Edgar Alan Gordon (March 27, 1902 – January 26, 1936) was an American racing driver.
[1] A postman from Redlands, California[2] who also became a Long Beach night club owner among other things,[1] Gordon took up racing in 1925.
[2] Gordon made nine starts in the AAA-sanctioned national championship from 1932 to 1935 and entered two non-points paying races after that, scoring a win at Oakland Speedway in January 1936.
[3] A regular at Legion Ascot Speedway, Gordon won the AAA Pacific Coast championship in 1933.
[2][4] While competing in another AAA non-championship race in January 1936,[3] both Gordon and his riding mechanic, Spider Matlock, were fatally injured in a crash at Ascot,[5][6] which ended racing at the Los Angeles track.