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Robert Yates' Beginnings at Holman Moody

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Holman Moody's Fireball Roberts Ford Galaxie NASCAR Race Car & Lee Holman's History Lesson!

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Lee Holman discusses the background of Robert Yates, who started his career at Holman Moody after graduating from diesel mechanics school. Yates was one of many engineers but excelled at self-promotion, eventually becoming a successful engine builder and team owner. Lee contrasts this with other talented engineers like Jimmy Tucker and Tommy Turner, who were better engine builders but lacked Yates's promotional skills.

Goal: Explain Robert Yates' early career and Holman Moody's role in his development.

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10 12 inching guys and he wasn't the best but he was a good promoter and he promoted himself into sponsors set up his own shop i like property he's good but jimmy tucker was a better engine builder tommy turner was a better engine builder as far as just doing the engine but they never promoted themselves like that nobody else was doing race cars in mass and we could build an entire car except for the windshields in our building we could stamp the body panels if we wanted to we could do anything the interchangeable gears on the transmission you guys designed all of that yep that's really cool we're still making them today i've got one back there that we're doing it's it's a magnesium case with the four top loader guts that's awesome what parts and pieces and things do you still make today that people can buy you can buy the whole car it's a million bucks you know we do everything that we did with 600 employees we just takes more time and we just keep doing it um larry wallace started grinding camps for us in 64. he's still grinding cams today that's really cool on the same machines yeah that's the coolest thing ever how do you feel about the

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