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• Regardless, I did rise to the editorship before embarking on a freelance career in the late ’60’s.

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• The bicycle is a former child’s toy that has now been elevated to icon status because, presumably, it can move the human form from pillar to post without damage to the environment.

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• Had I been more responsible I might have made something of myself as a junk bond trader, long-haul trucker or perhaps a plumbing contractor.

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• I have four grown children and two tiny grandchildren.

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• Don’t get me wrong, I think bikes are terrific. I own several of my own, including a trendy mountain style, and ride them for pleasure and light exercise.

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• The automobile, both a cause and an effect of this decentralization, is ideally suited for our vast landscape and our generally confused and contrary commuting patterns.

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• More books, more racing and more foolishness with cars and motorcycles are in the works.

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• I admit to wasting my life messing around with fast cars and motorcycles.

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Brock Yates (8)

Birth:	1933
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author, Commentator, Editor, Journalist, Screenwriter

About

Brock Yates was born in Buffalo, New York. He is an American journalist and author. He was longtime executive editor of Car and Driver, an American automotive magazine. He was a pit reporter for CBS' coverage of certain NASCAR Sprint Cup series races in the 1980s, including the Daytona 500. He was also one of the main commentators on the TNN motor sports TV show American Sports Cavalcade with Steve Evans. He currently serves as a commentator on racing and vintage cars for the Speed Channel, a U.S. cable television channel affiliated with Fox Sports. His first articles appeared in Science and Mechanics Magazine when he was 16 years old. Yates wrote for The Truth About Cars briefly in January and February 2008.

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