Tom Walkinshaw

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Tom Walkinshaw
Walkinshaw in 2007
Nationality	British
Born	(1946-08-14)14 August 1946 Mauldslie, Scotland
Died	12 December 2010(2010-12-12) (aged 64) Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England
Teams	MG Midget, Team Lotus, Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Championship titles
Scottish FF1600, European Touring Car Championship

Thomas Dobbie Thomson Walkinshaw (14 August 1946 – 12 December 2010)

Walkinshaw was born at Mauldslie Farm, near Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland. He began racing in 1968, starting in an MG Midget, before moving on to a Lotus Formula Ford car. The following year he won the Scottish FF1600 title at the wheel of a Hawke. In 1970, he entered the British Formula Three championship with Lotus. He later moved to the March 'works' team, where he broke his ankle in a racing accident.^[3] Continuing his career despite this setback, he drove in many classes, including Formula 5000 and Formula Two.^[4]

Ford hired Walkinshaw to drive a Capri on the British Touring Car Championship circuit in 1974. This resulted in him winning his class that year. In 1976 Walkinshaw established Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR), continuing to drive for his own team. He competed in the 1976 World Championship for Makes, sharing a Hermetite-sponsored BMW 3.5 CSL with John Fitzpatrick. The pair achieved several good results including a dramatic victory, by just 1.3 seconds, in the Silverstone 6 Hours. In 1984 he won the European Touring Car Championship in a 5.3-litre, V12 Jaguar XJS.^[5]

In September 1984, Walkinshaw had teamed up with Australian driver John Goss to drive an Australian Group C spec XJS in the Bathurst 1000. After qualifying in 10th spot, Walkinshaw never left the starting line after transmission failure and was hit from behind by a Chevrolet Camaro. Several cars also joined the crash causing the race to be red flagged and restarted 30 minutes later (the first restart in the race's history).

In 1985, Jaguar retired the XJS from Group A racing and TWR was forced to use the cars they'd been racing in the

With Australia's move to Group A in 1985, Walkinshaw vowed to return to Bathurst with his ETCC Jaguars in a bid to win the Australian classic. The three ETCC Jags were brought out of retirement and shipped to Bathurst with the help of "Jaguar Rover Australia" (JRA) and proceeded to dominate practice and qualifying, with Walkinshaw claiming pole position, Jeff Allam claiming second spot on the grid and provisional pole sitter John Goss starting 6th. Driving with regular ETCC co-driver Win Percy, Walkinshaw finished 3rd in the race after leading for over ⅔ distance following a split oil line late in the race. The Allam/Ron Dickson car was out after 3 laps with engine failure when broken glass from the cars right headlight got sucked into the intake system, while the Goss/Armin Hahne car would win for TWR after having to battle for over 100 laps of the 6.172 km (3.835 mi) long Mount Panorama Circuit with a broken drivers seat which had to be held in place by cable ties attached to the roll cage.

The Rovers, with sponsorship from Bastos/Texaco, were again the TWR cars for the renamed ETCC (which had become the FIATCC in 1986 in anticipation of the 1987 World Touring Car Championship). Walkinshaw was again a favourite to take out the title, but once again would finish 3rd. Co-driver Win Percy was originally announced as the 1986 champion before results from earlier races were amended following protest hearings. Walkinshaw had intended to return to Bathurst in 1986 with the V12 Jaguars but withdrew when JRA refused to help with funds following a downturn in the Australian car market.

With sponsorship from the NZ based Strathmore Group, Walkinshaw took the Jaguars to Japan and

In 1975 Walkinshaw established

In 1991 Walkinshaw was recruited as Engineering Director of the

For 1995 Walkinshaw bought 50% of the

Walkinshaw died on Sunday 12 December 2010, aged 64, from complications arising from cancer.[2]^[7] He is survived by his first wife Elizabeth Walkinshaw and their son Fergus Walkinshaw, and his second wife Martine Walkinshaw and their sons Ryan and Sean. Walkinshaw's memorial service was held at Gloucester Cathedral on 4 February 2011.

Fergus Walkinshaw, who has been racing since 11 years old, inclusive of Ginetta Juniors and GTSupercup, has followed in his fathers footsteps and has restarted TWR in October 2023.

Ryan and Sean followed their father into motorsport, Ryan in management as one of the team principals of the racing team that wears the family name,

Results sourced from Driver Database and History of Touring Car Racing.[8]^[9]

Complete World Sportscar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete British Saloon / Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1973–1990 in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded ?–1989 in class)

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

‡ Ineligible to score points.

Complete European Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
1973	Datsun UK Ltd	Datsun Sunny Coupé GX	MNZ	SAL	MAN	NUR	SPA	ZAN	PAU	SIL 9							NC	NA
1982	Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Jaguar XJS	MNZ Ret	VAL 3	DON Ret	PER	MUG Ret	BRN 1	SAL 2	NUR 1	SPA Ret	SIL 1	ZOL				3rd	107
1983	Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Jaguar XJS	MNZ 2	VAL 3	DON 5	PER 1	MUG 3	BRN 1	ZEL 1	NUR Ret	SAL 1	SPA Ret	SIL 9	ZOL 8			2nd	168
1984	Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Jaguar XJS	MNZ 1	VAL 3	DON 9	PER 2	BRN 1	ZEL 1	SAL Ret	NUR 5	SPA 1	SIL Ret	ZOL 3	MUG Ret			1st	181
1985	Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Rover Vitesse	MNZ 1	VAL 1	DON 1	AND Ret	BRN 8	ZEL Ret	SAL 2	NUR Ret	SPA Ret	SIL 1	NOG 1	ZOL Ret	EST Ret	JAR 1	3rd	198
1986	Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Rover Vitesse	MNZ 1	DON 1	HOC 4	MIS 3	AND 2	BRN 2	ZEL Ret	NUR 4	SPA Ret	SIL 3	NOG 16	ZOL 3	JAR 2	EST 2	3rd	190
1988	Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	MNZ	DON	EST	JAR	DIJ	VAL	NUR	SPA	ZOL	SIL 15	NOG				NC	NA

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
1987	Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	MNZ	JAR	DIJ	NUR Ret	SPA	BNO	SIL	BAT	CLD	WEL	FJI	NC	0

† Not eligible for series points

Complete Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	DC	Points
1988	Holden Special Vehicles	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	BAT Ret	WEL	PUK	FJI	NC	0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1976	Hermetite Productions Ltd.	John Fitzpatrick	BMW 3.5CSL	Gr.5	17	DNF	DNF
1977	Luigi Racing	Eddy Joosen Claude de Wael	BMW 3.0 CSL	IMSA	45	DNF	DNF
1981	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Peter Lovett	Mazda RX-7	IMSA GTO	107	DNF	DNF
1982	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Peter Lovett	Mazda RX-7	IMSA GTX	180	DNF	DNF

Complete Spa 24 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1974	Ford UK/Hermetite	John Fitzpatrick	Ford Capri II 3.0	Div. 4	NA	DNF	DNF
1975	Hermetite Products	John Fitzpatrick	Ford Capri II 3.0	Div. 4	NA	DNF	DNF
1977	Luigi BMW Racing with Castrol	Umberto Grano	BMW 530i US	+2500	NA	DNF	DNF
1979	Valvoline Racing	Jacques Goujon	Ford Capri III 3.0S	+2500	NA	DNF	DNF
1981	Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Pierre Dieudonné	Mazda RX-7	−2500	456	1st	1st
1982	Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Chuck Nicholson Win Percy	Jaguar XJS	Div. 3	9th hour	DNF	DNF
1983	Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Pierre Dieudonné	Jaguar XJS	Div. 3	11th hour	DNF	DNF
1984	Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Win Percy Hans Heyer	Jaguar XJS	Div. 3	453	1st	1st
1985	Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Eddy Joosen Martin Brundle Marc Duez	Rover Vitesse	Div. 3	366	DNF	DNF
		Win Percy Hans Heyer	Rover Vitesse	Div. 3	86	DNF	DNF
1986	Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Win Percy Eddy Joosen	Rover Vitesse	Div. 3	383	DNF	DNF

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1984	John Goss Racing	John Goss	Jaguar XJS	Group C	0	DNF	DNF
1985	JRA Ltd	Win Percy	Jaguar XJS	C	160	3rd	3rd
1988	Holden Special Vehicles	Jeff Allam	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	A	5	DNF	DNF
		Larry Perkins Denny Hulme	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	A	137	DNF	DNF

Notes

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/motorsport/tom-walkinshaw-racing-restablished-make-new-high-performance-road-cars

References

• Collings, Timothy (2004). The Piranha Club. Virgin Books.
  ISBN 0-7535-0965-2
  .