Jon Gross obituary

July 7, 2014

Barely 24 hours after he raced his Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk3 in the Fordwater Cup at the Goodwood Revival, Jon Gross died suddenly after losing his battle with cancer. The 70-year-old US-born racer lived and worked in the UK for many years. More recently he drove a Formula Junior Envoy alongside his beloved Aston, which he raced for 30 years. Gross enjoyed motor sport adventures and competed in the Le Mans Classic and the Mille Miglia. He had planned to call time on his racing career at the end of the season as his condition worsened.

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Paul Lawrence

Here is a man who goes racing every weekend from March to October. Paul’s passion for the sport goes back to when he was a child of the 1960s. He has organised, competed in and marshalled on scores of events, and has written about the subject for 20 years. He is as at home in the paddock at Brands Hatch as in a Welsh forest or at Shelsley Walsh.

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