Tom Walkinshaw (born November 17, 1950 Mauldslie Farm, near Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland) is a Scottish racing car driver and the founder of the racing team Tom Walkinshaw Racing. He is also involved in professional rugby union as a club owner and administrator, 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Penicuik is a burgh in Midlothian, Scotland, lying on the west bank of the River North Esk. ... The central portions of the old province of Lothian in Scotland, centred around Edinburgh, became known as Midlothian, Scotland. ... Motto: , traditionally rendered in Scots as Wha daur meddle wi me?[1] and in English as No one provokes me with impunity. ... Tom Walkinshaw Racing, also known simply as TWR, was a racing team founded in 1976 by touring car racer Tom Walkinshaw. ... A scrum Rugby union (often referred to as rugby, union or football) is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league. ...

Early years

Tom began racing in 1968, starting in an old Lotus FF1600. The following year he won the Scottish FF1600 title at the wheel of a Hawke. 1970 saw a move south to England and a change to Formula 3. Early in his career, Walkinshaw broke his ankle in a racing accident while racing for the March works team. Continuing his career despite this setback, he has driven in many classes, including Formula 5000 and Formula 2. 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at Hethel, England. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Formula Three is a class of auto racing. ... While Formula One has generally been regarded as the pinnacle of open-wheeled auto racing, the high performance nature of the cars and the expense involved in the series has always meant that there has needed to be a path to reach this peak. ...

Racing

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. now. ... Ford Capri Mk III 1. ... The current BTCC logo The British Touring Car Championship is a series of races for saloon cars which is held each year in the United Kingdom and Ireland. ...

In 1975 Walkinshaw established Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR), a group whose business is the manufacture and design of racing and road cars. He spent 10 years in this position before retiring from competition to concentrate on TWR's Jaguar Sports car Programme. In six years the programme won Le Mans twice and the World Championships three times. Tom Walkinshaw Racing, also known simply as TWR, was a racing team founded in 1976 by touring car racer Tom Walkinshaw. ... Jaguar Cars Limited is a British luxury carmaker, owned by the Ford Motor Company with headquarters at Browns Lane, Coventry, England. ... Le Mans is a city in France, located at the Sarthe River. ...

In 1983 Tom Walkinshaw led the TWR team to an amazing eleven wins in eleven races in the British Saloon Car Championship in a Rover Vitesse. Rover was a British automobile manufacturer and later a marque based at the Longbridge plant in Birmingham. ...

In 1985, Walkinshaw teamed up with Jaguar and entered a three-car team in the Bathurst 1000 touring car endurance race in Australia. The pairing of John Goss and Armin Hahne won the race, while Walkinshaw himself placed third, driving alongside Win Percy. Jaguar Cars Limited is a British luxury carmaker, owned by the Ford Motor Company with headquarters at Browns Lane, Coventry, England. ... Hell Corner of the Mount Panorama Circuit The Bathurst 1000 is a 1000-kilometre motor race for touring cars, conducted each October at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. ... John Goss is an Australian former touring car racing driver who won the prestigious Bathurst 1000 twice, in 1974 and 1985. ...

Walkinshaw was Engineering Director of the Benetton F1 team which subsequently won the 1994 Formula 1 World Championship amid much controversy. Benetton Formula Ltd. ... Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing. ...

1997 saw Tom voted Autocar Man of the Year. By this stage the TWR Group employed 1500 employees in the UK, Sweden, Australia and the United States. At the time, Tom was also Managing Director of Arrows Grand Prix International. Team Orange Arrows Formula One car at the 2000 United States Grand Prix The Arrows Racing Team team was founded in 1977, by Italian financier Franco Ambrosio (A), Alan Rees (R), Jackie Oliver (O), Dave Wass (W) and Tony Southgate (S) when Rees, Oliver, Wass and Southgate left the Shadow...

His racing group went into liquidation in 2002 following a bid to revive the ailing Arrows racing team. Team Orange Arrows Formula One car at the 2000 United States Grand Prix The Arrows Racing Team team was founded in 1977, by Italian financier Franco Ambrosio (A), Alan Rees (R), Jackie Oliver (O), Dave Wass (W) and Tony Southgate (S) when Rees, Oliver, Wass and Southgate left the Shadow...

Awards

Tom has been awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering by Oxford Brookes University. Oxford Brookes is a public university in Oxfordshire, England. ...

Gloucester RFC

Tom Walkinshaw is also Gloucester Rugby Club Chairman becoming the new club owner with the majority shareholding on 29th April 1997. He has also been Chairman of the Premier Rugby Board. Gloucester Rugby Club is an English rugby union team which plays in the Guinness Premiership. ...

External links

• F1 official site
• GrandPrix.com - all race results since 1950, detailed driver profiles
• FIA Official Site - all race results archived

• Category:Formula One - All F1-related articles, excepting drivers, teams/constructors, grands prix, and circuits.