Tony Shelly

Template:Short description Template:Use New Zealand English Template:Use dmy dates {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters | check | ignoreblank = y | unknown = Template:Main other | preview = Page using Template:Infobox F1 driver with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | embed | child | subbox | name | Name | image | Image | image_size | upright | image_upright | alt | caption | birth_name | birth_date | birth_place | death_date | death_place | relations | relatives | nationality | Nationality | years | Years | teams | Teams | Team(s) | team | Team | engines | Engines | current_team | current team | Current team | 2025 Team | 2026 Team | car_number | car number | Car number | races | Races | championships | Championships | wins | Wins | podiums | Podiums | points | Points | poles | Poles | fastest_laps | fastest laps | Fastest laps | first_race | first race | First race | first_win | first win | First win | last_win | last win | Last win | last_race | last race | Last race | last_position | last position | Last position | last_season | last season | Last season | bf1_years | bf1 years | BF1 Years | bf1_races | bf1 races | BF1 Races | bf1_championships | bf1 championships | BF1 Championships | bf1_wins | bf1 wins | BF1 Wins | bf1_podiums | bf1 podiums | BF1 Podiums | bf1_points | bf1 points | BF1 Points | bf1_poles | bf1 poles | BF1 Poles | bf1_fastest_laps | bf1 fastest laps | BF1 Fastest laps | signature | signature_size | signature alt | signature_alt | website | module | module1 | module2 | module3 | module4 | module5 | record template1 | record template2 | record template3 | record template4 | record template5 | career template1 | career template2 | career template3 | career template4 | career template5 | updated | Updated }} Anthony Lionel Shelly (2 February 1937 – 4 October 1998) was a racing driver from New Zealand. He competed in Formula One in Template:F1, 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.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The business had previously belonged to Shelly's father and had been sold on his death.<ref name="ReferenceB"/> Shelly subsequently re-acquired the business and became an American citizen in 1975.<ref name="ReferenceB"/> He divided his time between a home in Honolulu and one in New Zealand, where he died.<ref name="ReferenceB"/>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Shelly won "the first big race he contested"<ref name="ReferenceA">Template:Cite book</ref> at Teretonga in 1958 driving a Cooper<ref name="ReferenceA"/> and went on to become a leading driver in Australia and New Zealand before moving to race in Europe in 1962.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> 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 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. He also entered three Formula One World championship events, at Aintree, where he retired with a failed cylinder head gasket,<ref name="ReferenceA"/> and at the Nürburgring and Monza, where he failed to qualify on each occasion.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> 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.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	WDC	Points
1962	John Dalton	Lotus 18/21	Climax Straight-4	NED	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small				NC	0
	Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus 24	BRM V8							ITA Template:Small	USA	RSA

Complete Formula One Non-Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Template:F1	John Dalton	Lotus 18/21	Climax Straight-4	CAP	BRX	LOM Template:Small	LAV Template:Small	GLV Template:Small	PAU	AIN Template:Small	INT Template:Small	NAP Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	CLP	RMS Template:Small	SOL	KAN	MED	DAN	OUL Template:Small	MEX	RAN	NAT

References

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