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Tony Dron

August 29, 1946 - November 16, 2021

The administrator of this page is William Dron

Tony Dron was a racing driver, motoring journalist and author. He was a racing contemporary and friend of James Hunt in Formula Ford before competing in saloon cars, sports cars, Porsche series and latterly historic racing cars. He won events in 24 makes and 41 models of car. The total number of wins is not known but is well into the hundreds. He wrote for Motor magazine, was editor of Classic Cars for 11 years and a Telegraph motoring contributor. He is survived by his wife Charis and children from previous marriages, Amy, William and Katy. With thanks to Jeff Bloxham for the image.

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Matthew Whitcombe 2021-11-20 14:05:40 wrote:

I knew nothing about motor racing when Tony and my sister Charis became an item. Soon after, I followed him from Silverstone to Cambridge - him in a bog-standard and somewhat ancient Citroen 2CV, me in some much faster Audi modern. Could I keep up with him? Not a chance. Not a hope in hell. That's when I started to appreciate this man had strange powers to bend the laws of physics and move along the surface of the earth much faster than ordinary mortals (coolly, calmly and undemonstratively of course). I came to admire what a splendid, old-fashioned, gentleman he was - in all the very best meanings of those words. We miss you Tony.

Matthew Whitcombe 2021-11-20 14:05:40 wrote: I knew nothing about motor racing when Tony and my sister Charis became an item. Soon after, I followed him from Silverstone to Cambridge - him in a bog-standard and somewhat ancient Citroen 2CV, me in some much faster Audi modern. Could I keep up with him? Not a chance. Not a hope in hell. That's when I started to appreciate this man had strange powers to bend the laws of physics and move along the surface of the earth much faster than ordinary mortals (coolly, calmly and undemonstratively of course). I came to admire what a splendid, old-fashioned, gentleman he was - in all the very best meanings of those words. We miss you Tony.

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