Gordon Kirby's Resume
- United States editor of Motor Sport
- staff writer, Racemaker Press, Boston, MA.
- winner, Miller Award of Excellence for best motorsports magazine story of 2004 about the careers of Al Unser Jr & Michael Andretti in the November, 2004 edition of Road & Track
- American editor, since 1973, Autocourse, the world's leading Grand Prix annual
- American editor of the British weekly, Autosport, for thirty-two years, 1973-2004
- member Road Racing Drivers Club
- Author of the following books:
- Chris Pook & the History of the Long Beach GP, Racemaker Press, April 2020
- Wally Dallenbach, Steward of the Sport, Racemaker Press, 2018
- Editor, Six Decades of Speed, Beauty & Tradition, a History of Lime Rock Park, 2018
- Penske's Maestro, Karl Kainhofer & the History of Penske Racing, Racemaker Press, 2016
- Tony Bettenhausen & Sons, An American Racing Family Album, Racemaker Press, 2016
- Second to One: All But For Indy, co-authored with Joe Freeman, Racemaker Press, May, 2015
- Jim McGee: Crew Chief of Champions, Racemaker Press, May, 2014
- Rick Mears-Thanks' the story of Rick Mears and the Mears Gang published by Crash Media Group/Autocourse in May, 2008
- A Winning Adventure, Honda's Ten Years in CART, co-authored with John Oreovicz, David Bull Publishing, 2003
- Mario Andretti: A Driving Passion, David Bull Publishing, 2001, winner of the 2002 Motor Press Guild Dean Batchelor award, and the 2002 Independent Publishers Book Award in the sports/recreation division
- Greg Moore--A Legacy of Spirit (with Dan Proudfoot and Jim Taylor), Whitecap Books, 2000
- Bobby Rahal--The Graceful Champion, David Bull Publishing, 1999
- Unser--An American Family Portrait, Anlon Press, 1988
- The Art of Motor Racing with Emerson Fittipaldi, Nutmeg Productions, 1987
- More Information:
- Gordon covered all but ten CART races, 1979-2003, and has covered more than 750 major automobile races of all types since April, 1973
- he freelanced over the years for many magazines and newspapers around the world from Car & Driver and AutoWeek to the London Sunday Times
- was founding editor-at-large of a number of domestic racing publications including OnTrack, Indy Car Racing magazine and Racer
- wrote race preview and other stories for Indy 500 program, 1981-'94
- ghost-wrote many columns over the years for top drivers including Mario Andretti, Al Unser, Al Unser Jr, Emerson Fittipaldi and Bobby Rahal
- organized Al Unser Jr's 1991 Formula 1 test with the Williams team
- worked as talent spotter and judge for various young driver development programs including the Team Green Academy and Skip Barber's Big Scholarship
- won Canadian Racing Drivers Association 'Journalist of the Year' award in 1977
- also worked in formative days as public relations and marketing man and sponsor salesman
- won 41 races as Formula Ford team manager in 1970-'72 with driver David Loring in the United States, Canada & England
- tried unsuccessfully to put together all-American Formula 3 team in England for 1973 with Loring and Danny Sullivan before concentrating on full-time career as journalist and writer
- started writing career in 1968 as Autosport's Canadian correspondent. Also worked in 1970 and '71 as road racing editor of Canadian racing weekly Wheelspin News