Don Yenko and Yenko Stinger By Charlie “Bud” Doerge In 1957, Chevrolet racer Don Yenko set up his own tuning shop in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Starting in 1965, Yenko’s shop began turning its attention to Chevrolet’s new, rear-engined car, the Corvair. Yenko saw both performance and racing potential in the Corvair and after improving on nearly every system in the car—including engine tweaks that could raise its output to 240-hp—Yenko had transformed the pedestrian Corvair, into the “Yenko Stinger.” Over the…
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