Tag: racing
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Unreal at Any Speed ~ John Black’s 1966 Chevy Corvair
It’s always interesting to find a Corvair article where you wouldn’t expect to find a Corvair article. This one was shared with us by a member and we thought you’d enjoy it too. Originally published in the Summit Racing Catalog. Article by Aaron Dolezal. Photos by Todd Biss Productions. Originally published “On All Cylinders” in…
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Corvair Racing Memories At Candlestick & Upcoming Vintage Race At Sears Point
By Seth Emerson There is an upcoming vintage racing event at Sears Point (Sonoma Raceway) on April 17th. In a promo pitch on Facebook they used a picture from the Candlestick Park Road Race event in 1964. I attended that event, as a spectator, and again in 1965. The Candlestick parking lot, all land fill…
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Corvair Myths
A great book to add to your Corvair Library is “Corvair Secrets“, written and published by the late Bob Helt. Bob published many books on the Corvair and all are worthy of a read. For today, we want to crack open “Corvair Secrets” and share one with you. Corvair Myths. It is strange how some…
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Revisiting Great Articles ~ “Rooster Tails” Hot Rod Magazine, Sept 1964
Originally published in the September 1964 issue of Hot Rod Magazine. Article & photos by Eric Rickman Although the versatile little Corvair engine has appeared in almost every guise the hot rodder could conceive, it remained for Bob Laughton of Monza Enterprises in Sherman Oaks, California, to come up with this most unique application. Bob’s…
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Yenko Stinger For Sale
Yes kids, you read that right! You could be the proud owner of a Yenko Stinger with a rich racing pedigree. From the owner: For sale : YS-305, legitimate Yenko tag, paper work in hand from original purchaser. Tom Piantanida built car. Road race history in D/production and later GT-3. Lastly this car was only…
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The Romantic and the Stinger
Corvair people are often unique, dare I say “eccentric“, types who tend to view the world through a different lens. This may be especially true of us long time Bay Area people, from the “weirdos” out in San Francisco, to the fine folks in “Bezerkley” and our friends down in “Hayweird”. Going back into the…
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Owl’s Head Transportation Museum, CPF & The Great Race
Have you heard of The Great Race? Inspired from the original Great Race of 1908 from New York to Paris, the modern Great Race was reimagined by Tom McRae and Norman Miller in 1983. The Great Race is a premier vintage, controlled-speed endurance rally for pre-1972 vehicles, designed to test driver/navigator precision rather than top…
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This 200-hp Corvair runs with the big dogs at Laguna Seca
Hagerty seems to give more love to our Corvairs than just about any publication we can think of. Not that there are a whole lot of publications left! As an added bonus, they also insure our Corvairs at a very reasonable rate. Today, we go into the not so wayback machine to 2022 to revisit…
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Yenko Stingers at the MCACN
This year’s MCACN (Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals) recently wrapped in Illinois right before Thanksgiving. “Cool story, what does this have to do with Corvairs?”, you say? This year, A LOT! The Corvair Yenko Stinger was the invitational mark this year as it was the 60th anniversary of its release. Our resident Yenko owners, Bruce…
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Doug Hargrove’s V8 Corvair
The Modesto area has a rich history of Corvair racers. SFBA life member Doug Hargrove is one of those race car builders and drivers. We thought you would enjoy reading about Doug’s undertaking of an abandoned V8 project Corvair. The original article and a massive archive of V8 powered Corvairs can be found on the…