Eoin Young, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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New Zealand-born motoring journalist
Date of Birth: 09-Jun-1939
Place of Birth: Cave, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
Date of Death: 05-Sep-2014
Profession: journalist
Nationality: New Zealand
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Eoin Young
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- Young (9 June 1939, Cave, New Zealand – 5 September 2014, Christchurch New Zealand) was a motoring journalist who wrote an Autocar column for some 30 years starting in 1967.After first working in a bank in Timaru and writing motor sport columns for the Timaru Herald, he moved to the UK in 1961.
- He initially worked with Denny Hulme for the Formula Junior series in Europe, and then in 1962 he became Bruce McLaren's secretary, ghosting his column for Autosport.
- In 1964 McLaren founded his own racing organisation, Bruce McLaren Racing Ltd, and appointed Young as director.
- When McLaren stepped up to Formula 1 in 1966, Young decided to return to journalism full-time.
- His weekly Formula 1 column with Autocar magazine, ‘From The Grid’, would run for 31 years and be syndicated at its height to seven other magazines worldwide.
- In 1971 he authored Bruce McLaren's biography, McLaren: The Man and His Racing Team.
- In 1976 he wrote Against All Odds with James Hunt, the story of the British Formula One driver's only F1 championship,In 2003, he authored Forza Amon!, a biography of Chris Amon, and in 2007 Memories of the Bear, a biography of Denny Hulme.
- He wrote columns and articles for many publications including Cars for the Connoisseur (UK), Victory Lane (USA), NZ Classic Car (New Zealand), Autosprint (Italy) and Am Klassiek (the Netherlands).
- He also wrote for the web-based motor sport magazine pitpass.com.
- He returned to New Zealand and became ill in July 2014; he died on 5 September 2014.
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