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    Peter Roylance Rolt, MC & Bar, (16 October 1918 – 6 February 2008) was a British racing driver, soldier and engineer. A war hero, Rolt maintained a long...
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  • race nine times, most famously [according to whom?] in partnership with Tony Rolt. The pair finished fourth at their first attempt in the 1950 race and...
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  • Rolt is a surname, and may refer to: Sir Edward Bayntun-Rolt, 1st Baronet Sir Andrew Bayntun-Rolt, 2nd Baronet Edward Rolt (c.1629–1698), soldier, diplomat...
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    third round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship. British drivers Tony Rolt and Duncan Hamilton won the race with one of three factory-entered Jaguar...
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    Randle approached Tony Rolt's company, FF Developments to design the transmission and four-wheel drive system for the XJ220, with Rolt's son Stuart running...
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  • driver  Tony Rolt,  who had engaged Dixon to maintain his ERA racing car became interested in Dixon's ideas and between them formed Dixon-Rolt Developments...
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    all three retired from the race. The Peter Whitehead-Ian Stewart and Tony Rolt/Duncan Hamilton cars blew head gaskets, and the Stirling Moss-Peter Walker...
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    by Harry Ferguson when he acquired Dixon-Rolt Developments, a company set up by two racing drivers, Tony Rolt and Fred Dixon, whose aim was to make a super-safe...
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    – Peter Walker qualified and drove 2 laps of the race in the #9 ERA. Tony Rolt took over the car for 3 laps of the race. ^3 – Joe Fry qualified and drove...
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    D 304 4088.064 2540.205 WSCTooltip 1953 World Sportscar Championship  Tony Rolt (GBR) 1954  José Froilán González (ARG) S 5.0  Scuderia Ferrari (ITA)...
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  • British company founded by Major A.P.R. (Tony) Rolt to exploit the 4WD technology begun originally at Dixon-Rolt Developments in partnership with Freddie...
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    Walker Racing Team Connaught-Lea-Francis Type A Lea-Francis 2.0 L4 D Tony Rolt 6 Ecurie Ecosse Connaught-Lea-Francis Cooper-Bristol Type A T20 Lea-Francis...
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  • s D Leslie Johnson 1 Peter Walker ERA E ERA 1.5 L6 s D Peter Walker 1 Tony Rolt 1 Joe Fry Maserati 4CL Maserati 4CL 1.5 L4 s D Joe Fry 1 Brian Shawe-Taylor...
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    into boredom and tedium. The idea for the glider came from Lieutenant Tony Rolt. Rolt, who was not even an airman, had noticed the chapel roof line was completely...
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    Fairman 6 R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught-Alta B Alta GP 2.5 L4 D Tony Rolt 6 Peter Walker 6 Leslie Marr Connaught-Alta B Alta GP 2.5 L4 D Leslie...
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  • driver Tony Rolt, where he achieved a third place. The next race, at Snetterton, Eric Thompson was the first winner with a Rob Walker car. Between Rolt and...
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    They are now mostly superseded by electronically controlled devices. Tony Rolt is often credited with the original idea and development as applied to...
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    The driver line-up was kept pretty much the same from 1953 with winners Tony Rolt / Duncan Hamilton, and 2nd place Stirling Moss / Peter Walker. This year...
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    (1952–1964) Length 4.437 km (2.757 miles) Turns 8 Race lap record 2:00.000 (Tony Rolt, Connaught Type A, 1953, F2) Original Circuit (1950–1952) Length 3.042...
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    speed of almost 280 km/h (170 mph). The team consisted of 1953 winners Tony Rolt and Duncan Hamilton; up-and-coming English star Mike Hawthorn (stolen...
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    for their removal, after which the entry driven by Duncan Hamilton and Tony Rolt speeded up to finish less than a lap behind the winning Ferrari. The D-Type's...
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    albeit with only one of its two engines in operation, was driven by Tony Rolt, an ex-Colditz prisoner of war and the future developer of four-wheel...
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    Production Car Race: Five XK120s entered the race, which Peter Walker won from Tony Rolt, with Johnson recovering to eighth after spinning on oil. Jaguar won the...
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    Car #28: Ken Wharton (50 laps) and Harry Schell (22 laps). Car #36: Tony Rolt (10 laps) and Peter Walker (9 laps). Drivers' Championship standings Note:...
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    Palace Circuit, London. The race was run over 15 laps and was won by Tony Rolt in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis. Roy Salvadori was second in another...
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  • June 2003. Daily Telegraph obituary of Tony Rolt, February 2 2008. Retrieved on 3 August 2008. Obituary of Tony Rolt by Alan Henry, February 9 2008. Retrieved...
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    spectators was blamed on inadequate safety standards for the track design. Tony Rolt and other drivers had been raising concerns about the pit straight since...
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    only the factory C-Type Jaguar prevented a Cunningham triumph. Behind Tony Rolt and Duncan Hamilton, as well as Stirling Moss, Peter Walters and Fitch...
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    Formula 1 event, and the last front-engined car to win a Formula 1 event. Tony Rolt first considered the possibility of using Ferguson 4WD in circuit racing...
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  • the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021. "Le Mans winner, Tony Rolt, dies aged 89". Autocar. Retrieved 19 June 2024. "High Court overturns...
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