Gordon Kirby
Gordon Kirby is a Canadian auto racing journalist. He is the United States editor for Autocourse since 1973 and Motor Sport since 2008.
Kirby was raised in Toronto and began working in 1968 as Canadian correspondent for British magazine Autosport. He was United States correspondent for Autosport from 1973 to 2004.
Kirby also was co-founder of magazine OnTrack, Indy Car Racing and Racer, editor to AutoWeek, and contributor to Car and Driver and other outlets. He also was ghostwriter for several Indy car drivers.
Publications
- Penske's Maestro: Karl Kainhofer & the History of Penske Racing
- Tony Bettenhausen & Sons: An American Racing Family Album
- Second to One: All But For Indy
- Jim McGee: Crew Chief of Champions
- Rick Mears - Thanks: the story of Rick Mears and the Mears Gang
- A Winning Adventure: Honda's Ten Years in CART
- Mario Andretti: A Driving Passion
- Greg Moore: A Legacy of Spirit
- Bobby Rahal: The Graceful Champion
- Unser: An American Family Portrait
- ''The Art of Motor Racing with Emerson Fittipaldi''