Robert yates nascar biography

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    Robert Yates (NASCAR owner)

    NASCAR team owner

    James Robert Yates (April 19, 1943 – October 2, 2017)[1] was a NASCAR engine builder and former owner of the Sprint Cup Series team Yates Racing, owned since 2007 by his son Doug.

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    • He purchased the team from Harry Ranier in 1988, with driver Davey Allison. In 2018, Yates was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

    Biography

    The son of Rev. John Clyde Yates, he grew up as one of nine children in Charlotte, North Carolina.[2] He has a twin brother, Richard.

    As a youth, he raced his own dragster in the late 1950s.[3] During his formative years, he moved to Wake Forest, North Carolina to live with his sister's family. In 1961, he graduated from Wake Forest High School a straight-A student.

    In 1964, Yates graduated from Wilson Technical College in North Carolina, earning a degree in mechanical engineering.[2]

    Yates joined Holman-Moody in 1968 as head of the air gauge department, and two year