Anthony Lionel Shelly was a racing driver from New Zealand.
10 Facts About Tony Shelly
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Tony Shelly competed in Formula One in 1962, participating in 3 World Championship Grands Prix, and several non-Championship races.
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Tony Shelly owned a BMW dealership called Shelly Motors in Honolulu.
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Tony Shelly subsequently re-acquired the business and became an American citizen in 1975.
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Tony Shelly divided his time between a home in Honolulu and one in New Zealand, where he died.
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Tony Shelly made his motor racing debut in January 1955, entering a Morgan in the Sports Car class for the New Zealand Grand Prix.
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Tony Shelly won "the first big race he contested" at Teretonga in 1958 driving a Cooper and went on to become a leading driver in Australia and New Zealand before moving to race in Europe in 1962.
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Tony Shelly 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.
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Tony Shelly was entered to 1962 Le Mans in June by Colin Chapman to co-drive with Les Leston with a Lotus 23, but the race organizer, ACO, denied the entry in the famous Lotus Le Mans debacle.
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Tony Shelly entered three Formula One World championship events, at Aintree, where he retired with a failed cylinder head gasket, and at the Nurburgring and Monza, where he failed to qualify on each occasion.