Vm is really a great magazine for the sport of vintage racing and i encourage everyone interested to pick up a copy. Brock yates, automotive writer, driver who created. I ran one lap of america twice, in 2005 and then again in 2006, so i had the chance to hear him speak a few times. Nov 11, 2014 the novdec 2014 issue of vintage motorpsorts has an article by brock yates stating that he does in fact have alzheimers and he writes of his frustrations with the disease and etc. Yates wrote in a sports illustrated article later collected in his book sunday driver, was what about the cops. Publication date 1972 topics yates, brock w, automobile racing drivers, journalists publisher new york, farrar, straus and giroux collection. In this case, it was a discarded firstedition copy of brock yates awesome book sunday driver. For everyone whos ever wanted to know what its really like to get behind the wheel of a racecar, automotive enthusiast brock yates lived the dream. Brock yates, automotive writer, driver who created cannonball run.
He was longtime executive editor of car and driver, an american automotive magazine. What brock yates and the cannonball run meant to me, and. He was a pit reporter for cbs coverage of certain nascar sprint cup at the time, the winston cup series races in the 1980s, including. Ralph nader was at full cry, ringing his tocsin of automobile doom into the brains of the public, convincing them that the lump of chrome and iron in the driveway was as lethal as a dose of strontium 90 or a blast from a viet cong ak47. Sunday driver is the perfect companion for anyone who has felt the need for speed, or just marveled as they watched their favorite driver race around the track at deathdefying speed and wondered what it would feel like to be in the driver s seat. Brock yates, reporting for cbs at the daytona 500 racing event in 1979. Brock wendel yates was an american print and tv journalist, screenwriter, and author. He is the author of many works, including against death and time, the sunday driver, and the screenplay for the cannonball run. At sundays celebration, one of officers who stopped the ambulance that day appeared on video to issue brock yates a pardon on behalf of the bergen county, n. That car that just soared by might be heading for the. Mostly run without rules, the races tickled the gear head imagination and slid into popular culture.
It remains this writers favorite line the man penned during his lifetime, a span that ended october 5. Sunday driver is the perfect companion for anyone who has felt the need for speed, or just marveled as they watched their favorite driver race around the track at deathdefying speed and wondered what it would feel like to be in the drivers seat. Oct 06, 2016 brock yates wore many hats during his enviable madcap life, and each one blew off as he pinned the accelerator to the firewall. Aug 24, 2004 sunday driver by brock yates, 97815602554, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
Brock yates, automotive writer, driver who created cannonball. Brock yates wore many hats during his enviable madcap life, and each one blew off as he pinned the accelerator to the firewall. Automotivejournalist icon brock yates, inventor of the cannonball run crosscountry road race, writer of successful screenplays and a fixture for decades at car and driver, died oct. One of the bestknown, most respected automotive journalists in the world. He is the editoratlarge and featured columnist for car and driver magazine, has written several books and is an. Oct 06, 2016 brock yates automotive legend, former editor of car and driver, race car driver, founder of the cannonball baker seatoshiningseamemorial trophy dash a. While greenies and their media flunkies continue to savage the gasolinepowered internalcombustion engine and rhapsodize about hybrids, hydrogen, electrics, natural gas, propane, nuclear, and godknowswhatother panaceas, perhaps including bovine urine, there are no realistic, economically viab. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Youll smell the fumes and feel the heat rising from the track as brock takes the reader through a refresher course at bob bondurants highperformance driving school. Brock yates actually won the first cannonball run, along with his codriver, one daniel sexton gurney in a kirk white prepped, sunoco blue ferrari 365 gtb4 daytona. The idea came from brock yates, an editor at car and driver magazine, in 1971. Paul page, gary gerould, and ralph sheheen also occasionally appeared on the show. After using the last seven weeks to binge the entire breaking bad anthology on netflix, ive.
Yates penned 15 books, sharing his insights as an amateur racer in sunday driver and untold drama in enzo ferrari. Brock yates, car and drivers assassin, lost his long battle with alzheimers on october 5, 2016. His films include the cannonball run, which was based on the actual crosscountry cannonball seatoshiningsea memorial trophy dash, named for cannonball baker. Brock yates, writer and rebel who created the cannonball run. Afterward, yates would put his arm around me and say, david tells a great story, but let uncle brock tell you how it really happened. Yates was a 1955 graduate of hobart college in new york and later served as a navy officer. Nov 14, 2016 afterward, yates would put his arm around me and say, david tells a great story, but let uncle brock tell you how it really happened. It remains this writers favorite line the man penned during his lifetime, a span that ended october 5, 2016, due to complications from alzheimers disease. Oct 06, 2016 brock yates wrote that sentence in 1972. Sunday driver fireside sports classics by yates, brock w. Sunday driver by brock yates, 97815602554, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Yates has enjoyed a long career with car and driver magazine and is the author of many articles, books, and screenplays, many of which feature cars and racing. He was also one of the main commentators on the tnn motor sports tv show american sports cavalcade with steve evans.
Publication date 1972 topics yates, brock w, automobile racing drivers, journalists publisher. Brock yates automotive legend, former editor of car and driver, race. Oct 06, 2016 brock yates with his pebble beach classwinning eliminator. Brock yates is editoratlarge and featured columnist for car and driver magazine, erstwhile cbs sports analyst, and commentator for the speedvision motorsports cable network. Oct 06, 2016 brock yates, car and drivers assassin, lost his long battle with alzheimers on october 5, 2016. Buy sunday driver by brock yates online at alibris. For everyone whos ever wanted to know what its really like to get behind the wheel of a racecar, automotive enthusiast brock yates lived the dream, and lived to tell about it. According to car and driver, yates gained the nickname the assassin after he wrote a story in 1968 titled the grosse pointe myopians, which accurately forecast the rise of japanesemade cars. Jul 12, 2009 one of the bestknown, most respected automotive journalists in the world. Brock yates is editoratlarge and featured columnist for car and driver and a commentator for the speedvision motorsports cable network. Yates in 1966 credit racingone getty images the news of brock yates passing this week hit me hard.
Brock yates crosses the finish line get the latest car. Gurney was quoted at the time as saying, with a straight. Brock yates crosses the finish line get the latest car news. On saturday, february 24, his widow pamela and daughter stacy bradley will be at the international motor racing research center imrrc in watkins glen, new york, presenting looking at the world through a windshield, a talk about brock yates remarkable life.
Brock yates automotive legend, former editor of car and driver, race car driver, founder of the cannonball baker seatoshiningseamemorial trophy dash a. Brock yates, writer and rebel who created the cannonball. Buried in my pileobooks since the 70s, this copy of sunday driver last read by teenaged me. Sunday driver for everyone whos ever wanted to know what its really like to get behind the wheel of a racecar, automotive enthusiast brock yates lived the dream, and lived to tell about it. That is until recently, when i dusted it off for a revisit. The writer meets the roadat 175 mph yates, brock on amazon. For everyone whos ever wanted to know what its really like to get behind t. He played at watkins glen while his father raced, he apprenticed with race car builder ron nash and hes a veteran of the first cannonball seatoshiningsea memorial trophy dash as a 14 year old in 1071, his.
Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. For everyone whos ever wanted to know what its really like to. Shop amongst our popular books, including 7, sunday driver, outlaw machine and more from brock yates. The writer meets the road at 175 mph by brock yates 1972, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. Brock wendel yates october 21, 1933 october 5, 2016 was an american print and tv journalist, screenwriter, and author. Sundays 89th running of the indianapolis 500 auto race features a rookie driver who has a good chance to become the first woman to win. The writer meets the roadat 175 mph yates, brock on. The writer meets the road at 175 mph by brock yates 1972, hardcover at the. The man and the machine, sunday driver and against. The writer meets the road at 175 mph by yates, brock isbn.
The cannonball run and one lap of america, writer of the cannonball run and smokey and the bandit ii, bestselling author of 20 books including cannonball. Even with a few decades between readings, i actually remembered sections of it, especially the ending where author brock yates races the very illegal cannonball run across the us, with legend race driver dan gurney in a ferrari. Uncle brock yates was larger than life hagerty media. Brock yates with his pebble beach classwinning eliminator. He was longtime executive editor of car and driver, an american automotive. Oct 06, 2016 yates is survived by former wife pamela, children brock jr, claire and dan, stepdaughter stacey, and everyone who has ever safely driven more than 15 mph over the speed limit.
Apr 10, 2017 at sundays celebration, one of officers who stopped the ambulance that day appeared on video to issue brock yates a pardon on behalf of the bergen county, n. He was a pit reporter for cbs coverage of certain nascar cup series series races in the 1980s, including the daytona 500. For everyone whos ever wanted to know what its really like to get behind the wheel of a racecar, automotive enthusiast brock yates lived the dream, and lived to. Youll smell the fumes and feel the heat rising from the track as brock takes the reader through a refresher course at bob bondurants highperformance. Apr 11, 2020 the idea came from brock yates, an editor at car and driver magazine, in 1971. At car and driver, we were convinced that the automobile, as we knew and loved it, was as dead as the passenger pigeon. Brock yates was a writer, racer, visionary, and tireless champion of the art of driving. In a journalism career that stretched across six decades including, most notably, four with car and driver magazine, yates took on everything from an indifferent u. Youll smell the fumes and feel the heat rising from the track as brock takes the reader through a refresher course at bob bondurants highperformance driving school, then off to watkins glen, michigan. It remains this writers favorite line the man penned. Brock yates automotive legend, former editor of car and driver, race car driver, founder of the cannonball baker seatoshiningseamemorial. We take solace in the words he crafted for this publication, his screenplays, and his books, a.
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