Eoin S. 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.
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.
When McLaren stepped up to Formula 1 in 1966, Young decided to return to journalism full-time.
In 1976 he wrote Against All Odds with James Hunt, the story of the British Formula One driver's only F1 championship,[2] 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), F1 Racing (UK), Victory Lane (USA), NZ Classic Car (New Zealand), Autosprint (Italy) and Am Klassiek (the Netherlands).