Long time Smokey Yunick fan here. I have his “Power Secrets” book and his “Best Damn Garage in Town” book. What a fascinating guy and a colorful character. In about 1985 I sent him a tech question to Circle Track magazine. My question didn’t get published, but he sent me a hand written letter answering my question, including his phone number. He said to call him if I had any more questions. I wish now I would have done that. I got his autograph at the Circle Track trade show in Daytona, about a month before he passed away.

I took this picture a couple years ago at the site where his shop used to be. Part of his old parking lot is still there. You can see the river in the background, that’s where the famous picture with the Chevelle was taken from Rogers post.





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