Beginning with the Camaro’s launch in 1967, Pennsylvania Chevrolet dealer and racer Don Yenko produced some of the most wicked versions of the model ever made. Because GM would not fit an engine ...
Don Yenko lived an interesting, diverse and prolific life – albeit a short one. Packed in his 59 years was an excellence and an exuberance for flying airplanes, driving race cars, playing the piano, ...
A 1969 Yenko Camaro, one of the best Camaros ever made, is a very rare bird. In fact, only 201 of these high-performance pony cars were ever made. This, combined with the way in which these models ...
In the world of American muscle, certain names carry a weight far beyond horsepower ratings or quarter-mile times. Don Yenko ...
Tuning a Camaro beyond factory specifications isn’t an all-new concept. But a Chevrolet Camaro with “Yenko” in its name isn’t merely a tuning job. The perfect case in point is Specialty Vehicle ...
Originally limited to engines no larger than 400 cubic inches (6.6 liters) due to a corporate GM edict, the Chevrolet Camaro didn't get the mighty 427-cubic-inch (7.0-liter) V8 from the factory until ...
Muscle car and SCCA legend Don Yenko built incredible performance cars from Chevy stock, out of the Yenko family’s Canonsburg, Pennsylvania Chevy dealership. However, Yenko didn’t start with Camaros; ...
If environmentalist John Muir is rolling in his grave, it’s because Don Yenko is dancing all over it after two Chevy Camaros went head-to-head in the most unapologetically American way of torching ...
The original Yenko Camaro was only in production from 1967-1969, and just about 200 of the originals were made by racer and Chevrolet dealer Don Yenko. That was enough to make the Yenko brand persist ...
What better way to pay 21st Century homage to Don Yenko than to take a 2018 Camaro 1LE and make it 1000hp! This is exactly what Specialty Vehicle Engineering (formerly Street Legal Performance or SLP) ...
Pop quiz, hotshot: What’s the quickest way to haul a few thousand pounds? Let’s review the options, because against all odds, on the eve of the electric car revolution, the limited-edition performance ...
What better way to pay 21st Century homage to Don Yenko than to take a 2018 Camaro 1LE and make it 1000hp! This is exactly what Specialty Vehicle Engineering (formerly Street Legal Performance or SLP) ...