{"id":195,"date":"2015-09-22T15:02:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T22:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.internetbrandsauto.com\/ecommerce\/?page_id=195"},"modified":"2019-01-15T11:16:31","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T19:16:31","slug":"kirk-bell","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.internetbrandsauto.com\/ecommerce\/automotive-writers\/kirk-bell\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirk Bell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Senior Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.internetbrandsauto.com\/ecommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Kirk-Bell@2x.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><br \/>\nThe Senior Editor in charge of Motor Authority, Kirk has oil in his blood. He grew up in the automotive culture, helping his father drag race a pair of Pontiacs, rather unsuccessfully, at Great Lakes Dragaway in Union Grove, Wisconsin. Kirk has been reviewing cars and writing about the automotive industry since 2001, when he joined Consumer Guide Automotive. At Consumer Guide, Kirk wrote and edited several books, including the award-winning Hot Rod &amp; Custom Chronicle and NASCAR Chronicle. Most recently, he spent eight years as a freelance journalist, with such clients as the Chicago Tribune, the New York Daily News, and MSN Autos. In 2014, Kirk was named to the North American Car and Truck\/Utility of the year jury. Prior to his time in the automotive industry, Kirk was editor of Scale Auto Enthusiast magazine, the leading magazine about the model car hobby. In his spare time, Kirk imagines the Midwest has better roads on which to drive his 2006 Porsche 911 Carrera S.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.internetbrandsauto.com\/ecommerce\/automotive-writers\/\">back to Automotive Editorial Team<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Editor The Senior Editor in charge of Motor Authority, Kirk has oil in his blood. He grew up in the automotive culture, helping his father drag race a pair of Pontiacs, rather unsuccessfully, at Great Lakes Dragaway in Union Grove, Wisconsin. 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