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Doug Yates forging his own way without Dad by his side

By Marty Smith
ESPN.com

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The fathers-and-sons heritage in racing is deeply rooted, no matter the racing genre and regardless of whether father and son are competitors or merely fans. Racing dads coax their boys into squirreling around underneath cars when they get too old and fat and lazy to do it themselves, and the next thing you know they've groomed a racer. Racing dad fans coax their boys into shuffling over to the fridge to grab another beer when they're too old and fat and lazy to do it ...

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