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Stock Car Racing NascarTribute Car...Smokey Yunick's 1966 Chevelle SS Gold DaySpdwy03

Tribute Car...Smokey Yunick's 1966 Chevelle SS Gold DaySpdwy033012

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Published on May 4, 2012

The real Smokey Yunick's car was the polesitter in the 1967 Daytona race. It's a reminder of what racecars looked like back in the heyday of NASCAR racing. No question about it's make!

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Pat Daly

In case anyone still cares, the original 66 Chevelle that actually raced was end over end wrecked at Atlanta ( I believe ) and Smokey had it crushed into a cube to go with the 22 Pontiac that Fireball wiped out. They sat in the shop for years before Smokey finally got rid of them. The 67 that never got to race, the last I knew was owned by the Edelbrock family. Still cool to see the colors.........

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Hey, Mick! Yes indeed...the "good old days"! Racing on the beach at Daytona...before the track was built! These were real cars..and the general population could identify with them! Those were the days when a win on race day translated into sales the following week. Thanks!

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While Curtis did battle with other Nascar drivers Smokey did battle with Nascar inspectors. Having a Smokey car is a real collectable. Below find a video of Smokey's 1954 Corvette that set a speed record at Daytona. /watch?v=TkI6Mx7DAwY

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I have heard many stories about that car! Here in Jacksonville we have a Delorean that was modified by him with hot air turbo charged engine.

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bruce kepleyii4

I have a 67 car that was converted into a 66 by replacing all the sheet metal except the roof...although my car was built in Mooresville, NC, by an Xfinity NASCAR team in the off season (Spraker Racing) by Jeff Spraker, who was working on loan by GM to Smokey back in 1970 and saw one of the 3 original cars, my car was built To pass tech at Darlington Speedway in 1966....and it did, but in 2012 with Dub Simpson at the wheel in the vintage race car gathering...the car is a dirt car (wide 5s) and is highly regarded in the Charlotte,Concord area....