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== Career == == Career == === Early work === In 1968, Youngblood raced his own dragster at Southern California strips, lettering the car himself.<ref name="jodauga">{{cite journal |last=Jodauga |first=John |date=March 16, 2012 |title='Blood Did It |journal=National Dragster |volume=53 |issue=8 |pages=48–51}}</ref> A fellow racer, Gary Messenger, asked him to letter his car, which brought him to Don Kirby and Dick Olsen's Bellflower shop Competition Fiberglass, where he worked with leading [[Funny Car]] and [[Top Fuel]] teams in the early 1970s.<ref name="jodauga" /><ref name="dragzine" /> In 1968, Youngblood raced his own dragster at Southern California strips, lettering the car himself.<ref name="jodauga">{{cite journal |last=Jodauga |first=John |date=March 16, 2012 |title='Blood Did It |journal=National Dragster |volume=53 |issue=8 |pages=48–51}}</ref> A fellow racer, Gary Messenger, asked him to letter his car, which brought him to Don Kirby and Dick Olsen's Bellflower shop Competition Fiberglass, where he worked with leading [[Funny Car]] and [[Top Fuel]] teams in the early 1970s.<ref name="jodauga" /><ref name="dragzine" />

=== Racing Graphis === Around 1970, Youngblood met [[Bob Kachler]], a motorsports promoter who ran Racing Graphis, a Long Beach collective of motorsports creatives that also published an eponymous magazine.<ref name="hotrod">{{cite magazine |last=Taylor |first=Thom |date=August 2017 |title=Take 5 with Kenny Youngblood |magazine=[[Hot Rod (magazine)|Hot Rod]] |volume=70 |issue=8 |url=https://www.zinio.com/article/hot-rod/april-1972-i571377/those-magnificent-men-in-their-flying-machines-or-how-to-get-high-on-funny-cars-a44 }}</ref><ref name="jodauga2011">{{cite journal |last=Jodauga |first=John |date=September 9, 2011 |title=Of Wonder Wagons and More |journal=National Dragster |volume=52 |issue=33 |page=16 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Part 2: Periodicals |volume=21 |date=1967 |publisher=Library of Congress Copyright Office |page=287 |issn=0041-784X |url=https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopy19673212libr/page/287/ }}</ref> He worked at Racing Graphis during the day and at Competition Fiberglass after hours.<ref name="hotrod" /> Around 1970, Youngblood met [[Bob Kachler]], a motorsports promoter who ran Racing Graphis, a Long Beach collective of motorsports creatives that also published an eponymous magazine.<ref name="hotrod">{{cite magazine |last=Taylor |first=Thom |date=August 2017 |title=Take 5 with Kenny Youngblood |magazine=[[Hot Rod (magazine)|Hot Rod]] |volume=70 |issue=8 |url=https://www.zinio.com/article/hot-rod/april-1972-i571377/those-magnificent-men-in-their-flying-machines-or-how-to-get-high-on-funny-cars-a44 }}</ref><ref name="jodauga2011">{{cite journal |last=Jodauga |first=John |date=September 9, 2011 |title=Of Wonder Wagons and More |journal=National Dragster |volume=52 |issue=33 |page=16 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Part 2: Periodicals |volume=21 |date=1967 |publisher=Library of Congress Copyright Office |page=287 |issn=0041-784X |url=https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopy19673212libr/page/287/ }}</ref> He worked at Racing Graphis during the day and at Competition Fiberglass after hours.<ref name="hotrod" /> Kachler suggested he switch from oil paints to felt markers for speed, and together the Racing Graphis group developed sponsorship proposals, among them a [[Wonder Bread]] paint scheme for [[Don Schumacher]]'s Funny Car, one of drag racing's first cross-market sponsorships.<ref name="jodauga2011" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Burgess |first=Phil |date=April 4, 2014 |title=No more wonderin' about the Wonder Wagon story |url=https://www.nhra.com/news/2014/no-more-wonderin-about-wonder-wagon-story |publisher=[[NHRA]]}}</ref>
Kachler suggested he switch from oil paints to felt markers for speed, and together the Racing Graphis group developed sponsorship proposals, among them a [[Wonder Bread]] paint scheme for [[Don Schumacher]]'s Funny Car, one of drag racing's first cross-market sponsorships.<ref name="jodauga2011" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Burgess |first=Phil |date=April 4, 2014 |title=No more wonderin' about the Wonder Wagon story |url=https://www.nhra.com/news/2014/no-more-wonderin-about-wonder-wagon-story |publisher=[[NHRA]]}}</ref>

Through Racing Graphis, Youngblood met ''[[Car Craft]]'' editor Terry Cook, who published his illustrations, and promoter Jim Cook, whose clients included [[Parnelli Jones]].<ref name="jodauga" /><ref name="jodauga2011" /> Through Racing Graphis, Youngblood met ''[[Car Craft]]'' editor Terry Cook, who published his illustrations, and promoter Jim Cook, whose clients included [[Parnelli Jones]].<ref name="jodauga" /><ref name="jodauga2011" />

=== Independent practice === In 1972, Youngblood moved to his own studio in Santa Ana.<ref name="hotrod" /><ref name="jodauga2011" /> From 1975 to 1985, he made magazine editorial illustrations and worked for several clients outside of drag racing.<ref name="przybys" /> His off-road work included renderings associated with the original [[Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing|Vel's Parnelli Jones]] Big Oly [[Ford Bronco]] and [[Mickey Thompson]]'s [[Chevrolet LUV|Chevrolet LUV pickup]].<ref name="fiolka2010" /> In 1972, Youngblood moved to his own studio in Santa Ana.<ref name="hotrod" /><ref name="jodauga2011" /> From 1975 to 1985, he made magazine editorial illustrations and worked for several clients outside of drag racing.<ref name="przybys" /> His off-road work included renderings associated with the original [[Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing|Vel's Parnelli Jones]] Big Oly [[Ford Bronco]] and [[Mickey Thompson]]'s [[Chevrolet LUV|Chevrolet LUV pickup]].<ref name="fiolka2010" />

Youngblood designed the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] paint scheme for [[Don Prudhomme]]'s Funny Car, which ran through the mid-to-late 1970s and generated additional poster and painting commissions.<ref name="burgess" /><ref name="jodauga2011" /> Youngblood designed the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] paint scheme for [[Don Prudhomme]]'s Funny Car, which ran through the mid-to-late 1970s and generated additional poster and painting commissions.<ref name="burgess" /><ref name="jodauga2011" /> He later designed the interlocking logo and paint scheme for [[ZZ Top]]'s ''[[Eliminator (album)|Eliminator]]'' (1983) '33 Ford coupe, now on permanent display at the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in Cleveland.<ref>{{cite journal |date=June 13, 2008 |title=Going Strong |journal=National Dragster |volume=49 |issue=22 |page=8}}</ref><ref name="fiolka2010">{{cite magazine |last=Fiolka |first=Marty |date=April 1, 2010 |title=The Lost Years of Kenny Youngblood |magazine=Dirt Sports}}</ref> Youngblood also designed the [[Wrangler (brand)|Wrangler]] paint scheme for [[Dale Earnhardt]]'s [[NASCAR]] [[Chevrolet Monte Carlo]], including the number 3.<ref name="dragzine" />
He later designed the interlocking logo and paint scheme for [[ZZ Top]]'s ''[[Eliminator (album)|Eliminator]]'' (1983) '33 Ford coupe, now on permanent display at the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in Cleveland.<ref>{{cite journal |date=June 13, 2008 |title=Going Strong |journal=National Dragster |volume=49 |issue=22 |page=8}}</ref><ref name="fiolka2010">{{cite magazine |last=Fiolka |first=Marty |date=April 1, 2010 |title=The Lost Years of Kenny Youngblood |magazine=Dirt Sports}}</ref>
Youngblood also designed the [[Wrangler (brand)|Wrangler]] paint scheme for [[Dale Earnhardt]]'s [[NASCAR]] [[Chevrolet Monte Carlo]], including the number 3.<ref name="dragzine" />

=== Art prints, gallery, and museum work === === Art prints, gallery, and museum work === Line 39: Line 36: In 2011, racer T. J. Zizzo displayed Youngblood's work at [[NHRA]] events throughout the season in the so-called World's Fastest Art Gallery.<ref name="jodauga" /> In 2011, racer T. J. Zizzo displayed Youngblood's work at [[NHRA]] events throughout the season in the so-called World's Fastest Art Gallery.<ref name="jodauga" />

Youngblood painted the murals for the Lions Drag Strip Museum in [[Rancho Dominguez, California]], part of the [[Lions Automobilia Foundation & Museum]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Szantai |first=Stephan |date=July 2022 |title=The Lions Share |magazine=Classic & Sports Car |publisher=Haymarket Media Group |page=128 }}</ref> Youngblood painted the murals for the [[Lions Drag Strip Museum]] in [[Rancho Dominguez, California]], part of the [[Lions Automobilia Foundation & Museum]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Szantai |first=Stephan |date=July 2022 |title=The Lions Share |magazine=Classic & Sports Car |publisher=Haymarket Media Group |page=128 }}</ref>

== Personal life == == Personal life ==