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Motor Racing Legends announces a new race series – the ‘Tony Dron Trophy’ for Group 1 Touring cars

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To be named the ‘Tony Dron Trophy’ – in honour of the ‘70s Touring Car ace and Le Mans sports car driver Tony Dron (pictured top left with Duncan Wiltshire) – the new series is for Touring Cars running to FIA Group 1 regulations or to British Saloon Car Championship ‘Group 1½’ regulations between 1970 and 1982.

Tony, a familiar face around historic race paddocks, remains a highly respected driver to this day and regular writer in the historic motorsport press.

The overall winner of the Tony Dron Trophy each year will be awarded the actual trophy presented to Tony for winning the Tricentrol British Saloon Car Championship support race at the British Grand Prix in 1977 – the year that Dron missed out on the Championship by a single point. The Tony Dron Trophy will run within Motor Racing Legends’ Historic Touring Car Challenge grid, with its own podium and results for each race. The new class structure and trophy announcement comes after last week’s press announcement extending the class structure for the Historic Touring Car Challenge to include Group A cars right up to December 1990.

2015-Season-Award-Winners2The awards ceremony celebrated all the 2015 trophy winners. Highlights include Bobby Verdon-Roe and Gregor Fisken (pictured right) who raised the famous Stirling Moss Trophy, won by Moss for his first ever British Grand Prix win in 1955 at Aintree. Fred Wakeman and Patrick Blakeney-Edwards took home the Royal Automobile Club Woodcote Trophy, and Patrick also walked away with the overall Motor Racing Legends Trophy for his outstanding contribution to the huge Kidston Trophy Pre-War grid at the 2015 Silverstone Classic.

Tony Dron presented Steve Dance with the Historic Touring Car Challenge Vase; Martin Halusa and his two sons Niklas and Lukas won the Traditional Oak Family Trophy; Rudi Friedrichs received the overall Pre-War Sports Cars Trophy with IN-Racing winning the 2015 Preparers award. Lawrence Whittaker, the CEO of Lister Cars presented Barry Wood and Will Nuthall ‘The Brian Lister Cup’ for the best overall performance by a Lister in 2015.

Motor Racing Legends Chairman Duncan Wiltshire who hosted the awards presentation said, “I am delighted to announce the new Trophy donated by another true Motor Racing Legend – Tony Dron. The Tony Dron Trophy will cement an important new competition element in the Historic Touring Car grid, and compliment the entry criteria being extended. The news has been received well by competitors and I am looking forward to seeing some superb grids this coming season.”

“This evening has been a triumph, celebrating our new Motor Racing Legends winners here in the stunning back drop of the Royal Automotive Club. This event is always well supported by our drivers across all the grids, as it gives them a chance to get together pre-season; the evening has now become a regular fixture in the Motor Racing Legends calendar.”

2015 Award Winners:

Historic Touring Car Trophy
– presented by Tony Dron

Overall: Steve Dance – Ford Capri
Group 1 – Glynn Allen, Juian Bailey-Watts & Darren Roberts – Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV
Group 2 – Steve Dance – Ford Capri
Group A – Jonathan White & John Bussell – Rover Vitesse

Motor Racing Legends Pre-War Sports Cars
– presented by Damien Smith, Editor Motorsport

Overall: Rudi Friedrichs – Alvis Speed 2.0SA
Class 1 – Fred Wakeman & Patrick Blakeney-Edwards – Frazer Nash Super Sports
Class 2 – Niklas Halusa & Lukas Halusa – Bugatti Type 35C
Class 3 – Richard Hudson & Stuart Morley – Bentley 3/4.5
Class 4 – Chrstopher Scott Mackirdy – Aston Martin Le Mans
Class 5 – David Ozanne – Aston Martin 2.0 Speed
Class 6 – Chris Lunn – Talbot Sports 105
Class 7 – Rudi Friedrichs – Alvis Speed 2.0SA

Stirling Moss Trophy
– presented by Derek Hood, JD Classics

Overall: Bobby Verdon-Roe & Gregor Fisken – Ferrari 246S
Class 1 – Keith Ahlers & Billy Bellinger – Lola Mk1 Prototype
Class 2 – Marc Gordon – Jaguar XK150
Class 3 – Malcolm Harrison, Nick Adcock, Patrick Watts & Paul Taft – Rejo Mk3
Class 4 – Gabriel & Dion Kremer – Lotus 17
Class 5 – Paul Woolley – Cooper Monaco
Class 6 – Bobby Verdon-Roe & Gregor Fisken – Ferrari 246S

Royal Automobile Club Woodcote Trophy
– presented by Peter Read, Chairman, Motoring Committee

Overall: Fred Wakeman & Patrick Blakeney-Edwards – Cooper Jaguar T38
Class 2 – John Ure & Nick Wigley – Cooper Bristol T25/26
Class 3 – Steve Brooks – Aston Martin DB3S
Class 3a – Malcolm Paul & Rick Bourne – Lotus X
Class 4 – Chris Ward & John Young – Jaguar C-type
Class 4a – Fred Wakeman & Patrick Blakeney-Edwards – Cooper Jaguar T38