EVO says this about the man!
On Feb 7, Britain lost one of its best loved rally heroes, Tony Pond to cancer. It was Pond's glorious sideways style that endeared him to fans, and while he never won the British title, he always gave 100%, whether driving TR7 V8's, Chevettes, Nissan 240's or the Metro 6R4. In the TR he won the Ypres and the Manx twice, he scred thrdin Corsica nad fourth on the Safari driving a Datsun, ans won the Scottish Rally in a Vauxhall. And of course no recolection of Pond would be complete without a mention of his trip into the Lion's feading trough at Longleat whilst driving a TR7 V8 on the 1980 RAC.
One of his greatest results came on the RAC 5 years later when a trypically gritty and crowd-pleasing drive i the 6R4 nette third place, the Metro's best world championship result.
We reunited Pond with his 6R4 for a pre-Rally of great Britain in isue 2 of EVO. It was a pleasure to work with him and an honour to meet and ride alongside a personal hero.
Very fine & fitting words by John Barker of EVO mag. TripleC also has a fine obituary too - worth a read. In the Triple C are some worthy requotes from Tony