Thomas Pitt Cholmondeley-Tapper
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Thomas Pitt Cholmondeley-Tapper (born in Wellington, July 31, 1910 - died in Headington, Oxfordshire, July 27, 2001) 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. Was known as "George", born with Norwegian ancestry. An expert skier and amateur driver racing Bugatti's and an old GP Maserati 8CM he had bought from Earl Howe. With a better car could perhaps have been a top competitor. He was offered a Mercedes-Benz test drive at the end of the 1936 season, would participating at 1936 German Grand Prix. He died in England at 90 years old.
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