Race on Sunday, No Warranty Come Monday

[markjohnson]

I've heard this story a couple of different times now and have always wondered about it's authenticity. Yenko would send someone to the ractrack to look for Yenko's being raced. After seeing one go down the track, this person would approach the car in the pits or staging lanes, write down the VIN# through the windshield and promptly void the warranty Monday morning. This story seems fairly feasible as it would make terrible business sense to warranty cars being raced.

[Mr70]

Well then why the H*** would he sell these cars in the first place?
Weren't they marketed as being built for the street/strip originally?

[Belair62]

I think Mark heard the story wrong...

[sYc]

I have heard the story as well, but heard it was a rep from GM that was doing the checking. That would make more sense, as the $$ for any warranty work would come out of GM's pocket.

[Racefan]

Makes no business sense at all. How much would it cost to send a rep to each track, pay the admission, just in the hopes of finding someone to void. Sounds like urban myth to me. With all the warranties sold over the GM product line, I guarantee that the costs associated with the warranty work done on sYc Camaros was not even a blip on the screen. Just my .02.

[markjohnson]

Alright then, maybe I did hear it wrong and it was instead a GM rep doing the voiding. The outcome would still be the same. What do you think the dealer would think if Ed Hedrick brung his lettered car back to the dealership for some warranty work. That probably wouldn't go over too well. I wish one of my race cars had a warranty because I would be at the track 4 nights a week and would never worry about getting dirty and greasy again. On a side note, back in 1969, my father was purchasing a brand new Hemi Superbee from King Dodge .....up until the point they told him when the car leaves the lot, the warranty expires.

[Belair62]

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I wish one of my race cars had a warranty because I would be at the track 4 nights a week and would never worry about getting dirty and greasy again

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Thats probably why the GM rep story would make a little more sense if it happened.

[Vettefinderjim]

Years ago John Leifield was my neighbor. He worked for Ford and was assigned the Shelby account in 1966, and specifically the Shelby Mustang. John was an engineer and his job was to make SURE the Hertz Shelby Mustangs were in good shape on Monday morning. They knew the $25 a day rental cars were being raced over the weekend. Now that sounds to me like Ford wanted the cars raced......and you can bet Chevrolet did too.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I spoke to the guy who raced the Colonial yenko deuce at Suffolk County Dragway in VA about this subject. He thought I was outright crazy, and said that he never heard nor saw of this actually happening. I asked this particular person bec/ this was supposed to be happening in VA. Nice story, but not sure how true it is