Antonio Marcel Green Explained

Antonio Marcel Green, better known as Tony Green
Nationality:New Zealand
Known For:Rallying and drifting

Antonio Marcel (Tony) Green is a drift and rally sport driver from New Zealand.[1]

Biography

Green migrated to the United Kingdom in May 1999. There he worked as a professional motorsport driver coach with the Ford Rallye Academy, Drive and Survive Rally School, and PalmerSport. He has coached private and corporate clients, training rally, drift and race drivers all over the world.[2] In 2001 he drove into 8th place in the Safari Rally of Kenya with Kenyan, Taylor Orson, as his co-driver.

From 2002 to 2004 Green competed in various competitions throughout the UK, placing 3rd in the Autocar sideways challenge and driving in the British Trial & Rally Drivers Association Red Dragon Rally B10 class in his privately built and entered AE86 Toyota Corolla.[3]

In 2005 Green competed in 6 rounds of the British Rally Championship with the Bourne 2 Rally Team. After obtaining his international rally licence, he competed in the World Rally Championship round in Wales that year but did not finish crashing out in special stage 7.[4] [5]

In 2006 Green obtained his D1 drifting licence and drove in the D1GB drift series. He was invited a demonstration round at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in the first drift demonstration in Europe. Green was also given the opportunity to demonstrates Prodrive's Group N12 Subaru Legacy in the final round of the China Rally Championship that year.

In 2007 he competed in European Drift Championship finishing 6th overall at the end of the season. In 2008 Green secured a contract with the Chinese rally team FCACA with Australian John Allen as his co-driver. Also in 2008 he entered the Rally of New Zealand driving an Autotek Subaru WRX STi with Allen.[6] He had won the last round of the China Rally championship that year.

Green competed in the 2009 Asia Pacific Rally Championship again with Allen as co-driver. They drove a N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9.

Competition history

YearEventLocationCarPlacingComment
2000Thurlby Motors Wolds RallyUnited Kingdom-27thRally run by the Mablethorpe Motor Club
2001Safari Rally of KenyaKenyaSubaru Impreza6th in class A8 and 8th overall[7]
2003BTRDA - Red Dragon RallyUnited KingdomToyota Corolla AE86DNFOil pump failure on stage 3
2004Autocar Magazine, Sideways Challenge Brands Hatch Circuit-3rd
2005Wold Construction North Humberside Forest Rally United KingdomToyota Corolla AE869th in B10 class[8]
2005Somerset Stages RallyUnited KingdomToyota Corolla AE86DNFcrashed in SS3[9]
2005ANWCC Forest Rally Championship - round 5 - Gwynedd Rally[10] United KingdomSubaru Impreza 1996T2nd B10 class and 17th overallBourne 2 Rally Team[11]
2005BTRDA Championship - Red Dragon RallyUnited KingdomSubaru Impreza 1996T8th Group N4[12]
2005BTRDA Championship - Dukeries Rally United KingdomSubaru Impreza 1996T5th Group N4 and 14th overall[13]
2005BTRDA Championship - Quinton Stages Rally United KingdomSubaru Impreza 1996TDNF3 broken axles - retired SS4[14]
2005World Rally Championship - Wales Rally of Great Britain United KingdomSubaru Impreza 1996TDNFgearbox and diff failure, and accident
2006D1 Great Britain - round 4Silverstone CircuitToyota Soarer (MotorPoint)10th[15] Green reached the Top 16 round
2006D1 Great Britain - round 5Silverstone CircuitToyota Soarer (MotorPoint)7th having reached the Top 8[16]
2007European Drift ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit-4th
2007Eurodrift ChampionshipTeesside CircuitMazda RX7 (Whifbitz)2nd
2007European Drift Championship - round 3Knock Hill Circuit, Scotland-4th[17]
2008China Rally Championship - Shanghai roundChinaSubaru Impreza2nd in class N4
2008Rally of New ZealandNew ZealandSubaru WRX STiDNF
2008Rally MoheChinaSubaru WRX STi3rd in class N4
2008Changbai Mountain RallyChinaSubaru WRX STi5th in class N4
2008Rally China LongyouChinaSubaru WRX STiDNF
2008China RallyChinaSubaru WRX STi2nd in class N4
2008Rally ShaowuChinaSubaru WRX STi2nd in class N4
2009Jiangning RallyChinaSubaru WRX STiDNFRetired SS1
2009Beijing Huairou RallyChinaSubaru WRX STi4th in class N4
2009Rally China LongyouChinaMitsubishi Lancer Evo IXDNF
2009APRC - Red Devil RallyQueensland, AustraliaMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX

Non-Competitive events

YearEventLocationCarComment
2005RallyDay Castle Combe Circuit-
2006Drifting demonstrationCircuit de Barcelona-Catalunya-
2006Prodrive Group N12 demonstrationLongyou, ChinaSubaru Impreza
2007Autosport International Motorsport showUnited Kingdom-
2007Drifting demonstration at JapfestCastle Combe- vehicle caught on fire

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2009 China Rally Longyou – Entry List – Final round of the APRC preview . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728132632/http://www.rallybuzz.com/china-rally-longyou-09-pre/ . dead . 28 July 2011 . Harrold . Chris . 12 November 2009 . RallyBuzz . 27 November 2010 .
  2. Web site: Who is Tony Green?. Tony Green / John Allen. 6 January 2009.
  3. Web site: PROSPORT RED DRAGON RALLY. btrdarally.com.
  4. Web site: juwra.com  -  Rallies - Great Britain 2005 final results. juwra.com.
  5. Web site: The final countdown is on… - Motorsport News for New Zealand. Thomas Nicholson Designs. nzmotorsport.co.nz.
  6. Web site: Motorsport: Hirvonen threat to Loeb at Repco. The New Zealand Herald.
  7. Web site: Tony Green. ewrc-results.com.
  8. Web site: Wold Construction North Humberside Forest Rally 2005. djames.org.uk.
  9. Web site: WRCSales.com Somerset Stages Rally 2005. djames.org.uk.
  10. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-02-25 . 2015-02-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150225052710/http://www.anwcc.org/res-fr-20050424.htm . dead .
  11. Web site: Rally UK News - Red Dragon for Green and Robertson this weekend.. Crash Media Group Ltd.. crash.net.
  12. Web site: Swansea Model Centre Red Dragon Rally. btrdarally.com.
  13. Web site: Rainworth Skoda Forest Rally - Archive. dukeries-rally.co.uk.
  14. Web site: Quinton Stages Rally. btrdarally.com.
  15. Web site: D1GB Round 4, Silverstone, England, August 2006 RMS Report . Andy Cooper . reallymeansounds.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150225070622/http://reallymeansounds.com/report.php?event=302 . 2015-02-25 .
  16. Web site: D1GB Results from Final at Trax - Skyline Owners Forum. skylineowners.com.
  17. Web site: EDC Drifting and Time Attack at Knockhill. Andy Cooper. RMS. 28 July 2007.

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