Tony Brooks (racing driver)

Tony Brooks was a British racing driver, nicknamed the Racing Dentist, who competed in Formula One from 1956 to 1961. Born in 1932 and raised in Dukinfield as the son of a dental surgeon, he started in club sportscar racing in 1952 and became the first British victor in a British car in Grand Prix racing since 1923 when he won the non-championship Syracuse Grand Prix in 1955. He won the 1957 British Grand Prix with Stirling Moss, finished third in the 1958 championship, and was runner-up to Jack Brabham in 1959 with Ferrari. In all he took six Grand Prix wins, and he also won the 1957 1000km of Nurburgring and the 1958 RAC Tourist Trophy in an Aston Martin.