Tom Pryce

Name: Tom Pryce

Nationality: Great Britain

Date of birth: June 11, 1949 - Ruthin

Date of death: March 5, 1977 - Kyalami

Talented contemporary of Tony Brise, this gentle son of a Welsh policeman won the 1975 Brands Hatch Race of Champions in a Shadow DN5 on the circuit where he'd first made his name driving a Formula Ford car from the local racing school. In 1974 Tom's entry for the Monaco GP in the also-ran Token Formula 1 car was turned down - so entered the Formula 3 supporting race and ran away with that. Soon he was promoted to the Shadow squad and qualified on pole for the following year's British GP at Silverstone, although Grand Prix success eluded him. This naturally gifted young man was killed when he hit a marshall who was crossing the circuit during the 1977 South African Grand Prix in one of the most bizarre of all motor racing accidents. The lad had definite star quality.

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