Question: Maynard K. Yingst, was an American racer and crew chief from Linglestown, Pennsylvania, he quit his sprint car racing career to become the crew chief for Bruce Larson's 1989 national championship Funny Car drag racing team, Funny Car is a type of drag racing vehicle and a specific racing class, in organized what?

Context articles: Bruce Larson
Kenny Bernstein
Maynard Yingst
Frank Hawley
Bernie Fedderly
Funny Car
John Force Racing
Chuck Beal Racing
Ray Price (motorcycles)
Matt Puccia

Bruce Larson is a retired American drag racer from Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.
 He became nationally known for his match races.
 He quit drag racing during the early 1980s.
 He returned in 1985 on the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Funny Car tour and won the 1989 NHRA Funny Car championship.
 Larson is remembered for his red, white, and blue USA-1 Chevrolet Camaros.
Kenny Bernstein (born September 6, 1944) is an American drag racer and former NASCAR and IndyCar team owner.
 He is nicknamed the "Bud King" for his success in the Budweiser King funny car and dragster.
 He has also been nicknamed "The King of Speed," because he was the first driver to break 300 miles per hour in the standing-start quarter mile.
 Bernstein owned King Racing, which he drove for in the NHRA and fielded various cars in other racing series such as IndyCar and NASCAR.
 Bernstein retired from full-time competition in 2002 and moved his son Brandon into the Bud King Top Fuel dragster, but returned to finish the season in place of his son after Brandon suffered a severe injury.
 With the exception of a brief return to Funny Car in 2006, Bernstein did not return to the car and instead continued to run his team until the end of the 2011 season when he left drag racing altogether.
Maynard K. Yingst (October 10, 1949 – March 6, 1993) was an American racer and crew chief from Linglestown, Pennsylvania.
 He quit his sprint car racing career to become the crew chief for Bruce Larson's 1989 national championship Funny Car drag racing team.
 He was nicknamed "The Linglestown Leadfoot".
Frank Hawley (born 1954 in London, Ontario, Canada) is a two-time World champion drag racing driver.
 He won seven National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Funny Car and two Top Fuel Dragster national events during his 10-year drag racing career that included the 1982 and 1983 National Hot Rod Association Funny Car World Championship, when he drove the Chi-Town Hustler tuned by Austin Coil.
 He was voted "Car Craft" magazine's "Driver of the year."
Bernie Fedderly is a Canadian drag racing crew chief.
 Currently he is the crew chief for John Force's Funny Car.
 Bernie was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 1996.
Funny Car is a type of drag racing vehicle and a specific racing class in organized drag racing.
 In the United States, the other professional drag racing classes are Top Fuel, Pro Modified, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Bike.
 Funny cars are characterized by having tilt-up fiberglass or carbon fiber automotive bodies over a custom fabricated chassis, giving them an appearance vaguely approximating manufacturers' showroom models.
 They also have the engine placed in front of the driver, as opposed to dragsters, which place it behind the driver.
John Force Racing is an NHRA drag racing team.
 In over 30 years of competition, John Force Racing has won 18 Funny Car championships.
 The current line-up of drivers includes John Force, Robert Hight, Courtney Force, and Brittany Force.
 Past drivers include John's daughter Ashley Force Hood, team crew chief Mike Neff, Eric Medlen, who lost his life while racing for the team and whose number 4 appears on all their cars, Tony Pedregon, who was the first driver other than Force to win a series championship driving for the team, and Gary Densham.
Chuck Beal Racing is a drag racing company owned by professional drag racer Chuck Beal.
 The company is located in San Diego, California.
 Chuck Beal started as a racer of front- and rear-engine vehicles until he changed to the alcohol funny car class and then nitro-class vehicles.
 His grandson Brandon Welch took over the duties of racing his Funny Car after having graduated from Frank Hawley's Drag Racing School.
 He also serves as the Vice President of Marketing.
 Other racers who have raced for Chuck Beal include Jeff Arend and Jeff Diehl.
 The company's vehicles have multiple sponsors, including AutoAnything, UnderCover Truck Bed Covers, TruXedo Tonneau Covers, ProZ, and TruXP.
Ray Price (June 25, 1937 – December 16, 2015) was an American motorcycle drag racer and is credited as the “Father of the Funnybike".
 He was also a renowned designer, engineer and the first drag racer to be sponsored by Harley-Davidson.
 He also developed the first wheelie bar, and the two-speed automatic racing transmission for drag racing motorcycles.
 This was the first transmission that enabled the first motorcycle to ever achieve 200 mph and has now become standard in the sport.
 Price also created the Pro Fuel drag racing class.
 Price is an inducted member of five halls of fame including the American Motorcycle Association Hall of Fame, Sturgis Motorcycle Hall of Fame, the North Carolina Sport Hall of Fame, and the North Carolina Drag Racing Hall of Fame.
Matt Puccia is an American stock car racing crew chief.
 He works for Roush Fenway Racing as the crew chief for the No. 6 Ford Fusion driven by Trevor Bayne in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
 He joined the team mid-season in 2011, having previously served as crew chief in the Nationwide Series for Paul Menard, and then with the team's research and development organisation.
 He was named the Sprint Cup Series' 2012 Crew Chief of the Year.