Well, it certainly has been a long time, hasn’t it…..

YES!! Thanks to my good friend Roy Buckridge (Night Shade Ink) for once more doing the updating,

Since I last wrote this page, I have made some decisions. I have been waiting and waiting for more contacts to “round out” any missing links in the book. There have not been many recently and I finally decided to take what I have, put it in writing and finish the thing before I reach “room temperature”. What this means is I’ll take all the information and data I have already accumulated and “git-r-done”. Sure there may be some parts of the puzzle missing, but maybe those pieces are already lost forever. Only time will tell….

HI!! Perhaps you're interested in knowing more about Don Yenko & the Yenko Stinger....

Well, this is the place! I have been collecting data, memorabilia, printed articles, names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and whatever you can think of on anything to do with Don Yenko and the Yenko Stinger for the past 20 years....

For other areas with info on Don & the Stinger, check out the Links Page!

The Yenko Stinger was Don Yenko's first attempt at building a series of dealer prepped vehicles for the performance minded driver. Canonsburg, PA is a small town on the outskirts of Pittsburgh and in 1965 was the location of Yenko Chevrolet, which was owned by Don's father, Frank. Don hoped to do with the Corvair, what Carroll Shelby did with the Mustang. The Yenko Stinger was first produced with a fleet of 100 Corvair Corsas that were ordered by Don, with the idea of homologating them for SCCA racing. All 100 cars were delivered to the dealership beginning the first week of December 1965, and were completed the first week of January 1966. Initially the car was built in 4 "Stages", from mild to wild. Total production over a 15 year period was approximately 185 vehicles. Don later went on to build the Yenko Super Camaro, Yenko Duece, Yenko Chevelle, Yenko Super Nova, Yenko Stinger 2 (a Vega), Yenko Turbo Z (Camaro), etc. None of them had the handling of the Stinger (although they were among the quickest vehicles ever produced). He was a driver of great renown in Corvettes, Stingers, Camaros, Novas, Citations, and Hondas in SCCA & IMSA (as well as a great jazz pianist). Don died in a plane crash in March 1987.

As the book nears completion, I need any information that anyone may have, YESTERDAY. If you can add ANY information on ANY of the Yenko Stingers or information regarding Don Yenko whatsoever, please email me immediately at : cdoerge1@verizon.net

Thanks to everyone so far for their gracious sharing of information!!
Stay tuned as we update the rest of the site.