From The Archives

Don Yenko met Gulf Oil’s Grady Davis in 1958, formed what you might call a “fast” friendship, and worked together to build a Corvette racing team sponsored by Gulf Oil Research and Development.

- Drew Hardin

Vettes Race Sebring, 1962

Don Yenko met Gulf Oil’s Grady Davis in 1958, formed what you might call a “fast” friendship, and worked together to build a Corvette racing team sponsored by Gulf Oil Research and Development. Davis would buy the cars from Yenko Chevrolet and then Don’s crew would prep them for racing. The 1962 models seen in these photos were equipped with the 360hp fuel-injected engines, T10 transmissions, 37-gallon fuel tanks, heavy-duty brakes and suspension, a quicker steering ratio and Positraction in the rearends.