Maynard Yingst
Maynard K. Yingst (October 10, 1949 – March 6, 1993) was an American racer and pit stop, crew chief from Linglestown, Pennsylvania. He quit his sprint car racing career to become the crew chief for Bruce Larson (racing driver), Bruce Larson's 1989 national championship Funny Car drag racing team. He was nicknamed "The Linglestown Leadfoot". Racing career Yingst was a sprint car racer in Central Pennsylvania. He had won six features at Williams Grove Speedway. In 1984, he won the 410 Sprint car championship at Selinsgrove Speedway. Yingst won the inaugural Selinsgrove Open sprint car racing in 1983, and he repeated as the special event champion in 1984 and 1985. He usually raced with a white #88 racecar. Crew chief After taking a some time off, fellow Pennsylvanian racer Bruce Larson wanted to return to drag racing in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) after a long career as a match racer. Yingst quit his sprint car racing career to become Larson's crew chief in NHRA's F ...
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