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Thomas Henry ("Tommy") Wisdom (16 February 1906 – 12 November 1972〔http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/tom-wisdom/〕) was a British motoring correspondent for the Daily Herald. He was also a racing driver who took part in numerous races and rallies.〔Harnessing Horsepower: The Pat Moss Carlsson story, S. Turner, Veloce Publishing, 2011, p.29〕 Wisdom was born in Brighton. His wife Elsie was also a racing driver, and their daughter Ann Wisdom competed in rallies, most notably as Pat Moss's co-driver.〔http://speedqueens.blogspot.nl/2010/07/elsie-wisdom.html〕〔http://www.goodwood.co.uk/members-meeting/news-and-coverage/articles/cocktails,-cakes-and-a-racing-heroine-called-bill-.aspx〕〔Fast Ladies – Female Racing Drivers 1888–1970, J-F. Bouzanquet, Veloce Publishing, 2009, p.84〕 Tommy Wisdo, died in Birmingham, aged 66. ==Racing, rallying and record-breaking== Wisdom specialised in endurance events and entered 52 sports car races in 33 years, including 12 Le Mans 24-hour races, 10 Mille Miglias and 4 Targa Florios. He was a class winner in the Mille Miglia in 1949 and 1952, and at Le Mans in 1950 and 1952. In 1950 he lent his Jaguar XK120 to Stirling Moss for the RAC Tourist Trophy, which brought Moss his first major international race victory. Cars that Wisdom raced included Singer, Riley, MG, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Bristol, Nash-Healey, Jowett and Bentley, and among his co-drivers were Jack Fairman, Leslie Johnson, and Graham Whitehead. An experienced rally driver, he competed in the Monte Carlo Rally 23 times.〔http://www.hpc.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=90〕〔http://www.healey.nl/rallysport/〕 In 1959 he was a member of the three-driver BMC team whose EX-219 streamliner, a purpose-built experimental Austin-Healey Sprite, broke 12 speed records at Bonneville Salt Flats. The car averaged for 12 hours. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tommy Wisdom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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