Pete Lyons

Born in 1940 in New York State, Pete Lyons is an international motorsports reporter, photographer and award-winning book author in the fields of Formula 1, Can-Am, endurance sportscars, Indycar, Trans-Am and many more forms of racing. In his decades-long, worldwide career, Lyons covered events on all six populated continents for numerous enthusiast publications, including Autosport , AutoWeek , Car and Driver , Racecar , Road & Track , Vintage Motorsport and many others. He is also the author...See more

Born in 1940 in New York State, Pete Lyons is an international motorsports reporter, photographer and award-winning book author in the fields of Formula 1, Can-Am, endurance sportscars, Indycar, Trans-Am and many more forms of racing. In his decades-long, worldwide career, Lyons covered events on all six populated continents for numerous enthusiast publications, including Autosport , AutoWeek , Car and Driver , Racecar , Road & Track , Vintage Motorsport and many others. He is also the author of 20 published books including, for Evro Publishing, Shadow: The Magnificent Machines of a Man of Mystery , which won 'Specialist Motoring Book of the Year' at the 2020 Royal Automobile Club Motoring Book of the Year Awards (UK) and 'Best Book' at the 2021 Automotive Heritage Awards (USA). See less