Griffith Borgeson
Encyclopedia
Griffith Borgeson was an influential American
race car historian
, described by the Society of Automotive Engineers as one of the world's preeminent automotive historians.
His most well-known work, The Golden Age of the American Racing Car, almost single-handedly rescued the memory of an entire era of brilliant race car work in the United States, an era whose memory was being lost.
Borgeson was editor-in-chief of Motor Trend
magazine; he also wrote for Sports Car Illustrated magazine (now Car and Driver
).
United States
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race car historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
, described by the Society of Automotive Engineers as one of the world's preeminent automotive historians.
His most well-known work, The Golden Age of the American Racing Car, almost single-handedly rescued the memory of an entire era of brilliant race car work in the United States, an era whose memory was being lost.
Borgeson was editor-in-chief of Motor Trend
Motor Trend
Motor Trend is an American automobile magazine. It first appeared in September 1949, issued by Petersen Publishing Company in Los Angeles, and bearing the tag line "The Magazine for a Motoring World". Petersen Publishing was sold to British publisher EMAP in 1998, who sold the former Petersen...
magazine; he also wrote for Sports Car Illustrated magazine (now Car and Driver
Car and Driver
Car and Driver is an American automotive enthusiast magazine. Its total circulation is 1.31 million. It is owned by Hearst Magazines, who purchased prior owner Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. in 2011...
).