

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[cudino]

Very cool indeed! Great stuff. As for this 1968 trophy I can't be sure of its origin, but I do know that season Don Yenko also ran in the SCCA Ap class with a Corvette. He was Midwest Divisional champ that year, and raced in the 1968 ARRC Championship race where he placed 5th.
- Wade

[markus37]

Ed was my neighbor in McMurray, Pa. He was big in sprint cars ,as an owner...had many big names drive for him.Before his Cobra, he won 2 National Championships in C/Modified ( forerunner to USRRC and CanAm )in a Genie powered by a 289 Ford, which had been raced by folks like Pedro Rodriguez and Dan Gurney earlier. He also drove an early 60's Corvette for Gulf.Very skilled racer , he looked more like an accountant...but had his own business for many years. Ed is who got me into road racing in the area and sent me to Yenko in 1966.

[YenkoStuff]

That makes sense. I got a lot of his Offy stuff that came from his estate in addition to the Cobra, Yenko, and even Howmet Turbine car fx...