The three volumes all start out with warning: "This Book is written in "Old Southern Racing English". Anyone under the age of 18 should read this in the company of a grandfather race fan for translation regarding language, social and moral interpretations. These three volumes are Smokey Yunick's unique set of memoirs on a legendary life in the automotive and racing world. Smokey Yunick's 'Best Damn Garage in Town' Complete Set (Three Volumes): "Walkin' Under a Snake's Belly: My So Called Life" Volume 1, "All Right You Sons-a-Bitches, Let's Have a Race!: Stock Car Racing Years" Volume 2 & "Li'l... [Read More]
Best Damn Garage in Town: My life and Adventures was originally published as a 3 volume boxed set of 1,100 pages with over 400 photographs. This version of the book combines all the stories and most of the photographs into a single volume with smaller type and photographs in a bookstore package, as opposed to a coffee table package. Smokey got the idea for writing a history of stock car racing after giving a talk to explain racing to a group of kids at Lowe's Motorspeedway, around 1995. He realized that all the people who were a part of the early days were dying and most of the ones who were s... [Read More]
3 Volume set with slipcase, 1,100 pages, 409 photographs and illustrations, all black and white, weighs 11 pounds, indexed. Smokey got the idea for writing a history of stock car racing after giving a talk to explain racing to a group of kids at Lowe’s Motorspeedway, around 1995. He realized that all the people who were a part of the early days were dying and most of the ones who were still alive were too involved with racing to be able to tell the real stories. He started writing this book as a history of stock car racing and ended up with look at American history of the past 60 years throu... [Read More]
Smokey Yunick's Power Secrets is a unique milestone from the acknowledged master of no-nonsense engine development. Henry "Smokey" Yunick is a living legend in racing circles, and in this book he explains race-engine preparation in the direct and unrelenting style that is his singular trademark. From carburetors to shop tools, Smokey tells it like it is. This book is a once-in-a-lifetime experience; a classic that you'll enjoy reading again and again.
The Story Behind Smokey Yunick's Boss Mustang is just one of 50 entertaining true stories from the collector car world.Smokey was racing's ultimate trickster. At one race the NASCAR sanction boys noted 16 infractions. With gas tank removed after the inspection, he grinned. "Make that 17," he said and drove away, having plumbed the roll bar for additional gas storage.Although not the story of the Boss 302 herein, these are the kind of anecdotes that make this book a fun read and more than just facts about barn-finds. Book #3 in this incredible new collection of automotive 'barn finds and beyond... [Read More]
Intimates the otherwise undisclosed details of the methods used by drivers, crews, and owners to cheat their way to success in the NASCAR Winston Cup series, and conveys how these infractions are dealt with by officials.
This is not your ordinary audio book! It's another collection of stories from Smokey Yunick's autobiography: Best Damn Garage in Town. Smokey Yunick, the world's most famous mechanic, accomplished more in one life than most people could in five. He flew 50 missions as a B-17 pilot in WWII. He was an integral part of the birth of stock car racing and ran open wheel cars during the glory days of the Indy 500. He spent years in the jungles of Ecuador and held 10 U.S. patents. Smokey was concerned for the future, so he developed more efficient and powerful engines for passenger cars and safer cras... [Read More]
The stories in Sex, Lies & Superspeedways comprise about 20% of the stories in SmokeyÕs autobiography: Best Damn Garage in TownÉThe World According to Smokey. It was originally published as a 3 Volume boxed set with slipcase, with 1,100 pages, 409 photographs and illustrations, all black and white, weighs 11 pounds, indexed. Smokey got the idea for writing a history of stock car racing after giving a talk to explain racing to a group of kids at LoweÕs Motorspeedway, around 1995. He realized that all the people who were a part of the early days were dying and most of the ones who were still ... [Read More]
This is my personal Scrap Book that I have put together that shares some of the "Hows & Whys" this SY-1 Intake Manifold came about. I've collected pages of Installation & Tuning Tips, Photos and articles with enough information to get the serious Smokey SY-1 fan going. This Scrapbook is 8-1/2" x 11 with colored pages! Save yourself hours & hours of research and spent money...it's all here! If you own or plan to own a Smokey SY-1 Intake, this Scrap Book is a must! I too have been an owner of this SY-1 Ram and have actually ran it on my car. I wish I had this information 25 years ago!
Smokey's reputation as a sly mechanical genius as one of the premier mechanics in racing histroy hasn't diminished over the years. In 1947 Smokey Yunick opened "The Best Damn Garage In Town" in Daytona Beach, Florida. In this garage he would engineer and develop race cars and parts that would shape not only the racing world but also have signifigant impact on the production cars people would drive for years to come. In the early years, Yunick built and campaigned Chevrolets. In 1957, for the race at the Daytona Beach and Road Course, he put veteran racer Paul Goldsmith behind the wheel of his ... [Read More]
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