#TonyGaze

Mr. Gaze was an Australian fighter pilot and racing driver. He flew with the Royal Air Force in the Second World War, was a flying ace credited with 12.5 confirmed victories (11 and 3 shared), and later enjoyed a successful racing career as a grand prix driver in the UK, Europe and Australia. In the Second World War, he flew an amazing 488 missions and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on three separate occasions. Gaze returned to Australia after the war, and began racing an Alta racing car that he brought with him. He raced a Alta Formula 2 in Europe for the 1951 season, switching to an HWM-Alta for the following season, planning to race again in F2. When the sports governing body decided to change the World Championship regulations from Formula One to Formula 2, Glaze’s plans changed as well. In June, he traveled to the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps for the Grote Prijs van Belgie. By racing in Spa, Gaze became the first Australian to contest a World Championship motor race. This was followed by appearances in the RAC British Grand Prix and the GroBer Preis von Deutschland. The following year, he was a member of the first Australian crew to attempt the Rallye Monte Carlo with Lex Davison and Stan Jones. Also that season, he raced an Astor Martin DB3 in sports car events across Europe. In 1955, he set up the Kangaroo Stable, the first Australian international racing team. One team member was a young Jack Brabham.

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