Tony Mason (co-driver)

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Tony Mason is a British former

RAC Rally and the team also finished second in the event twice in 1974 and 1975, the only British crew to do so in a period spanning 35 years.[2] He has also competed as a driver himself, and was recently[when?] co-driver for Finnish driver Hannu Mikkola
with whom he competed for Ford in a recent Classic Rally in New Zealand.

Biography

Following his retirement from rallying, he became a presenter on the

Eddie Stobart trucks and Volvo's £15 million concept bus – the most expensive vehicle that he, or anyone else on Top Gear, has ever driven.[4]

A particularly memorable report was when Mason teamed up again with Roger Clark to test an exact replica of his

Ford Escort RS1600
on the programme at full speed through a forest.

He was also regularly seen on

Sky Discovery Channel entitled Off the Road and Classic Car Club.[when?
]

Mason has also written four books and occasionally writes articles for newspapers and magazines, such as the

Daily Telegraph and the Daily Express. He is often seen as both a compere and after-dinner speaker
.

Mason also ran a company, known as Tony Mason, selling car accessories to the trade for resale to the general public. The company's most notable products were door guards, which, at one time, were big business and two companies were selling them.

References

  1. Independent.co.uk
    . 16 January 1998.
  2. ^ "Rally of Great Britain : Previous Winners". Archived from the original on 14 October 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  3. ^ "A history of Top Gear presenters: there was life before Clarkson". Archived from the original on 12 April 2016.
  4. ^ Ross, Tom (26 March 2015). "Was Jeremy Clarkson trouble from the start? He sure was". The Guardian.

External links

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