User:Harry Stiller

Harry Stiller; born in London 28.05.38. British Formula 3 Champion 1966 and 1967. Works driver for Brabham; Lola; Cooper and Merlyn. He was one of the three man team resposible for the creation of Formula Ford during 1965/66 at Brands Hatch England. His driving career spanned 11 years from 1958 to 1969 the highlights being his two National F3 Championship wins. He was subsequently elected as a member of the BRDC during 1966. In 1974 he was the team manager for the works March Formula Atlatic team and hired Alan Jones as his driver. In 1975, he took Jones into F1 by way of the Hesketh team as the number two driver with James Hunt. Jones went on to win the F1 world championship in 1980 with the Williams team demonstrating Stiller's prowess in spotting talent in its early stages. In 2006 Stiller negotiated a potential joint venture deal with Bernie Ecclestone for the British Grand Prix to remain at Silverstone in the long term which the BRDC administration failed to pursue. The following year he led a group of disgruntled BRDC members in deafeating a proposed joint venture deal with a leading UK quoted property company, on the basis of it not being in the best interests of the Club. Outside of motor racing, Harry Stiller's main business interests centered around Tucktonia, a south coast leisure park which he created and operated for 16 years before selling it to Grand Metropolitan Plc. Subsequent to that, he lived in the United States where he operated a Rolls Royce dealership in Beverly Hills Cal. and two Budget rent-a-car franchises. Now retired, he lives in Dorset, his favourite part of the world. Always a colourful and outspoken individual, his motorsport interests have spanned almost a constant 50 year period.