Tony Fall

Richard Anthony " Tony " Case ( born March 23, 1940 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, † December 1, 2007 in Tanzania ) was a British rally driver, founder of the British Dealer Opel Team and 1978-1990 the team manager of Opel Motorsport in Rüsselsheim.

Rally career

Case began in the mid 1960s with a Mini Cooper S to contest his first rallies in 1967 and also Rallycross race. His first major international success was the overall win at the Rally Circuit of Ireland of 1966, along with co-driver Henry Liddon. In addition, he also made a BMC works car type Austin in 1800 (nicknamed "the Landcrab " dt " the land crab " ) attracted attention. His compatriot and friend John Davenport, who had already gained as a motorsports journalist international fame was If Copilot and made ​​sure that this work assignments for Lancia ( Lancia Fulvia ) Datsun ( Datsun 240Z and Datsun 1800SSS ), BMW ( BMW 2002 ti), Peugeot (Peugeot 504 and Peugeot 304 S) and Volkswagen (VW 1302 VW 1303 S and S) could drive.

Opel Motorsport line

In 1974, the British case, Dealer Opel Team, after he had already worked with the General Motors subsidiary Vauxhall. In 1978, the Briton into the Opel plant to Rüsselsheim and took over from Helle leg the post of motorsport directors. Under case management model Opel Ascona 400 was developed into a competitive rally car, with Walter Röhrl was World Rally Champion in 1982.

In the late 1980s came the case, which had been granted free at Opel hand in almost all of his decisions, while the so-called controller era in the mills of bureaucrats and lawyers. Due to various opaque Contract Award is aimed at legal action against the British, who then for nine months spent on remand in a row and was deported to the end of the process in his home.

1990-2007

1990 Tony returned the case back to England and was made by " roll cage guru " Winfried Matter Managing Director of the UK subsidiary Matter Safety Devices. The late 1990 bought the company from the German case and was its director until his death.

Case died 1 December 2007 as an organization member of the East African Safari Classic Rally in his Tanzanian hotel room, after he had suffered a heart attack in the night. He is survived by his wife Pat case (b. Lyons, a subsidiary of Jaguar Cars founder Sir William Lyons ) and two sons from a previous marriage.