Andre van der Lof

‘Dries’ was a lively and enthusiastic competitor who took part in both circuit racing and rallies in the Netherlands in the early fifties.

When the inaugural Dutch Grand Prix was given championship status in 1952, the organisers arranged for Dries and his compatriot Jan Flinterman to take part. Van der Lof was found a place in one of John Heath’s HWMs, but much of his race was spent visiting the pits with magneto trouble.

Dries continued to take an active interest in motor sport thereafter and was still occasionally competing in historic events into his early sixties.