Frank Orr covered sports for more than four decades, mostly with the Toronto Star, which he joined in 1961. He was best known for his hockey coverage at Canada’s largest daily newspaper, which helped give his racing coverage more eyes and add more credibility to motorsports within the sports media landscape. He started covering racing in the mid-1960s, including the lead-up to the inaugural Formula 1 race in Canada in 1967.

Orr covered up-and-coming drivers in series like Player’s/GM and Rothmans-Porsche, while providing a Canadian perspective to major events like the Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500. He also wrote at least three motorsport books, covered the inaugural Molson Indy Toronto in 1986 and wrote a motorsports column for the Star’s Wheels section in the early 1990s.