Not only was the Australian motor sport community deeply saddened by the death of F.A.O. “Tony” Gaze on July 29 at the age of 93, but also those around the world who remembered him fondly. The Earl of March said: “All of us at Goodwood are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of this legendary racing driver, aviator and one of the founding fathers of the Goodwood Motor Circuit. Tony Gaze had a considerable impact on my life and was, and will remain, a true hero.”
In a long life that was surely straight from the pages of Boys Own Annual Tony Gaze was fascinated by cars from a young age. Prior to the Second World War, Tony had his first taste of motor sport at Brooklands in his uncle’s English-bodied Hudson.
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