Oh Smokey,say it ain't so! - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

Z51JEFF · 03-19-2015

I've been reading the Smokey Yunick Autobiography when I read something that was like a knife to the heart. In one chapter he's talking about his friendship with Vince Piggins,as Smokey puts it at the time the ZR-1 was underdevelopment.on Smokeys own words:HE WAS GENERAL MANAGER THE YEAR THEY PUT THAT HIGH-BUCK,PIECE OF $HIT,JUNK ENGLISH ENGINE IN THE CORVETTE ENGINE IN THE CORVETTE. the guy goes to tell him how much a mistake it was and it was going to cost him his job bla,bla,bla. For one thing,wasn't Jim Perkins G.M. of Chevrolet when the Z came out? And in all the years,all print I've read on this car I've never heard the name Vince Piggens in regards to the ZR-1, never. Camaro yes but never the ZR-1. Smokey Yunicl was one hell of a race car builder and a legendary cheater but when it comes to facts the guy don't know his head from his a$$. Just had to share with ya'll.

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Z51JEFF Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Fremont,Ca Posts: 3,078	Oh Smokey,say it ain't so! I've been reading the Smokey Yunick Autobiography when I read something that was like a knife to the heart. In one chapter he's talking about his friendship with Vince Piggins,as Smokey puts it at the time the ZR-1 was underdevelopment.on Smokeys own words:HE WAS GENERAL MANAGER THE YEAR THEY PUT THAT HIGH-BUCK,PIECE OF $HIT,JUNK ENGLISH ENGINE IN THE CORVETTE ENGINE IN THE CORVETTE. the guy goes to tell him how much a mistake it was and it was going to cost him his job bla,bla,bla. For one thing,wasn't Jim Perkins G.M. of Chevrolet when the Z came out? And in all the years,all print I've read on this car I've never heard the name Vince Piggens in regards to the ZR-1, never. Camaro yes but never the ZR-1. Smokey Yunicl was one hell of a race car builder and a legendary cheater but when it comes to facts the guy don't know his head from his a$$. Just had to share with ya'll. Last edited by Z51JEFF; 03-19-2015 at 12:30 PM.