Thomas Pitt Cholmondeley-Tapper (31 July 1910 – 27 July 2001) was an auto racing driver from New Zealand, the first great New Zealand driver before Graham McRae, Chris Amon, Bruce McLaren, Denny Hulme and others.
At the age of 13 he bought and restored a non-working Douglas motorcycle.
[1] An expert skier and amateur driver, he raced Bugattis,[2] an old GP Maserati 8CM he had bought from Earl Howe,[3] and a Ferrari Monza.
[4] He was offered a Mercedes-Benz test drive at the end of the 1936 season, and participated at the 1936 German Grand Prix.
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