Tony Shelly

Tony Shelly

Born	(1937-02-02)2 February 1937
Died	4 October 1998(1998-10-04) (aged 61)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	New Zealander
Active years	1962
Teams	non-works Lotus
Entries	3 (1 start)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1962 British Grand Prix
Last entry	1962 Italian Grand Prix

Anthony "Tony" Lionel Shelly (2 February 1937 – 4 October 1998) was a racing driver from New Zealand. He competed in Formula One in 1962, participating in 3 World Championship Grands Prix, and several non-Championship races. He scored no World Championship points. He also owned a BMW dealership called Shelly Motors in Honolulu.^[1] The business had previously belonged to Shelly's father and had been sold on his death.^[1] Shelly subsequently re-acquired the business and became an American citizen in 1975.^[1] He divided his time between a home in Honolulu and one in New Zealand, where he died.^[1]

Career

Shelly made his motor racing debut in January 1955, entering a Morgan in the Sports Car class for the New Zealand Grand Prix. Shelly qualified but did not start the race.^[2] Shelly won "the first big race he contested"^[3] at Teretonga in 1958 driving a Cooper^[3] and went on to become a leading driver in Australia and New Zealand before moving to race in Europe in 1962.^[3] He drove mainly for John Dalton, usually in non-championship events with moderate success, a fifth in the Lombank Trophy and a third in the Lavant Cup being the highlights of his season. He also entered three Formula One World championship events, at Aintree, where he retired with a failed cylinder head gasket,^[3] and at the Nürburgring and Monza, where he failed to qualify on each occasion.^[3] At the end of the season he returned to New Zealand where he continued to race in 1963 and 1964 following which he retired, although he did compete occasionally thereafter.^[3]

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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