Tony ambrose rally driver

Race and rally legends to appear at race retro, powered by. The floodlit columns of the acropolis provided an unforgettable background as the first car, the kingsleyzeittner corvette moved off from the ramp to start on the toughest 1,700 miles found in competition. At that stage i was a professional rally driver, but with the monte victory. Rally driver navigator stock photos and images 572 narrow your search. The floodlit columns of the acropolis provided an unforgettable background as the first car, the kingsleyzeittner corvette moved. Another publication by another club member as well as john astons book driven, veloce have recently published my late uncle tony ambroses autobiography ever the bridesmaid. Before the world rally championship was established, rauno competed in the european rally championship, winning in 1965 with codriver tony ambrose. The driver of this mini at the thames estuary automobile clubs rally cross meeting recently, showed just how effective. Mar 7, 2016 the 1963 monte carlo rally boasted 341 drivers from 23 nations.

The outright win for the austin healey of rauno aaltonen and tony ambrose was very much more than just another victory for this very successful rally car. After winning a scholarship to oxford university where he helped to rejuvenate the oumdc, he won the 1956 rac rally guiding the aston martin of lyndon sims. Rauno aaltonen and codriver tony ambrose pictured here finished third. At sofia, the halfway point, rauno, tony, and bmo were leading, and despite continuing punctures held the lead to the finish. Ecurie cod fillet ecf rally team rallying navigators co. Before wrc was established aaltonen competed in the european rally championship. Please consider supporting us by disabling adblock. He was considerably better than his peers, however, and was soon spotted by the bmc team. After winning a scholarship to oxford university where he helped to rejuvenate the oumdc, he won. List of famous rally drivers with their biographies that include trivia, interesting facts, timeline and life history.

Though he lacked the family resources to pursue an expensive sport, he worked in the motor trade and managed to claw his way into the british leyland factory team when they. The 1963 monte carlo rally boasted 341 drivers from 23 nations. At bmc he sat alongside their flying finns, winning the 1963 alpine rally. Tony ambrose the autobiography ever the bridesmaid editor philip ambrose. The driver will not pilot a v8 supercar in the 2016 racing season, roger penske has revealed. Marcos ambrose recently opted out of a fulltime drive. This is an incomplete list of drivers who have entered a world rally championship event. British rally championship 1958to date motorsport winners. Tony ambrose was the forerunner of the great british codrivers who have helped shape successes in international rallying over the last 40 years.

It is a tribute to the driving of both men and an indication of their maturity that nothing was able to deter them from going quickly and safely over the four most feared passes that a rally driver has to negotiatethe croce domini, the vivione, the gavia and the stelvio. He also won the finnish rally championship in 1961 and 1965. Rally winners tommi makinen fin and codriver risto mannisenmaki fin, mitsubishi lancer evo, on the podium. If youre going to buy a big healey, make it a works rally. Driven by finnish racer rauno aaltonen, with tony ambrose taking up codriver duties with a pile of maps and a couple of stopwatches. The british rally driver, born in hillingdon in 1946, always encapsulated a specific sort of blue collar derringdo one that was very english and very of the period. Ambrose then went on to win the 1966 scottish in the hands of tony fall mike wood. It was crewed in that event by tall, burly and brainy works rally driver peter riley and meticulous navigator tony ambrose. Ecurie cod fillet ecf rally team rallying navigators drivers. Andy dawson was renowned in the 1970s and 80s as a world rally championship driver.

Rauno august aaltonen born 7 january 1938, also known as the rally professor, is a finnish former professional rally driver who competed in the world rally championship throughout the 1970s career. World rally championship, rd1, monte carlo rally, monaco, 1720 january 1999. List of world rally championship drivers wikipedia. Ambrose met with penske at pukekohe to discuss his future with the team and his future in the sport itself. Classic mini classic cars mini lifestyle vintage cars vintage auto mini cooper s small cars rally car monte carlo. In 1965, aaltonen sold xjb 871 to racer caj hasselgren, who reportedly drove the austinhealey for.

Event 1960 monte carlo rally pilot codriver alick pitts and anthony tony ambrose car bmc mini red car scale 1. List of famous rally drivers biographies, timelines. Ambrose was born in chipping norton, oxfordshire, where his father owned a farm machinery business, and attended the local grammar school. Tony fowkes career summary more of a desert and marathon fox, tony is best known as a mercedes works driver in which he became 2nd overall on the 1977 londonsydney rally. Often cited as the prototype of the strategicallyaware british codriver, john anthony ambrose plied his trade during the 1950s and 60s mainly with the bmc team. Chassis hbn7708 xjb 871 was raced by factory driver peter riley at the 1961 acropolis rally where he and codriver tony ambrose won. Alick pittsanthony ambroses morris mini after their. View tony greens profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. The 1995 rac rally was a straight race between colin mcrae and carlos sainz for the drivers championship. Rally racing is a form of auto racing in which automobiles are driven over public roads under normal traffic conditions as contrasted to other car races that are run on a circuit. Union jack of all trades 1961 austinhealey 3000 mk i. Chris ingram 2019 european rally champion at race retro today.

In 1966 he partnered bob holden in australia to win the premier touring car race, the gallaher 500, in a mini cooper s at mount panorama in new south wales. Ambrose would later marvel at how quick the scandinavian was on gravelly surfaces, and his ability to nap in the passenger seat when he was taking breaks as the car hurtled through the countryside in the. This was the fourth and final outright victory by an austinhealey on an international event forming part of the european rally championship, which prior to 1978 was the only fiaapproved championship for rally drivers. Tony ambrose alchetron, the free social encyclopedia. Fairly soon tony ambrose was adopted into the bmc competition team and codrove for many top drivers in minis and austin healeys, eventually winning the european. Autosport reporter michael durnin described to the weekly magazines readership how.

Scottish, may 30jun 3tony fall gbmike wood gbaustin mini cooper s 6. John anthony ambrose was a british rally driver who, as co driver, twice won the rac rally, in 1956 and 1965. The late tony ambrose raced and rallied an mg tc in his early days and then was asked to partner lyndon sims in an aston martin db24 to contest the rac rally which they won. John anthony ambrose 12 august 1933 5 january 2008 was a british rally driver who, as codriver, twice won the rac rally, in 1956 and 1965. As if the prospect of two drivers going headtohead on the final round of the season. Asbest, russia, february 4, 2018 2th stage of russian cup 2018 rally uralasbest 2018. Page 3 general motorsport the real mini works driver tony fall, was used by the factory to drive the works cars to breaking point, to aid in there build quality, this is one of his attempts at destruction in wales. By this point ecurie cod fillet had only been in existence for 12 years but had spread widely the membership was already well over 200. Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements. With codriver tony ambrose, the pair delivered a win for the bmc team, beating out saab factory driver erik carlsson, who finished in second place with codriver gunnar palm. I have selffinanced the publication of 500 copies as it was considered to be too dated and too niche for inclusion in their catalogue fair comment.

Mini drivers patrick hopkirk and henry liddon set out on the rally in the. In 1966, he partnered bob holden in australia to win the premier touring car race, the gallaher 500, in a mini cooper s at mount. Marcos ambrose retires from racing and will not return to the wheel. Brown, summersaulted twice before finally coming to earthwrecked. Another publication by another club member lotus seven club. As his career progressed through the late 80s and early 90s, andy also had successes in formula 3, formula ford and truck racing.

He began his rallying career as a club rally driver in a mini. John anthony ambrose 12 august 1933 5 january 2008 was a british rally driver who, as codriver, twice won the rac rally, in 1956 and 1965 early life and oxford university. Rac, nov 1420rauno aaltonen fintony ambrose gbaustin mini cooper s. Over about four days and 3,100 miles, he and codriver tony ambrose were the first of 21 finishers from around 100 starters. Active drivers listed in bold in the tables are those who have entered a wrc event within the past twelve months.

However he surprised with 3rd overall on the rac 1975 in his private ford escort. Tony pond crashes out of the rally on the first stage. Ambrose also codrove with aaltonen as aaltonen took the 1965 european rally championship title, including. Richard anthony fall 23 march 1940 1 december 2007 was a british rally driver. Happily, within a couple of years, roy was a number one driver at triumph and soon the little ecf logo started to appear on a wide variety of works rally cars. Early life and oxford university edit ambrose was born in chipping norton, oxfordshire, where his father owned a farm machinery business, and attended the local grammar school. In fact, xjb 871 car began its worldclass career by finishing on the podium with a third overall on the 1961 acropolis rally in greece.