We check out the prototype 1969 427 Yenko Camaro that started the COPO program and is being auctioned off at the 2026 ...

Don Yenko was a Chevy dealer in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, who was interested in Sports Car Club of America, or SCCA, racing. In 1966, before the Chevy Camaro was available, Yenko petitioned the SCCA ...

In most places on this Earth, it doesn’t happen all that often for car dealerships to be involved or have a say in car production. Yet in America, the land of opportunities, some of them not only did ...

In the world of American muscle, certain names carry a weight far beyond horsepower ratings or quarter-mile times. Don Yenko ...

Chevrolet dealership owner and racing driver Don Yenko circumvented the General Motors big-engine ban from the 1960s by swapping the 6.5-liter L78 in the Camaro pony car with the 7.0-liter L72 engine ...

Muscle car and SCCA legend Don Yenko built incredible performance cars from Chevy stock, out of the Yenko family’s Canonsburg, Pennsylvania Chevy dealership. However, Yenko didn’t start with Camaros; ...

The iconic Yenko Chevrolet dealership had a knack for getting the most out of factory performance with its “Super Cars.” Even for folks not that familiar with muscle car lore, the name “Yenko Camaro” ...

You rarely see a third‑gen Camaro with the top down, because Chevrolet made only 744 IROC‑Z convertibles in 1987. This 20th ...

These days it’s common that high-performance “race” versions of cars are stuffed away in climate-controlled garages and treated as collectibles or investments rather than the beat-the-crap-out-of-it ...

Yenko. In all the golden age of muscle cars, that one word/name creates more excitement, intrigue, and interest. Out of his father's dealership in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, Don Yenko managed to start ...

The legend of the COPO Camaro continues to captivate the hearts of muscle car enthusiasts with a rare glimpse into the extraordinary pedigree of these powerful machines. A striking example is the 1969 ...