A local hero around the world
Post categories: Denbighshire,ÌýHistory & Memories,ÌýRuthin
| 08:04 UK time, Tuesday, 21 March 2006
Ruthin-born tractor salesman turned racing driver Tom Pryce is still remembered by fans of Formula One racing nearly 30 years after his death on a racetrack in South Africa. Among them is Andrew Harris who was just mailed in to share his memories because he had been chatting with Tom in the pits on the day of the accident.
Andrew who, at the time, was a Welsh schoolboy living in South Africa with his family, recalls: "He was very quiet but seemed relaxed and only smiled without saying anything when in my best Welsh, I said, 'Diolch i chi' (one of the few Welsh phrases I knew). He was the last driver I met that morning; that autograph must have been one of the last he ever signed."
The 91Èȱ¬ Wales NE website receives tributes to Tom on an almost daily basis as it features a growing archive about Tom the man, and the racer.
