Gordon kirby biography

  • Gordon Kirby (born in Brighton, England) is a.
  • Gordon Kirby is a Canadian auto racing journalist.
  • Kirby was Autosport's American correspondent from 1973-2005, Motor Sport's U.S. editor from 2010-2017, and founding editor-at-large of OnTrack, Indy Car Racing.

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    "There's a lot of junk out there today. If you want it straight, read Kirby." So told the late Paul Newman about one of the world’s most experienced and accomplished racing writers. Kirby has covered more than 1,000 events over the past 45 years for magazines and newspapers around the world, including Road & Track, Car and Driver, Autoweek, Racer and Autosprint. Kirby was Autosport’s American correspondent from 1973-2005, Motor Sport’s U.S. editor from 2010-2017, and founding editor-at-large of OnTrack, Indy Car Racing and Racer. The hallmark of Kirby’s work has been access, based on trust and credibility. Even people like Newman, who steered clear of journalists, talked to Kirby. Among his 15 books are Mario Andretti: A Driving Passion, winner of the 2002 Motor Press Guild Dean Batchelor Award and the 2002 Independent Publishers Book Award. He also won the Miller Award of Excellence for the best motorsports magazine story of 2004. Today, Kirby is a staff writer for Joe Freeman’s Racemaker Press in Boston, focusing on books about the history of American automobile racing.

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    Dennis Aase

    Tony Adamowicz

    Warren Agor

    Robert M. Akin, III

    William E. Alsup

    David L. Ammen

    John A. Andretti

    Gaston Andrey

    William Hook up. Anspach

    Michael Argetsinger

    Peter Argetsinger

    Raoul “Sonny” Balcaen, III

    Frank Baptista

    Damon J. Barnett, II

    Charles A. Barns

    John Gordon Benett

    John M. Bishop

    Frank Walton Bohren

    Robert E. Boig

    Bob Bondurant

    W. Stargazer Boss

    C. T. (“Ted”) Boynton

    Sir Jack Brabham

    Michael Brockman

    J. Parliamentarian “Bob” Bucher

    Ronald Bucknum

    Dan A. Carmichael

    Harry Carter

    Paul Ceresole

    Luigi Chinetti

    Miles Collier

    Peter Collins

    George Constantine

    Chris Cord

    Donald E. Courtney

    George L. Couzens

    Edward W. Crawford

    Jerry Crawford

    Jack Crusoe

    Briggs S. Cunningham

    Richard Davenport

    Thomas Davey

    Gil De Ferran

    Charles H. Singer, Jr.

    Francis J. “Frank” Dominianni

    Mark Donohue

    Robert Drake

    Rene Dreyfus

    Charles Earwood

    Christopher Economaki

    Vic Elford

    Ernest C. Erickson

    Art Evans

    Mike Eyerly

    Juan Manuel Fangio 1911-1995

    Gene Felton

    Robert Fergus

    John C. Fitch

    Jim Fitzgerald

    G. William Fleming

    George Frey

    Brian Fuerstenau

    Charles Gibson

    Paul R. “Richie” Ginther

    J. Richard Greer

    Masten Gregory

    Robert Grossman

    Dick Guldstrand

    Daniel Gurney

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    Gordon Kirby's Book List

    • Chris Pook & the History of the Long Beach GP
      Racemaker Press, April 2020
    • Rick Mears--Thanks
      CMG Publishing, 2008
      I'm delighted to report that my latest book, 'Rick Mears--Thanks, the story of Rick Mears & the Mears Gang' will debut this week at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Rick and I will sign books at the Speedway this Wednesday, May 21, at 3 pm on 'The Plaza', just behind victory lane. Rick will also join me on Saturday, May 24, for a signing at the Borders on Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis from 1.30-2.30 pm.

      Through the nineteen-eighties and into the early nineties Rick was known as the 'King of the Speedways' and the maestro of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Mears won four Indianapolis 500s and three championships between 1979-1991 before retiring at the end of 1992 following a series of injuries that combined to reduce his ability to operate at the maximum and to enjoy his sport to the best. Mears is one of very few great sportsmen who retired at the height of his career in the immediate aftermath of some of his greatest performances.
    • Bobby Rahal: The Graceful Champion
      David Bull Publishing, 1998
      An engaging, well-educated man who studied history and literature in college, Bobby Raha