Tony Pond

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Tony Pond

World Rally Championship record
Nationality	English
Active years	1974 - 1986
Teams	Triumph, Talbot, Nissan, MG Rover
World rallies	27
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	2
Stage wins	37
Points	68




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Tony Pond (23 November 1945 – 7 February 2002) was a well-known British rally driver.

Pond started his career in 1967 driving a variety of privately entered cars, including from 1976 till 1978, the venerable Triumph TR7. 1979 saw him in a Talbot Sunbeam Lotus before returning to the TR7 in 1980, completing a number of outings for the British Leyland factory team.

1981 through to the end of 1984 had Pond competing with varying success in a varied selection of cars, including the Datsun Violet, Vauxhall Chevette HSR, Nissan Violet and the Nissan 240RS. For season 1985, Pond was recruited by the Austin Rover dealer team to drive the Group B MG Metro 6R4. He stayed with the Rover team until 1986 when the Group B formula was cancelled and the cars banned after a number of fatal accidents.

Pond more or less retired from Rallying at the end of 1986 and succumbed to Cancer in 2002.