Ray Hutton
06-05 2022 10:15
wrote:
As a writer and journalist, Tony was the best racer. He won the Guild of Motoring Writers awards for outstanding achievement in the world of motorsport year after year. I understood why when, early in his time with Motor, he and I shared a car on a winter driving exercise in Sweden. A circuit had been ploughed on a frozen lake and our individual lap times were recorded. While most of us bounced off the snow banks, Tony was neat and tidy – and seconds quicker than any of other journalists attending.
As a racer, Tony was the best journalist and writer. Lots of celebrity racing drivers have columns in magazines and newspapers. Some are written by other people, all need revising and polishing by editors. Tony was an editor and knew what constitutes a good story and his text was word-perfect. It is significant that he was commissioned to produce the extended and updated version of the definitive Porsche book by Paul Frère, the doyen of journalist-racers in the 1960s.
Ray Hutton
06-05 2022 10:15
wrote:
As a writer and journalist, Tony was the best racer. He won the Guild of Motoring Writers awards for outstanding achievement in the world of motorsport year after year. I understood why when, early in his time with Motor, he and I shared a car on a winter driving exercise in Sweden. A circuit had been ploughed on a frozen lake and our individual lap times were recorded. While most of us bounced off the snow banks, Tony was neat and tidy – and seconds quicker than any of other journalists attending.
As a racer, Tony was the best journalist and writer. Lots of celebrity racing drivers have columns in magazines and newspapers. Some are written by other people, all need revising and polishing by editors. Tony was an editor and knew what constitutes a good story and his text was word-perfect. It is significant that he was commissioned to produce the extended and updated version of the definitive Porsche book by Paul Frère, the doyen of journalist-racers in the 1960s.
