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🇳🇿 Tony Shelly

Racing driver from New Zealand. Formula 1, Lotus-Climax.
Driver facts
Full name
Tony Shelly
Born
2 February 1937(b. 1937)
Nationality
New Zealand
Current team
Lotus-Climax
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
1
Career DNFs
1
Racer Rating
2,942
Driver photo · 3:4
Racer Rating
2,942
RANK 3008 / 15,348 INDEXED · +0 SEASON
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
FIA CATEGORISATION NOT YET INDEXED
SOURCE · FIA.COM
SYNTHESIZED FROM 1 SOURCE · UPDATED 0H AGO

Tony Shelly is a racing driver from New Zealand who last raced in Formula 1 for Lotus-Climax. Shelly has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 1 start.[1]

A Racer Rating of 2,942 ranks Shelly 3008th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS
1962 form
LAST 1 RACES · FINISH POSITION, HIGHER IS BETTER
P1P5P10P20DNFGBR
Recent results
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1962-07-21AintreeFormula 1DNF−91
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1962▸Formula 1Lotus-Climax100100P20−912,942
Recent coverage
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Tony Shelly was a racing driver from New Zealand who competed in Formula 1 during the 1962 season. He made a single World Championship start for Lotus-Climax, finishing twentieth; he did not score points. His racing career on record consists of that single outing, after which he left the sport.[1]

Shelly drove for a Lotus team that would become known for producing some of the era's finest single-seater machinery, though his own participation was brief. After racing, he became a businessman in Hawaii, eventually owning a BMW dealership and taking American citizenship in 1975. He maintained residences in both Honolulu and New Zealand until his death.[2]

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia
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