Brock Wendel Yates (October 21, 1933 - October 5, 2016) was an American print and TV journalist, screenwriter, and author. He was longtime executive editor of Car and Driver , an American automotive magazine, and a pundit and commentator for motor racing on, amongst others, Fox Sports. On January 26, 2017, Yates was appointed to the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.