Brock Yates was part of the finest writing team in the history of automotive journalism, in my opinion, during the David E. Davis, Jr., era at "Car and Driver"........Yates, Davis, Jan P. Norbye, Warren Weith, Jean Shepherd, Bruce McCall (who is the inspiration for my signature line) and others. They wrote about cars and car enthusiasts in new ways...clued in, irreverent, not beholden to advertisers. Together they simultaneously ignited my interest in great cars and great writing.
Yates, like Davis, did more than write about cars and car culture, though. He actually got out and did it.
He's sorely missed.
Edited by Jack-the-Lad, 06 October 2016 - 21:13.