![]() So, if the Nova would get noticed simply for being a ‘Nova’, where does the Boss 302 Mustang come in? The Penske Camaro won the SCCA Championship in ’69 and the Boss 302 Mustang was the car to beat – and many would argue was actually the better car. (You’ll see some of these descriptors on the Yenko Deuce Nova). The Stormer was advertised as a Z28 with ‘Exclusive Track-Designed Suspension’, special shock absorbers, special sway bar, Corvette disc/drum brakes, and several other hi-performance exclusives for a base price of $6,000. The Stormer was essentially a Super Tuned Z28 that was to be raced in ‘A Sedan’ in SCCA, and in ‘Group 2 Sedan’ in FIA. However, Yenko also offered another sYc Camaro known as the ‘Stormer’. Most know about the 427 transplanted into the Yenko Camaro, offering the solid cam version with the 4 speeds and the hydraulic cam version with the automatics. The practice of offering products for SCCA racing continued in 1967 by including sYc Camaros along with the Corvairs. These Yenko ‘Stinger’ Covairs were quite successful in SCCA, and still race in that series to this day. So the very conduit by which all of the Yenko cars were ordered, delivered and sold was initially designed to put Yenko cars on the SCCA tracks of America. which was contrived in ’66 as a separate division within Yenko Chevrolet in order to ‘manufacture’ Corvairs to race in SCCA in ’66 & ’67. What many forget is that the monogram sYc really stands for Yenko Sports Cars Inc. After all, the ’69 Yenko SC 427 Camaro driven by Ed Hedrick won the NHRA Super Stock title in ’69, and many a local drag strip had a Yenko Camaro, Nova or Chevelle as the resident Superstar. We have been somewhat conditioned to only think of the drag racing activities that the Yenko cars were most famous for. There is certainly a precedent of Yenko building SCCA prepared cars. But could it be? Follow along for a circumstantial case that supports the possibility of the Yenko Deuce Nova being designed with SCCA racing in mind. Was the 1970 Yenko Deuce Nova built with SCCA (Sports Car Club of America) Trans-Am racing in mind? Did Don Yenko have a secondary motive for this particular combination? These are certainly not the first things to cross your mind when you think about Yenko Deuce Novas.
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