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	Brock Yates
		Brock Yates invented the Cannonball Run, which, before it became a silly movie, was an actual and very illegal high-speed road race across America's highways.
		Smokey and the Bandit was obviously Yates-inspired, and Yates co-wrote Smokey and the Bandit II.
		Yates on Nader: "With a demagogue like Nader -- and make no mistake about it, Ralph Nader is a classic demagogue -- it is critical that he be surrounded by conspiracies, that every act of foolishness and incompetence be interpreted as a finely woven pattern of vicious deceit.
	www.nndb.com /people/521/000022455 (520 words)

	Brock Yates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brock Yates was executive editor of Car and Driver, an American automotive magazine.
		Yates is a best-selling author, most frequently about automotive topics and motor sport, and a commentator for the cable television Speed Channel.
		Brock Yates along with friend, director, and famed stunt man Hal Needham, also wrote Smokey and the Bandit II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brock_Yates (378 words)

	The Infamous Brock Yates Memo
		Yates takes aim at two groups: the environmentalists who think that cycling is necessary to save the Earth and the transportation reformers who think that cycling is necessary to save society.
		Yates criticizes the National Bicycling and Walking Study as a one-million-dollar "abuse of good sense" to discover the amazing fact that few Americans commute by bicycle because they are afraid, find cyclocommuting inconvenient, can't change clothes, etc. Yates tells us that modern cities have been designed for automobile transportation.
		Yates criticizes the ISTEA plans for bike paths and other cycling amenities, and cogently argues that these plans and theories make cycling a "machine of socialist utility embodying all the joie de vivre of a wheelbarrow." The trouble is that in these matters Yates is right.
	danenet.wicip.org /bcp2006/yates.html (3485 words)

	Brock Yates at AllExperts
		Yates was inspired by Erwin G. "Cannonball" Baker, (1882-1960), who travelled across the USA several times, to initiate the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash.
		It is well known Brock Yates was not pleased with the final outcome of his film as it was originally written from a more realistic "true to the race" vantage point.
		Brock Yates along with friend, director, and famed stunt man Hal Needham, also wrote Smokey and the Bandit.
	en.allexperts.com /e/b/br/brock_yates.htm (381 words)

	Brock Yates - Moviefone
		Brock Yates wrote The Cannonball Run film with the intention of the lead role going to Steve McQueen.
		McQueen was diagnosed with cancer early in 1980 and...
		Brock Yates - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Brock Yates Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/brock-yates/117571/main (88 words)

	The Hot Rod:Resurrection of a Legend - by Brock Yates
		Yates campaigned the car in vintage sports car races, and soon the Eliminator was once again beating Ferraris and Porsches on U.S. road courses.
		The car inspired Yates to build a modern interpretation of the concept, and he took one of the most potent engines available-a Viper V-10-and mounted it in a hot rod chassis with a road-racing-inspired suspension.
		Brock Yates is one of the best-known and most respected automotive journalists in the world today.
	www.motorbooks.com /ProductDetails_10634.ncm (554 words)

	Brock Yates in C&D - 10 Tenths Motorsport
		Yates, propping up his obvious agenda by slagging off CART, and now not being able to comprehend that the IRL is a carbon copy of CART from 1995 but only turning left.
		Yates pulled his head out of the dark place he keeps it, or just clipped his unruly eyebrows, he could see that he has been wrong and neither CART or the IRL has the answer right now.
		I think what Brock wants is what NASCAR has in their road races - specialists who come in and look good for a while, before weird officialing, bad strategy and weak equipment relegates them to the back, allowing the regulars to win and claim that their assertion about being the best drivers is valid.
	www.ten-tenths.com /forum/showthread.php?t=42426 (2991 words)

	Ultimate Garages : Garages : Historic Parking Ahead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Brock Yates' carriage house is a place where history roars to life.
		The history of the place rolls off Yates’ tongue: In 1814 the property was occupied, and in 1852 a house was built, but was completely remodeled in 1909-1910.
		Yates believes the house was designed by Claude Bragdon, who later made a name by designing some theaters on Broadway.
	www.ultimategarages.net /site/garages/view_article.cfm?ArticleID=1210 (403 words)

	Amazon.ca: Outlaw Machine: Books: Brock Yates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Yet Yates suggests that the Harley's power transcends the mainstream's co-option of its renegade image.
		Brock Yates provides a compelling overview of the Harley-Davidson history, and interesting thoughts on what Harley means to America.
		Yates would never tolerate repeated mis-statements of fact without researching the subject in his magazine.
	www.amazon.ca /Outlaw-Machine-Brock-Yates/dp/0316967181 (1385 words)

	6.9 Brochure - Brock Yates Story
		To introduce you to this car, we have selected Brock Yates, one of the most respected writers in the automotive community, to devise a no-holds-barred evaluation.
		Yates' articles appear frequently in leading general interest and automotive magazines.
		Yates imposed only one condition: that he be permitted to describe negative aspects as well as the strengths of the 6.9.
	www.m-100.cc /6point9/brochure/brockyates/index.html (2846 words)

	Brock Yates Joins Tech Central Station
		WASHINGTON--Oct. 3, 2001--Brock Yates, Editor-at-Large of Car and Driver magazine, has joined Tech Central Station as a regular contributor with a new column, "Road Warrior." Yates' focus will be on the automobile: the freedom it affords, the technology it provides and the legislative and regulatory battles that swirl around it.
		Yates will explore such issues as CAFE standards, environmental issues, climate change, sprawl and other efforts to regulate the automobile.
		Brock Yates is one of the best known, most respected automotive journalists in the world, who has achieved recognition in the fields of magazine writing, books, screenwriting and television commentary.
	www.theautochannel.com /news/2001/10/03/030511.html (252 words)

	Amazon.ca: NASCAR Off the Record: Books: Brock Yates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In the 1950s he recalls the intimate nature of the sport's early years, when he would see the entire Petty family working together, Richard wrenching on the car while his father cooked for the family on a bar-b-que grill.
		In 1979, Yates was reporting from the pits for ABC at the Daytona 500 when the infamous fight erupted between Cale Yarborough and the Allison boys.
		Brock lives with his wife Pamela in the towns of Wyoming, New York, and Alexandria Bay, New York.
	www.amazon.ca /NASCAR-Off-Record-Brock-Yates/dp/0760317267 (378 words)

	35 Years Ago, the Original Cannonball Run Took the Green Flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At the finish line: Brock Yates (left) contemplates a shower while Dan Gurney is congratulated by Portofino Inn owner Mary Davis and, in the bikini, Miss Redondo Beach, 1971.
		Yates' initial one-Dodge-van run of 2,858 miles was made in 40 hours, 51 minutes, fueled by 315 gallons of gas and 12 packets of Vivarin.
		Yates is, however, toying with the idea of running one more Cannonball, possibly in 2007, definitely with a very controlled, small list of invite-only competitors.
	www.edmunds.com /insideline/do/Features/articleId=117576?imw=Y (1852 words)

	Brock Yates Quotes & Quotations, Biographies And Pictures.
		Brock Yates Quotes & Quotations, Biographies And Pictures.
		" My father, Raymond F. Yates, was a successful writer of technical nonfiction and such a life seemed a reasonable alternative to real work.
		Most of the information found on focusdep.com is released under the the GNU license.
	www.focusdep.com /quotes/authors/Brock/Yates (450 words)

	Brock Yates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Left: Brock Yates auditions for the role of Bert Reynolds in the forthcoming move, "Brock Yates: A man, a bicycle, a dream."
		Yates is a terrific writer, but you need a thick skin and a resilient sense of humor to appreciate it.
		I'll forgive Yates these transgressions because he is The Man Who Dreamed Up The Cannonball Baker Sea To Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash.
	home.comcast.net /~johnmikes/cannonball/yates.htm (608 words)

	Brock Yates returning to new and improved Car & Driver? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Winding Road is reporting that Brock Yates, the godfather of automotive journalism in the U.S., may be returning to the pages of Car & Driver.
		Many of you might remember that Yates was allegedly forced to abandon his column in C&D because of a shakeup taking place at the most popular automotive buff book.
		C&D also is renewing its sponsorship of Yates' One Lap of America road rally for 2007.
	www.wiscollectorcar.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=4534 (520 words)

	Winding Road » Archive » Brock Yates Set For Return To Pages Of Car And Driver?
		Filed Under: AUTOMAKERS, Media, Hirings/Firings/Personnel Moves November 22nd, 2006 2:43 PM Brock Yates, elder statesman of American automotive journalism and father of the Cannonball Run, was recently dispatched from his post at Car and Driver as Editor-At-Large in a fairly public dust-up.
		Many of you might remember that Yates was allegedly forced to abandon his column in CandD because of a shakeup taking place at the most popular automotive buff book.
		Let’s hope Brock steps up to the plate there at C/D soon enough to give us some insights into what the deal is with Ford; before Ford falls into that vast Sargasso Sea of former automotive nameplates (that last, admittedly a phrase I picked up, sometime back, from reading Brock Yates).
	news.windingroad.com /auto-news/brock-yates-set-for-return-to-pages-of-car-and-driver (962 words)

	ACN & Brock Yates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		I spoke with the person who drove it when we got to Carlisle (did not know truly what car it was until we stumbled across it in the building, thought it might just have been another challenger) and he said that Brock drove down separately and was supposed to be there later Friday afternoon.
		-----Original Message----- From: paul holmgren [mailto:paulholm at ameritech.net] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 10:48 PM To: Multiple recipients of MoPar Subject: ACN and Brock Yates Learned it is very possible that Mr.
		Yates drove to ACN, seems he lives near someone I know in New York.
	mopar.tamu.edu /pipermail/mml-test/2003-July/027171.html (323 words)

	Re: Brock Yates - Used-up Journalist - The Porsche 928 Forum
		Yates would jump up and down over some fancy 4-door riced out sedan.
		Perhaps Yates doesn't know only 745 of the 928 automobiles were imported to the USA during the LAST FIVE YEARS OF PRODUCTION.
		Since I own three of those "mere cars", and I think each one of them is a wonderful car, able to absolutely thrash some of what Yates would classify as an "exotic", you are welcome to tell exotic snob Yates he can kiss my a$$.
	forums.roadfly.com /forums/porsche/porsche_928/4750520-1.html (507 words)

	Cannonball Comeback?
		That’s what we wondered after speaking this week with Brock Yates, the legendary automotive scribe and founder of what was initially dubbed the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, who may revive the race — after a 27-year hiatus — for a sixth run as soon as spring 2007.
		After retiring Cannonball, Yates founded a motor sports event that was a legal alternative to street racing with the same amount of adrenaline.
		Yates is keeping himself busy writing another book and by starting to seriously plan the next Cannonball.
	www.forbesautos.com /news/features/2006/bullrun/yates.html?partner=jlp (788 words)

	Brock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brock University Students' Union, a union representing the undergraduate students at Brock University
		Brock Lesnar (born 1977), a professional wrestler and former NFL defensive lineman for the Minnesota Vikings
		Brock, Allison (born 1987), first woman to throw a football over 65 yards in competition.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brock (405 words)

	Authors: Brock Yates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As it is, I was raised in a small Upstate New York town (Lockport}, graduated from Hobart College and spent four years in the Navy before drifting into journalism.
		My father, Raymond F. Yates, was a successful writer of technical nonfiction and such a life seemed a reasonable alternative to real work.
		In 1964 I joined the staff of "Car and Driver" (now the world's largest automotive magazine) as Managing Editor although my employers were unaware that I could neither manage or edit.
	www.twbookmark.com /authors/33/231 (335 words)

	Cannonball! - by Brock Yates
		In the early 1970s, Brock Yates, senior editor of Car and Driver Magazine, created the now infamous Cannonball Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash; a flat out, no-holds-barred race from New York City to Redondo Beach, California.
		Yates created a spectacle reminiscent of the glory days of the barnstorming pilots.
		Brock is one of the best-known, most respected automotive journalists in the world today.
	www.speedtvbooks.com /Store/ProductDetails_25403.ncm (485 words)

	The Hot Rod by Brock Yates - THE H.A.M.B.
		In past years Yates has raced the roadster at Lime Rock Park her in Connecticut over the Labor Day weekend.
		There's some stuff toward the end where Yates is working on his own modernized Eliminator that isn't so HAMBy.
		Yates is an excellent writer and the story of the Eliminator is very interesting.
	www.jalopyjournal.com /forum/showthread.php?t=67738 (1091 words)

	NASCAR Off The Record - by Brock Yates
		In the 1950s he recalls the intimate nature of the sports early years, when he would see the entire Petty family working together, Richard wrenching on the car while his father cooked for the family on a bar-b-que grill.
		In 1979, Yates was reporting from the pits for ABC at the Daytona 500 when the infamous fight erupted between Cale Yarborough and the Allison boys.
		Brock lives with his wife Pamela in the towns of Wyoming, New York, and Alexandria Bay, New York.
	www.speedtvbooks.com /store/ProductDetails_25494.ncm (617 words)

	Amazon.com: Enzo Ferrari: Books: Brock Yates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		But as Car and Driver columnist Yates points out in this captivating, demythologizing biography, none of Ferrari's racing cars "was a glittering example of daring technology," and he had almost no hand in the making of the later road cars that bore his name.
		Yates deftly records the carnage of major races, business wheeling and dealing, and the political dimensions of motor racing from the pre-WW II Rome-Berlin Axis to today's ribbon-waving nationalism.
		Mr Yates takes a very interesting position, he gives the impression that dislikes italians and praises germans, english and americans in the auto industry, and that this book was written to expose the "dark-side" of Ferrari.
	www.amazon.com /Enzo-Ferrari-Brock-Yates/dp/0385263198 (968 words)

	Amazon.de: Umbrella Mike: English Books: Brock Yates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		That auto racing got mixed up in the times' turbulent politics isn't surprising, but that Chicago gangsterism was part of the heady mix adds the brio that makes the book special.
		Needless to say, this is also a great book for auto-racing enthusiasts, an excellent shelf mate for Yates' pictorial study of the 1936 and 1937 Vanderbilt Cup events, Vanderbilt Cup Race (1997).
		Brock Yates chronicles the dramatic events that unfolded during this most controversial of races - pitting against one another a Nazi poster child, a German-hating Swiss, and the brilliant American underdog who has a trick or two up his sleeve...
	www.amazon.de /Umbrella-Mike-Brock-Yates/dp/1560257768 (494 words)

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