Re: Don Yenko on Video
 

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]

Re: Don Yenko on Video
 

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.

Re: Don Yenko on Video
 

Erik,
Don was in the Gulf tower and one of his Corvette race cars may have been in there also!
I was told that Gulf used a crane to put this (see pic)Corvette in the Gulf Tower. Not sure if this is true. That is Don and Dick Thompson in the car. Dick was the top Corvette driver late 50s to early 60s. He ran the Stingray prototype car for Chevy designer Bill Mitchell, ran A/P cars, and ran the Gulf Grand Sport #004. Don ran the B/P cars and was leading in points in í61 but was suspended so Dick took over Don's B/P car and won in 61 then Don won in 62 and 63.
Did University of Pittsburgh have a wind tunnel in the 60s? I found a reference were Yenko/Gulf did some wind tunnel testing in a PA facility.

Re: Don Yenko on Video
 

That 'Vette looks like it could be in the Gulf Tower for sure, but it looks like the main lobby area on the ground floor to me. Not sure if a crane would be used to get it in there, but I'm sure it didn't fit through the revolving doors! There is a truck entrance on the side of the building that's used for deliveries, it may have come in that way, but I have no idea how they'd have got it into the lobby from there. No simple task you can bet, but with Gulf's $$$ anything was possible. As for the University of Pittsburgh having a wind tunnel in the 60's, I can't say for sure, but I'll do my best to look into it. Shouldn't be too hard to find out as I'd bet some of my old professors were teaching there back in the 60's. Pitt has always been well known for it's Engineering program, and the city of Pittsburgh for it's bridges and tunnels, so perhaps they had a wind tunnel to test bridge designs etc. Just speculation, but it's totally possible. Great photos by the way, where do you keep coming up with this stuff? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]