Brock Yates is an American journalist and author. He was longtime executive editor

Editing

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 of Car and Driver

Car and Driver

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, an American

United States

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 automotive magazine

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. He was a pit reporter for CBS'

CBS Sports

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 coverage of certain NASCAR Sprint Cup (at the time, the Winston Cup) series races in the 1980s, including the Daytona 500

Daytona 500

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. He was also one of the main commentators on the TNN

TNN

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 motor sports TV show American Sports Cavalcade

American Sports Cavalcade

American Sports Cavalcade was an American motorsports television show produced by Diamond P Sports that aired on TNN from 1983 to 1995. American Sports Cavalcade was also a winner of the cable television Ace Awards for their motorsports coverage....

with Steve Evans. Paul Page

Paul Page

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, Gary Gerould

Gary Gerould

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, and Ralph Sheheen

Ralph Sheheen

Ralph Sheheen is currently a pit reporter for NASCAR on TNT, an announcer for AMA supercross and superbike racing on the Speed Channel, and is the lead commentator of CBS Sports' coverage of the AMA....

 also occasionally appeared on the show.