Brock Yates
1933 - 2016
General Information
Bio
(1933-2016) Writer, journalist. Brock Yates was born in Lockport, New York, and died in Batavia, New York. He authored several books and also wrote for The Washington Post, Playboy, and The American Spectator.
Full Name
Brock Yates
Locations
Monroe
Author's Timeline
1933
BIRTH
Brock Wendel Yates was born in Lockport, New York, on October 21, 1933.
1951
OTHER
Mr. Yates graduated from Lockport High School in 1951.
1955
OTHER
Mr. Yates received a bachelor's degree in history from Hobart College in Geneva, New York, in 1955.
1972
LITWORK
Sunday Driver: The Writer Meets the Road -- at 175 MPH
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374271836 / 978-0374271831
Nonfiction.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374271836 / 978-0374271831
Nonfiction.
1980
LITWORK
Smokey and the Bandit II
Screenplay written with Jerry Belson and Michael Kane.
Screenplay written with Jerry Belson and Michael Kane.
1981
LITWORK
The Cannonball Run
Screenplay.
Screenplay.
1983
LITWORK
The Decline and Fall of the American Automobile Industry
Empire Books
0880150041 / 978-0880150040
Nonfiction.
Empire Books
0880150041 / 978-0880150040
Nonfiction.
1991
LITWORK
Enzo Ferrari: The Man, the Cars, the Races, the Machine
Doubleday
0385263198 / 978-0385263191
Biography.
Doubleday
0385263198 / 978-0385263191
Biography.
1999
LITWORK
Outlaw Machine: Harley Davidson and the Search for the American Soul
Little, Brown and Company
0316967181 / 978-0316967181
Nonfiction.
Little, Brown and Company
0316967181 / 978-0316967181
Nonfiction.
2002
LITWORK
Cannonball! World's Greatest Outlaw Road Race
Motorbooks
0760310904 / 978-0760310908
Nonfiction.
Motorbooks
0760310904 / 978-0760310908
Nonfiction.
2003
LITWORK
The Hot Rod: Resurrection of a Legend
Motorbooks
0760315981 / 978-0760315989
Nonfiction.
Motorbooks
0760315981 / 978-0760315989
Nonfiction.
2004
LITWORK
Against Death and Time: One Fatal Season in Racing's Glory Years
Thunder's Mouth Press
1560255269 / 978-1560255260
Nonfiction.
Thunder's Mouth Press
1560255269 / 978-1560255260
Nonfiction.
2004
LITWORK
NASCAR Off The Record
Motorbooks
0760317267 / 978-0760317266
Nonfiction.
Motorbooks
0760317267 / 978-0760317266
Nonfiction.
2016
DEATH
Brock Yates died in Batavia, New York, on October 5, 2016.
2016
RESIDENCE
Mr. Yates lived in Fairport, New York.
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