Brock Yates (1933–2016)
Auteur de Enzo Ferrari: The Man and the Machine
A propos de l'auteur
Brock Wendel Yates was born in Lockport, New York on October 21, 1933. He received a bachelor's degree in history from Hobart College in 1955 and served in the Navy. He was an automotive journalist who wrote for Car and Driver magazine. In the 1970's, he founded of the Cannonball Baker afficher plus Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, more commonly known as the Cannonball Run. He wrote the script for the 1981 movie The Cannonball Run. He wrote several books during his lifetime including Sunday Driver: The Writer Meets the Road - at 175 MPH; Enzo Ferrari: The Man, the Cars, the Races, the Machine; and Cannonball! World's Greatest Outlaw Road Race. He also wrote Sport and Racing Cars with his father Raymond F. Yates. He and Jerry Belson wrote the script for the movie Smokey and the Bandit II. He died from complications of Alzheimer's disease on October 5, 2016 at the age of 82. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Brock Yates
Oeuvres associées
Car and Driver, October 1965, Vol. 11 No. 4 (#55) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Car and Driver, December 1965, Vol. 11 No. 6 (#57) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Car and Driver, April 1967 — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Yates, Brock Wendel
- Date de naissance
- 1933-10-21
- Date de décès
- 2016-10-05
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Lockport, New York, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Batavia, New York, USA
- Études
- Hobart College (BA|History|1955)
- Professions
- automotive journalist
- Organisations
- Cannonball Run
- Prix et distinctions
- Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Cars and Racing (1)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 22
- Aussi par
- 6
- Membres
- 367
- Popularité
- #65,579
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 5
- ISBN
- 41
- Langues
- 6