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 ...
NASCAR championship crew chief Harry Hyde, who was the inspiration for the character Harry Hogge in the movie “Days of Thunder”, is this year’s recipient of the Smokey Yunick Award. Named after the ...