At Car and Driver, we were convinced that the automobile, as we knew and loved it, was as dead as the passenger pigeon. Ralph Nader was at full cry, ringing his tocsin of automobile doom into the brains of the… — Brock Yates Copy Share Image
They still talk about the night that Augie Pabst, a fresh-faced heir to the brewing fortune, drove a rented Falcon into the swimming pool… — Brock Yates Copy Share Image
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. — Brock Yates Copy Share Image
Unlike conventional jocks, who tend to sell aluminum siding and give canned speeches to parochial-school athletic banquets in the off-season, race drivers never shuck… — Brock Yates Copy Share Image
More books, more racing and more foolishness with cars and motorcycles are in the works. — Brock Yates Copy Share Image
The whole movie thing has never been a source of great pride for me, in that Burt Reynolds, who starred in the picture, butchered the original script I had written for the late Steve McQueen, and the result, while a massive moneymaker, was lashed by the critics. But like the old joke about Pierre the Bridge Builder, The Cannonball Run… — Brock Yates Copy Share
I admit to wasting my life messing around with fast cars and motorcycles. — Brock Yates Copy Share Image
Regardless, I did rise to the editorship before embarking on a freelance career in the late '60's. — Brock Yates Copy Share Image
Some critics of racing witlessly claim that spectators only attend to see someone die. This is utter and complete nonsense. I have been at numerous races where death is present. When a driver dies, the crowd symbolically dies, too. They come to see action at the brink: ultimate risk taking and the display of skill and bravery embodied in the… — Brock Yates Copy Share
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… — Brock Yates Copy Share Image
Some guy once told me that skydiving is like cutting your throat and seeing if you can get to the doctor before you bleed… — Brock Yates Copy Share Image
A written regulation in NASCAR is about as reliable as an Egyptian immigration law. — Brock Yates Copy Share Image
To be sure, [NASCAR] stars were initially ex-bootleggers for the most part drawn from that talent pool in the Carolinas hills: "good ol' boys"… — Brock Yates Copy Share Image
![“To be sure, [NASCAR] stars were initially ex-bootleggers for the most part drawn from that talent pool in the Carolinas hills: "good ol' boys" as they referred to themselves. That's exactly how they would be described in the press that slowly became enamored with their raucous life style. That has…” quote by Brock Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/030/brock-yates-20099_athlete_to-be-sure-nascar-stars-were-initially-e_1516318.jpg)