Robert Yates (NASCAR owner)
Robert Yates is the owner of the longtime NASCAR Nextel Cup Series team Robert Yates Racing. He purchased the team from Harry Rainer in 1989. The driver of the car was Davey Allison.
Robert Yates currently owns the cars driven by NASCAR drivers David Gilliland and Ricky Rudd. In 1994, Yates owned the #28 Havoline car driven by Ernie Irvan, who was in a wreck and unable to drive for Yates the rest of the 1994 season.
Robert Yates was given his first championship as a NASCAR owner in 1999 with Dale Jarrett.
His engines had won championships with him as an engine builder before, notably 1983 with Bobby Allison and DiGard Motorsports, and also with Darrell Waltrip.[1]
After that season the team began to slump a little. Eddie D'Hondt joined the team as Manager after leaving Evernham Motorsports and the team seemed to be heading in the right direction with the hiring of Mike Ford. Ford hired several key members including Russ Salerno, as his Pit Crew Coordinator. Shortly after that RYR found itself with a team that was improving and becoming a contender again.
Elliott Sadler joined Robert Yates Racing for the 2003 season and won two races for Yates in 2004.
As of July 2007, Yates' last win was with Dale Jarrett at Talladega Superspeedway in October 2005.
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