Token Racing was a short-lived Formula One team and constructor from the United Kingdom, participating in four Grands Prix of the 1974 Formula One season. Token's history effectively began back in 1971. Ron Dennis was trying to find sponsorship for his Rondel Racing team. Through Ron's then girlfriend, who was the daughter of John Phelps, director of Phelps Antique Furniture in Twickenham, one of its regular customers , a barrister son of a Greek Shipowner, was asked to sponsor Rondel.Vlassopulos asked his friend , chairman of , insurance brokers in London if he was interested in joining in. Grob said yes on the proviso that his young son Ian Grob could be part of the team, which was agreed. From that moment forward, became Dennis' first sponsor.