Tony Dron remembrance page and online condolences

Claire Evans 17-11 2021 16:03 wrote:

Tony was my biggest hero as he gave me my first break into car journalism. I never got to see him race, but I heard about him from our family friend Stirling Moss, who said I should see if he'd give me any work experience when he was editing Classic Car magazine and I was a nerdy 20-something classic car nut, studying journalism and trying to break into automotive journalism. He not only let me work alongside him and the CC designer, he also let me go to lots of local car club meetings and report on them for the mag. He even paid me for going to these meet-ups, many of which I'd have gone to for fun anyway! Although on the outside he seemed rather an imposing figure - a tall, wiry man sitting behind a big desk at the end of a long dark room, whenever I went in there with an idea for a story he was always really enthusiastic and said yes. Without this first break from Tony I don't know if I'd have made it into car journalism. I got to know him better in recent years as a SGMW member, and also have happy memories of chatting to him and Charis at various club meetings.

Claire Evans 17-11 2021 16:03 wrote:

Tony was my biggest hero as he gave me my first break into car journalism. I never got to see him race, but I heard about him from our family friend Stirling Moss, who said I should see if he'd give me any work experience when he was editing Classic Car magazine and I was a nerdy 20-something classic car nut, studying journalism and trying to break into automotive journalism. He not only let me work alongside him and the CC designer, he also let me go to lots of local car club meetings and report on them for the mag. He even paid me for going to these meet-ups, many of which I'd have gone to for fun anyway! Although on the outside he seemed rather an imposing figure - a tall, wiry man sitting behind a big desk at the end of a long dark room, whenever I went in there with an idea for a story he was always really enthusiastic and said yes. Without this first break from Tony I don't know if I'd have made it into car journalism. I got to know him better in recent years as a SGMW member, and also have happy memories of chatting to him and Charis at various club meetings.

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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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Claire Evans 2021-11-17 16:03:01 wrote:

Tony was my biggest hero as he gave me my first break into car journalism. I never got to see him race, but I heard about him from our family friend Stirling Moss, who said I should see if he'd give me any work experience when he was editing Classic Car magazine and I was a nerdy 20-something classic car nut, studying journalism and trying to break into automotive journalism. He not only let me work alongside him and the CC designer, he also let me go to lots of local car club meetings and report on them for the mag. He even paid me for going to these meet-ups, many of which I'd have gone to for fun anyway! Although on the outside he seemed rather an imposing figure - a tall, wiry man sitting behind a big desk at the end of a long dark room, whenever I went in there with an idea for a story he was always really enthusiastic and said yes. Without this first break from Tony I don't know if I'd have made it into car journalism. I got to know him better in recent years as a SGMW member, and also have happy memories of chatting to him and Charis at various club meetings.

Claire Evans 2021-11-17 16:03:01 wrote: Tony was my biggest hero as he gave me my first break into car journalism. I never got to see him race, but I heard about him from our family friend Stirling Moss, who said I should see if he'd give me any work experience when he was editing Classic Car magazine and I was a nerdy 20-something classic car nut, studying journalism and trying to break into automotive journalism. He not only let me work alongside him and the CC designer, he also let me go to lots of local car club meetings and report on them for the mag. He even paid me for going to these meet-ups, many of which I'd have gone to for fun anyway! Although on the outside he seemed rather an imposing figure - a tall, wiry man sitting behind a big desk at the end of a long dark room, whenever I went in there with an idea for a story he was always really enthusiastic and said yes. Without this first break from Tony I don't know if I'd have made it into car journalism. I got to know him better in recent years as a SGMW member, and also have happy memories of chatting to him and Charis at various club meetings.

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