About: Smokey Yunick

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Henry "Smokey" Yunick (May 25, 1923 – May 9, 2001) was an American professional stock car racing crew chief, owner, driver, engineer, engine builder, and car designer as well as being a pilot in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II. Yunick was deeply involved in the early years of NASCAR, and he is probably most associated with that racing genre. He participated in nearly every facet of the sport as a driver, designer, and held other jobs related to the sport, but was best known as a mechanic, engine builder, and crew chief.

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  • Henry "Smokey" Yunick (May 25, 1923 – May 9, 2001) was an American professional stock car racing crew chief, owner, driver, engineer, engine builder, and car designer as well as being a pilot in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II. Yunick was deeply involved in the early years of NASCAR, and he is probably most associated with that racing genre. He participated in nearly every facet of the sport as a driver, designer, and held other jobs related to the sport, but was best known as a mechanic, engine builder, and crew chief. Yunick was twice NASCAR mechanic of the year; and his teams would include 50 of the most famous drivers in the sport, winning 57 NASCAR Cup Series races, including two championships in 1951 and 1953. He was renowned as an opinionated character who "was about as good as there ever was on engines", according to Marvin Panch, who drove stock cars for Yunick and won the 1961 Daytona 500. His trademark white uniform and battered cowboy hat, together with a cigar or corncob pipe, were a familiar sight in the pits of almost every NASCAR or Indianapolis 500 race for over twenty years. During the 1980s, he wrote a technical column, "Track Tech", for Circle Track magazine and wrote an occasional "Say, Smokey..." guest column for Popular Science magazine. In 1990, he was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. (en)
  • ヘンリー・"スモーキー"・ユニック(ヤニックとも、Henry "Smokey" Yunick [ˈjuːnɨk]、1923年5月25日 - 2001年5月9日)は、アメリカ人で、モータースポーツの整備士であり、レーシングカーのデザイナーである。ユニックは黎明期のNASCARに深く関与し、恐らくはその経歴の多くを最もNASCARに関連付けられた人物でもある。彼はレーサー、デザイナーとしてNASCARに参加し、その他のモータースポーツに関連した仕事を行ったが、彼はNASCAR史上に名を残す最高のメカニック、ビルダーおよびクルーチーフの一人としても知られていた。 (ja)
  • Henry Yunick detto "Smokey" è stato un progettista e meccanico statunitense. Una replica della Chevelle di Curtis Turner per la Daytona 500 del 1967. Anche se nella sua vita svolse principalmente l'attività di meccanico, Yunick fu uno dei più celebri preparatori di auto da corsa di tutti i tempi, ed è responsabile di una serie di innovazioni che hanno avuto grande diffusione nel mondo delle corse e nella costruzione di automobili civili: tra queste, le principali sono l'introduzione dell'alettone aerodinamico posteriore e l'invenzione delle barriere di sicurezza di pneumatici. È stato attivo soprattutto nella categoria NASCAR e Indianapolis, dove ha lavorato come pilota, progettista, meccanico, costruttore e caposquadra, riscuotendo successi in quasi ogni ruolo. Oltre che per le sue abilità, e ricordato per il suo stile, caratterizzato da una vecchia uniforme bianca, cappello da cowboy e sigaro (o, occasionalmente, pipa). Negli anni ottanta ha tenuto una rubrica di tecnica sul giornale di sport automobilistici Circle Track. Nella sua carriera è stato due volte nominato "Meccanico NASCAR dell'anno", ha vinto col suo team 57 corse (tra cui due campionati nazionali) e ha lavorato con 50 dei più famosi piloti viventi. Nel 1990 è stato ammesso alla International Motorsports Hall of Fame. (it)
  • Henry "Smokey" Yunick, född 25 maj 1923 i , Pennsylvania, död 9 maj 2001, var en amerikansk bilkonstruktör. Han föddes och växte upp i Pennsylvania. Under andra världskriget tjänstgjorde han som bombplanspilot i en Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 1990 invaldes Yunick i International Motorsports Hall of Fame. Han konstruerade under många år tävlingsbilar för racing inom NASCAR. Han hade ett flertal patent inom förbränningsteknik, motorer som han byggde för att få ut mer av motorn. Det handlade inte endast om vanlig motortrimning. Målet var att utnyttja en större del av bränslets effekt och på det sättet kunna sänka bränsleförbrukningen och samtidigt höja effekten och vridmomentet. Detta lyckades han med och samma motor som drog 1,01 l/mil drog istället runt en halvliter/mil. Effekten var avsevärt högre, så också vridmomentet i motorn. Han nyttjade värme från motorn för att värma bränsleångorna före injektion, en teknik som går stick i stäv mot sedvanlig motor- och bränsleteknik. Turbo tryckte mer som en backventil än för just tryck, eftersom upphettning av bränslet i sig skapar ett övertryck. Fördelen med att upphetta bränslet är just en bättre förbränning. Vari hemligheten i en väl fungerande, spikfri motor finns har troligen gått i graven med Smokey.[källa behövs] (sv)
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  • ヘンリー・"スモーキー"・ユニック(ヤニックとも、Henry "Smokey" Yunick [ˈjuːnɨk]、1923年5月25日 - 2001年5月9日)は、アメリカ人で、モータースポーツの整備士であり、レーシングカーのデザイナーである。ユニックは黎明期のNASCARに深く関与し、恐らくはその経歴の多くを最もNASCARに関連付けられた人物でもある。彼はレーサー、デザイナーとしてNASCARに参加し、その他のモータースポーツに関連した仕事を行ったが、彼はNASCAR史上に名を残す最高のメカニック、ビルダーおよびクルーチーフの一人としても知られていた。 (ja)
  • Henry "Smokey" Yunick (May 25, 1923 – May 9, 2001) was an American professional stock car racing crew chief, owner, driver, engineer, engine builder, and car designer as well as being a pilot in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II. Yunick was deeply involved in the early years of NASCAR, and he is probably most associated with that racing genre. He participated in nearly every facet of the sport as a driver, designer, and held other jobs related to the sport, but was best known as a mechanic, engine builder, and crew chief. (en)
  • Henry Yunick detto "Smokey" è stato un progettista e meccanico statunitense. Una replica della Chevelle di Curtis Turner per la Daytona 500 del 1967. Anche se nella sua vita svolse principalmente l'attività di meccanico, Yunick fu uno dei più celebri preparatori di auto da corsa di tutti i tempi, ed è responsabile di una serie di innovazioni che hanno avuto grande diffusione nel mondo delle corse e nella costruzione di automobili civili: tra queste, le principali sono l'introduzione dell'alettone aerodinamico posteriore e l'invenzione delle barriere di sicurezza di pneumatici. (it)
  • Henry "Smokey" Yunick, född 25 maj 1923 i , Pennsylvania, död 9 maj 2001, var en amerikansk bilkonstruktör. Han föddes och växte upp i Pennsylvania. Under andra världskriget tjänstgjorde han som bombplanspilot i en Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 1990 invaldes Yunick i International Motorsports Hall of Fame. Han konstruerade under många år tävlingsbilar för racing inom NASCAR. (sv)
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