Career
He was a full-time professional race driver from 1974-1979, for teams that included British Leyland, Unipart and Alfa United Kingdom, but his career as a racer first began in May 1968 and continued for a full 43 years. (These are actual wins, not all the makes and models in which he has competed) The total number of wins is not known but is well into the hundreds. Race wins have been recorded in:
Alfa Romeo: 1600GT Junior, TZ1
Allard: JR
Aston Martin: DB4
Austin: Metro
Austin-Healey: 3000, 100/4
Bentley: 3-litre
Bayerische Motoren Werke: Counties 3-Series, M3
Caterham: Seven (two types)
Chevrolet: Camaro
Datsun: 240Z
Ferrari: 330LMB, 246S
Fiat: 128 1300GT Coupé
Ford: Escort Mexico, Falcon, Zephyr Mk II, fwd RS2000
Jaguar: Mk 1, Mk 2, Doctorate-type
Lister: Jaguar "Knobbly"
Lotus: Mk 9
Lola: Mk6GT
Mazda: 323
MG: Maestro, MGB
Morgan: Plus 8
Porsche: 924, 924GTR, 911RSL, 928S2, 928S4, 930, 934, "935", 911 Carrera 2
Renault: 5
Triumph: TR4, Dolomite Sprint
TVR: Tuscan
In recent years, he has also been seen racing (and winning in) an enormous variety of historic cars, including the Le Mans-winning 1959 Aston Martin DBR1 and the 1960 Ferrari 246S Dino.
Dron retired from race driving in 2011, although he still works as a motoring journalist and test driver for Octane magazine.