Tony Brooks (racing driver), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Tony Brooks (racing driver)

British racecar driver

Date of Birth: 25-Feb-1932

Place of Birth: Dukinfield, England, United Kingdom

Profession: racing automobile driver, Formula One driver

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Charles Anthony "Tony" Standish Brooks (born 25 February 1932 in Dukinfield, Cheshire) is a British former racing driver from England also known as the "racing dentist".
He participated in 39 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 14 July 1956, achieving six wins, 10 podium finishes and 75 career points.
He was third in the World Drivers' Championship in 1958 and second in 1959.
He also scored the first win by a British driver in a British car in a Grand Prix since 1923, in 1955 driving a Connaught at Syracuse in a non-World Championship race.