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The best part of that picture is...I found it on the internet!
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I bet that Al Gore was involved in it's creation..
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Not positive of the year, but Chevrolet Division was offering a Police Package Nova and wanted it promoted. Don Yenko and Jerry Thompson put together a Nova for an IMSA class and ran the car. I have a picture of it when it was dark red and believe it was later painted Black & White. They equipped it with a flashing light and siren. The idea was to have local police be part of the pit crew at the various tracks throughout the country for additional publicity. It would be interesting to ask Jerry Thompson about that car.
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Not positive of the year, but Chevrolet Division was offering a Police Package Nova and wanted it promoted. Don Yenko and Jerry Thompson put together a Nova for an IMSA class and ran the car. I have a picture of it when it was dark red and believe it was later painted Black & White. They equipped it with a flashing light and siren. The idea was to have local police be part of the pit crew at the various tracks throughout the country for additional publicity. It would be interesting to ask Jerry Thompson about that car.

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Bingo! I don't have any pictures of it when it was dark red, but here's a few I have showing the car in its police car/race configuration... Looks like it could be about '79.


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The coolest one...

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GEEZ joe.....is there anything you dont have thats yenko related ???
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CL car!!!

It could have been originally ordered as a 9C1 Police package car...very few coupes were produced..


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Old 11-27-2008, 03:29 PM
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Don Yenko ran a Nova in IMSA’s Kelly American Challenge Series that started in 1977. He finished 4th that year.

Around 79-80 Yenko was working on a Chevy Citation race car project. Bill Grumpy Jenkins built the engines.

Maybe Bill B remembers that project?
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