# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/smokey-yunick
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:32:03.181Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/smokey-yunick"
name: "Smokey Yunick"
slug: "smokey-yunick"
description: "Henry \"Smokey\" Yunick was an American professional stock car racing crew chief, owner, driver, engineer, engine builder, and car designer. He also served as a pilot in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II. Yunick was deeply involved in the early years of NASCAR and is probably most associated with that racing genre. He participated in nearly every facet of the sport as a driver, designer, and held other jobs related to the sport, but was best known as a mechanic, engine builder, and crew chief."
tagline: "American sportscar mechanic (1923–2001)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1923-05-25"
deathDate: "2001-05-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.29
  momentum:             1.665904805713938
  historical:           6.507285333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%88%DA%A9%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%DA%A9"
    title: "اسموکی یونک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%88%D9%83%D9%89_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "سموكى يونيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_Yunick"
    title: "Smokey Yunick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Yunick"
    title: "Henry Yunick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A6%E3%83%8B%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF"
    title: "スモーキー・ユニック"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_Yunick"
    title: "Smokey Yunick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D1%96_%D0%AE%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BA"
    title: "Генрі Юнік"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3785017"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump