Brock Yates was a prominent American journalist, TV commentator, TV reporter, screenwriter, and author.
12 Facts About Brock Yates
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Brock Yates co-wrote the 1980 film, Smokey and the Bandit II.
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Brock Yates was the son of American author Raymond Francis Brock Yates and the former Marguerite Wendel.
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Brock Yates was born and raised in Lockport, New York and graduated from Lockport High School in 1951.
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Brock Yates graduated from Hobart College and spent time in the United States Navy.
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Brock Yates lived variously in Western New York state, in Castile, the village of Wyoming, and Fairport.
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Brock Yates was survived by his wife, Pamela, sons Brock, Jr.
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Brock Yates was one of the main commentators on the TNN motor sports TV show American Sports Cavalcade with Steve Evans where, on occasion, Paul Page, Gary Gerould, and Ralph Sheheen appeared.
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Brock Yates was a commentator on racing and vintage cars at various points between 1995 and 2013 for the Speed Channel, a US cable affiliate of Fox Sports.
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Brock Yates wrote for The Truth About Cars briefly in January and February 2008.
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Brock Yates wrote the screenplay for The Cannonball Run film with the intention of giving the lead role to Steve McQueen.
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Brock Yates had a brief cameo in The Cannonball Run as the race organizer who lays out the ground rules before the beginning of the race.