Henry “Smokey” Yunick, an innovative stock car mechanic and owner who helped develop Chevrolet’s original small-block engine in 1955, died Wednesday in Daytona Beach, Fla., of complications from ...

This 1957 Kurtis Kraft 500G was the late "Smokey" Yunick's first Indy car. It's heading to the Worldwide Auctioneers sale in Scottsdale, Arizona, where it will be lot 30. This 1957 Kurtis Kraft 500G ...

Another piece of NASCAR history is gone, as the building that once housed legendary auto manufacturer Smokey Yunick's garage in Daytona Beach has burned down. Yunick, who passed away in 2001, opened ...

The tale is about as juicy as Chevy Vega stories get. Allegedly GM paid Yunick to see how much grunt he could extract from the stock L11 engine, a 110-horse four-banger that was anything but a ...

Legendary NASCAR mechanic Smokey Yunick closed the "Best Damn Garage In Town" long before he died in 2001. But the main concrete-block, tin-roofed building on Beach Street in Daytona Beach, Fla., ...

Smokey Yunick always thought big. With access to Chevy's brand new 1967 Camaro, and liking its wind-cheating body, power-to-weight ratio, and the availability of both small-block and big-block power, ...

Like all truly great American heroes, Smokey Yunick was someone you couldn't invent, a man whose accomplishments dwarf even his formidable, larger-than-life mystique. In the annals of NASCAR history, ...

You could call it “The Best Damn Monument in Town.” The official dedication of a Smokey Yunick historical marker, fittingly, is scheduled for Thursday, the day many haulers filled with racing ...

A "For Sale" sign at the front of the vacant property suggests Smokey's Garage will eventually slide deeper into the local history books. But the monument unveiled Thursday, in front of some 150 ...

Two-time NASCAR championship crew chief Jeff Hammond has been named winner of the Smokey Yunick Award, which has been presented annually since 1997 by Charlotte Motor Speedway. Hammond will receive ...

Editor's note: This week marks the 15th anniversary of the death of the legendary mechanic and crew chief Smokey Yunick, one of the most brilliant and controversial minds in NASCAR history. I ...