Sadly, in 2015, Tony was diagnosed with an advanced form of brain cancer, which he lost his battle with in late 2016. Until this diagnosis, he was very heavily involved in the sport, as he ran a motorsport links page, raced and visited numerous historic events and worked on numerous projects regarding his Le Mans past. Adamowicz also did driver instructing. However, initially, Tony was an Army communications specialist that worked specifically with the White House for Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson, but after Kennedy, who Tony knew the best of the three, was shot dead in 1963, he lost his enthusiasm to carry on for much longer and left the US Army in 1964 to start racing.

Biography last updated 11 Oct 2016