Career
After he retired, he served as a National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing sportscaster for a brief period of time. Driving for the underfunded Junie Donlavey team, Brooks finished 10th in points in 1975 and 1976. A sixth place point finish in 1977 was the highest Brooks ever finished.
After finishing eighth in the points in 1978, Brooks left the Donlavey team and drove for others in 1979 and 1980.
Brooks only drove five races each season in 1981 and 1982 before reuniting with Donlavey for 1983. After finishing fifth in the Daytona 500, he had several other solid runs.
After four races, Brooks led the point standings for the only time in his National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing career. The rest of the season was not as good though and Brooks faded to 14th at season"s education
Nineteen-eighty four was more of the same as the Donlavey team struggled to keep up with the higher financed teams and Brooks finished 15th.
After driving three races for the Petty Enterprises team in 1985, Brooks left the ride. His final National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing race was behind the wheel of a Rick Hendrick owned car in the 1985 World 600 where he finished in tenth place. Brooks lent his name to a series of car dealerships in North and South Carolina.
After complications from a plane crash in late 2004, Brooks died of pneumonia on February 1, 2006.