Thomas Pitt Cholmondeley-Tapper
Race car driver, Deceased Person
1910 – 2001
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Who was Thomas Pitt Cholmondeley-Tapper?
Thomas Pitt Cholmondeley-Tapper was an auto racing driver from New Zealand, the first greatest New Zealander auto driver before Graham McRae, Chris Amon, Bruce McLaren, Denny Hulme and others. He was known as "George", he came from Norwegian ancestry. An expert skier and amateur driver racing Bugatti's, an old GP Maserati 8CM he had bought from Earl Howe, and a Ferrari Monza. He was offered a Mercedes-Benz test drive at the end of the 1936 season, would participate at 1936 German Grand Prix. He died in England at 90 years old.
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- Born
- Jul 31, 1910
Wellington - Profession
- Died
- Jul 27, 2001
Oxfordshire
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on July 23, 2013
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