Author Topic: 1969 ZL1 Camaro Raced at 1969 & 1970 Sebring 12 Hours by Don Yenko/Bob Grossman  (Read 5265 times)

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Re: 1969 ZL1 Camaro Raced at 1969 Sebring 12 Hour by Don Yenko/Bob Grossman
« Reply #15 on: November 05, 2022, 04:39:20 PM »
Best Photo Service of Syracuse, New York was shown as the entrant for the car.  Their logo also appeared on the side.  Here are some matchbooks given out by the company back in that time period.  These were the only artifacts I could find for this particular film development company.

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Re: 1969 ZL1 Camaro Raced at 1969 Sebring 12 Hour by Don Yenko/Bob Grossman
« Reply #16 on: November 05, 2022, 04:45:40 PM »
Here is an ad for Francis Chevy touting an upcoming visit by Don Yenko, etc. on April 12, 1969.  The caption under his photo states, "Winning driver of the Citrus 250 at Daytona....the GT class of Sebring 12-hour endurance race with a Yenko Super Camaro."

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Re: 1969 ZL1 Camaro Raced at 1969 Sebring 12 Hour by Don Yenko/Bob Grossman
« Reply #17 on: November 05, 2022, 04:49:32 PM »
Please share any additional information or photos you may have of this particular car at this particular race.  The same car was raced again at the 1970 Sebring 12 hours with an aluminum ZL1 engine.  I will eventually make a separate thread for that 1970 race.  Thanks!
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Re: 1969 ZL1 Camaro Raced at 1969 Sebring 12 Hour by Don Yenko/Bob Grossman
« Reply #18 on: November 06, 2022, 03:34:13 AM »
That sure seems like a lot of labor changing a '67 to a '69. That for the info, it's interesting.
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Re: 1969 ZL1 Camaro Raced at 1969 Sebring 12 Hour by Don Yenko/Bob Grossman
« Reply #19 on: November 10, 2022, 01:25:09 PM »
Looks like the 67 door with the vent window open was something they found worked better than what most others cars had which was the complete pass window open? Nice pictures.
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Re: 1969 ZL1 Camaro Raced at 1969 Sebring 12 Hour by Don Yenko/Bob Grossman
« Reply #20 on: November 10, 2022, 02:46:36 PM »
Question...Why are the lights taped up?
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Re: 1969 ZL1 Camaro Raced at 1969 Sebring 12 Hour by Don Yenko/Bob Grossman
« Reply #21 on: November 10, 2022, 03:37:08 PM »
Question...Why are the lights taped up?

Headlights and driving lights were taped over at the start of endurance races, in order to avoid them being damaged by debris.

Once the need for the lights was determined by the approaching darkness, the tape would be removed from the hopefully intact lights.

Here's a picture of another '69 Camaro at Sebring in 1972.

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Re: 1969 ZL1 Camaro Raced at 1969 Sebring 12 Hour by Don Yenko/Bob Grossman
« Reply #22 on: November 10, 2022, 03:58:40 PM »
Thanks. I kinda thought that, but wanted to be sure.
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Re: 1969 ZL1 Camaro Raced at 1969 Sebring 12 Hour by Don Yenko/Bob Grossman
« Reply #23 on: November 18, 2022, 09:29:05 PM »
Instead of making a separate thread for the 1970 Sebring 12 Hour race, I think it is better to just add on to this one because it is the same car. 

The same ZL1 aluminum engine powered 1969 bodied Camaro was raced the following year by Don Yenko and Bob Grossman at the Sebring 12 Hours of Endurance for the Alitalia Airlines Trophy.  You can tell that it is the same car because it also features the 1967 model passenger door with the vent window.  This endurance event was held at Sebring International Raceway on Saturday, March 21, 1970.  The Camaro, entered by the Marlbank Racing Team, completed 189 laps  for a 3rd place finish in the GT+5.0 class and a 17th overall placement.  Instead of the red paintwork of 1969, the Camaro was painted white with a blue hood, fender tops and cowl vent area for the 1970 race.  The number of the car was changed to #9, and the extra set of driving lights were placed in a different spot for the 1970 race.  These lights were placed in a more outboard location instead of being placed where the turn signals would normally be.  Another change was a black painted grill and grill surround as opposed to the silver grill and grill surround featured the previous year.  It also has two thin stripes running over the roof and down the trunk lid and spoiler.

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You can see the Camaro about five rows back on the right side of these photos.  These shots of the start of the race came from the Dave Friedman Collection at the Henry Ford Museum on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thehenryford/albums/72157629028742651
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Here it is following a Porsche through the turn.

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The Camaro appears briefly in a film produced about the event.  See it here on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRtctgHzp9o
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Notice the spectators 1969 Camaro with the trunk opened parked along the fence.

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