Brock Yates (October 21, 1933 – October 5, 2016) was a prominent American journalist, TV commentator, TV reporter, screenwriter, and author. He was the...
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Memorial Trophy Dash.: 13 Conceived by car magazine writer and auto racer Brock Yates and fellow Car and Driver editor Steve Smith, the first run was not a...
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screenwriter was automotive journalist Brock Yates, who had conceived the real-life Cannonball Baker event. Yates had originally proposed the race as a...
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Ferrari: The Man, the Cars, the Races, the Machine by motorsport journalist Brock Yates, the film follows the personal and professional struggles of Enzo Ferrari...
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publications worldwide. The initial cross-country run was made by Yates; his son, Brock Yates, Jr.; Steve Smith; and friend Jim Williams beginning on May 3...
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The Brock Yates' One Lap of America is an annual motorsports event in the United States that has been held since 1984. It is the successor to the Cannonball...
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focus. Car and Driver once featured Bruce McCall, Jean Shepherd, and Brock Yates as columnists, and P. J. O'Rourke as a frequent contributor. Former editors...
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car safely to Governor Denton (Gary Collins). The film was written by Brock Yates and originally aired on March 13, 1994. The Bandit (Bloom) is on the...
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Memorial Trophy Dash, an illegal cross-continent road race introduced by Brock Yates to protest against the 55 MPH speed limit. The Trans-America Grand Prix...
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lived together for two years, and married on 28 April 1923. According to Brock Yates' 1991 book Enzo Ferrari: The Man and the Machine, Ferrari married to...
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the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash run by Brock Yates, which inspired several other films, including Cannonball (1976), Cannonball...
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1971, the Daytona gained fame when one was driven by Dan Gurney and Brock Yates in the inaugural Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy...
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1997 Busch Clash's, and 1999 Bud Shootout only) (now with Fox Sports) Brock Yates – pit reporter (1979-1982) "CBS Sports - Daytona 500". Mark Wood Music...
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Nicole Pierce Marshall Died An Unlikely Celebrity". The Washington Post. Brock Yates (October 12, 2003). Cannonball!: Worlds's Greatest Outlaw Road Race....
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Emmy-winning CBS News correspondent for the CBS Evening News and 60 Minutes Brock Yates (1955), screenwriter of the film The Cannonball Run Harold Baer Jr. (1954)...
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American puppeteer Brock Wright (born 1998), American football player Brock Yates (1933–2016), American journalist and author Brock Zeman (born 1981),...
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poster by Dan Gouzee Directed by Hal Needham Screenplay by Jerry Belson Brock Yates Story by Michael Kane Based on Characters by Hal Needham Robert L. Levy...
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overlooks Garfield Park. In the 1970s, Car and Driver magazine reporter Brock Yates and editor Steve Smith conceived the idea of an unsanctioned, informal...
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News presenter Brock Yates (1933–2016), automotive magazine reporter/editor Jess Yates (1918–1993), English television presenter Paula Yates (1959–2000)...
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flagging of Jones remains controversial. Many, including Chapman and writer Brock Yates, believed that officials would have black flagged Jones if an American...
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win the same event in 1997 and 1999, after which Car and Driver editor Brock Yates banned it from competing again. This car was also tested by Car and Driver...
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automobiles, (including technical forums and maintenance information). The Brock Yates article can be found here as well A Mercedes for the '70s: The W116 Series...
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He also maintained an ongoing friendly rivalry with automotive writer Brock Yates, who said "to know [Davis] is to acknowledge his short fuse and his penchant...
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Bonnett, Randy Pemberton, Ralph Sheheen, Dick Berggren, Matt Yocum, Brock Yates, Paul Page, Don Garlits, Gary Gerould, Army Armstrong, and Rick Benjamin...
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automobiles, (including technical forums and maintenance information). The Brock Yates article can be found here as well A Mercedes for the '70s: The W116 Series...
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his early football days as a preacher's son. Tarkenton co-wrote with Brock Yates a book in 1971 titled Broken Patterns: The Education of a Quarterback...
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participation of Brock Yates, organizer of the original Cannonball and holder of the trademark; indeed, the production company paid Yates for the use of...
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era, such as Vanishing Point, Easy Rider, and Electra Glide in Blue. Brock Yates, organizer of the Cannonball Run, cites Two-Lane Blacktop an inspiration...
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Auto Service Dana Kelder Ara Dube Triumph TR4A 499 15 T + 2.0 21 Brock Yates Brock Yates Charles Krueger Dodge Dart 498 16 T + 2.0 66 Tom Yeager Tom Yeager...
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child. Initial reviews for the Prelude were favorable. "It is," wrote Brock Yates for Motor Trend, "by any sane measurement, a splendid automobile. The...
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