Antonio Marcel Green
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Antonio Marcel Green, better known as Tony Green
|image = Antonio Green at Autocross in Ashburton.jpg
|image_size =
|caption = Antonio Green at an Autocross in Ashburton
|nationality = New Zealand
|known_for = Rallying and drifting
}}
Antonio Marcel (Tony) Green is a drift and rally sport driver from New Zealand.{{cite web|url=http://www.rallybuzz.com/china-rally-longyou-09-pre/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728132632/http://www.rallybuzz.com/china-rally-longyou-09-pre/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 July 2011 |title=2009 China Rally Longyou – Entry List – Final round of the APRC preview |last=Harrold |first=Chris |date=12 November 2009 |publisher=RallyBuzz |accessdate=27 November 2010 }}
Biography
Green migrated to the United Kingdom in May 1999. There he worked as a professional motorsport driver coach with the Ford Rallye Academy, Drive and Survive Rally School, and PalmerSport. He has coached private and corporate clients, training rally, drift and race drivers all over the world.{{cite web|url=https://bournesideways.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/who-is-tony-green/|title=Who is Tony Green?|work=Tony Green / John Allen|date=6 January 2009}} In 2001 he drove into 8th place in the Safari Rally of Kenya with Kenyan, Taylor Orson, as his co-driver.
From 2002 to 2004 Green competed in various competitions throughout the UK, placing 3rd in the Autocar sideways challenge and driving in the British Trial & Rally Drivers Association Red Dragon Rally B10 class in his privately built and entered AE86 Toyota Corolla.{{cite web|url=http://www.btrdarally.com/results/2003_5/1/retire.asp|title=PROSPORT RED DRAGON RALLY|work=btrdarally.com}}
In 2005 Green competed in 6 rounds of the British Rally Championship with the Bourne 2 Rally Team. After obtaining his international rally licence, he competed in the World Rally Championship round in Wales that year but did not finish crashing out in special stage 7.{{cite web|url=http://www.juwra.com/great_britain_2005_results.html|title=juwra.com - Rallies - Great Britain 2005 final results|work=juwra.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nzmotorsport.co.nz/content/newsarticle.cfm?id=5973|title=The final countdown is on… - Motorsport News for New Zealand|author=Thomas Nicholson Designs|work=nzmotorsport.co.nz}}
In 2006 Green obtained his D1 drifting licence and drove in the D1GB drift series. He was invited a demonstration round at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in the first drift demonstration in Europe. Green was also given the opportunity to demonstrates Prodrive's Group N12 Subaru Legacy in the final round of the China Rally Championship that year.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
In 2007 he competed in European Drift Championship finishing 6th overall at the end of the season. In 2008 Green secured a contract with the Chinese rally team FCACA with Australian John Allen as his co-driver. Also in 2008 he entered the Rally of New Zealand driving an Autotek Subaru WRX STi with Allen.{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10528914|title=Motorsport: Hirvonen threat to Loeb at Repco|work=The New Zealand Herald}} He had won the last round of the China Rally championship that year.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
Green competed in the 2009 Asia Pacific Rally Championship again with Allen as co-driver. They drove a N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
Competition history
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| Year
! Event ! Location ! Car ! Placing ! Comment |
|---|
| 2000
| Thurlby Motors Wolds Rally | United Kingdom | - | 27th | Rally run by the Mablethorpe Motor Club |
| 2001
| Safari Rally of Kenya | Kenya | Subaru Impreza | 6th in class A8 and 8th overall{{cite web|url=http://www.ewrc-results.com/profile.php?p=1026&t=Tony-Green|title=Tony Green|work=ewrc-results.com}} | |
| 2003
| BTRDA - Red Dragon Rally | United Kingdom | Toyota Corolla AE86 | DNF | Oil pump failure on stage 3 |
| 2004
| Autocar Magazine, Sideways Challenge | Brands Hatch Circuit | - | 3rd | |
| 2005
| Wold Construction North Humberside Forest Rally | United Kingdom | Toyota Corolla AE86 | 9th in B10 class{{cite web|url=http://archive.djames.org.uk/2005/nhmc/fin2.html|title=Wold Construction North Humberside Forest Rally 2005|work=djames.org.uk}} | |
| 2005
| Somerset Stages Rally | United Kingdom | Toyota Corolla AE86 | DNF | crashed in SS3{{cite web|url=http://archive.djames.org.uk/2005/somerset/fin1.html|title=WRCSales.com Somerset Stages Rally 2005|work=djames.org.uk}} |
| 2005
| ANWCC Forest Rally Championship - round 5 - Gwynedd Rally{{Cite web |url=http://www.anwcc.org/res-fr-20050424.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-02-25 |archive-date=2015-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225052710/http://www.anwcc.org/res-fr-20050424.htm |url-status=dead }} | United Kingdom | Subaru Impreza 1996T | 2nd B10 class and 17th overall |
| 2005
| BTRDA Championship - Red Dragon Rally | United Kingdom | Subaru Impreza 1996T | |
| 2005
| BTRDA Championship - Dukeries Rally | United Kingdom | Subaru Impreza 1996T | 5th Group N4 and 14th overall{{cite web|url=http://www.dukeries-rally.co.uk/Dukeries-Rally-Results-Archive.asp|title=Rainworth Skoda Forest Rally - Archive|work=dukeries-rally.co.uk}} | |
| 2005
| BTRDA Championship - Quinton Stages Rally | United Kingdom | Subaru Impreza 1996T | DNF | 3 broken axles - retired SS4{{cite web|url=http://www.btrdarally.com/results/2005_7/1/retire.asp|title=Quinton Stages Rally|work=btrdarally.com}} |
| 2005
| World Rally Championship - Wales Rally of Great Britain | United Kingdom | Subaru Impreza 1996T | DNF | gearbox and diff failure, and accident |
| 2006
| D1 Great Britain - round 4 | Silverstone Circuit | Toyota Soarer (MotorPoint) | Green reached the Top 16 round |
| 2006
| D1 Great Britain - round 5 | Silverstone Circuit | Toyota Soarer (MotorPoint) | 7th having reached the Top 8{{cite web|url=http://www.skylineowners.com/forum/13-general/50803-d1gb-results-final-trax.html|title=D1GB Results from Final at Trax - Skyline Owners Forum|work=skylineowners.com}} | |
| 2007
| European Drift Championship | Silverstone Circuit | - | 4th | |
| 2007
| Eurodrift Championship | Teesside Circuit | Mazda RX7 (Whifbitz) | 2nd | |
| 2007
| European Drift Championship - round 3 | Knock Hill Circuit, Scotland | - | |
| 2008
| China Rally Championship - Shanghai round | China | Subaru Impreza | 2nd in class N4 | |
| 2008
| Rally of New Zealand | Subaru WRX STi | DNF | |
| 2008
| Rally Mohe | China | Subaru WRX STi | 3rd in class N4 | |
| 2008
| Changbai Mountain Rally | China | Subaru WRX STi | 5th in class N4 | |
| 2008
| Rally China Longyou | China | Subaru WRX STi | DNF | |
| 2008
| China Rally | China | Subaru WRX STi | 2nd in class N4 | |
| 2008
| Rally Shaowu | China | Subaru WRX STi | 2nd in class N4 | |
| 2009
| Jiangning Rally | China | Subaru WRX STi | DNF | Retired SS1 |
| 2009
| Beijing Huairou Rally | China | Subaru WRX STi | 4th in class N4 | |
| 2009
| Rally China Longyou | China | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | DNF | |
| 2009
| APRC - Red Devil Rally | Queensland, Australia | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | | |
Non-Competitive events
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:80%;" |
| Year
! Event ! Location ! Car ! Comment |
|---|
| 2005
| RallyDay | - | |
| 2006
| Drifting demonstration | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | - | |
| 2006
| Prodrive Group N12 demonstration | Longyou, China | Subaru Impreza | |
| 2007
| Autosport International Motorsport show | United Kingdom | - | |
| 2007
| Drifting demonstration at Japfest | Castle Combe | - | vehicle caught on fire |
References
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External links
- [http://tgreen.moonfruit.com/#/new-tony-green/4533421123 Biography at BourneSideways.com]
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Category:New Zealand rally drivers