Tom Walkinshaw Racing, also known simply as TWR, was a racing team founded in 1976 by touring car racer Tom Walkinshaw. 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Touring car racing is a general term for a number of distinct automobile racing competitions in heavily-modified street cars. ... Tom Walkinshaw (born November 17, 1950 Scotland) is a racing car driver and the founder of the racing team Tom Walkinshaw Racing. ...

TWR began by modifying BMW 3.0 CSLs, but soon was in charge of Mazda's works program in the British Touring Car Championship, which it won in 1980 and 1981 with a RX-7. The car also took a win in the Spa 24 Hours. BMW 3. ... Mazda Millenia luxury sedan. ... The British Touring Car Championship is a series of races for saloon cars which is held each year in the United Kingdom. ... The Mazda RX-7 (also called the Savanna and Efini RX-7) is a Mazda sports car first built in 1978. ... The Spa 24 Hours is an automobile race held annually in Belgium at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. ...

After preparing the Dakar winning Range Rover for René Metge in 1982, TWR began an association with British Leyland, preparing the Jaguar XJS and Rover 3500 Vitesse for both the BTCC and European Touring Car Championship. The Paris Dakar Rally (or The Dakar) is an annual, organized, professional off-road race. ... First-generation Range Rover The Range Rover is the top luxury SUV model of Land Rover. ... The British Leyland Motor Corporation (often abbreviated to simply BL), was a Britain in 1968. ... 1988 Jaguar XJ-S The Jaguar XJ-S (later the XJS) was a luxury GT coupe from Jaguar. ... Rover SD1 is the code name given to a series of large executive cars made by British Leyland and Austin Rover Group from 1976 to 1987. ...

Success in the latter series with both cars lead to an invitation to created a Jaguar prototype for Group C racing, for use in both the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA GTP Championship. Jaguar cars won the 24 Hours of Le Mans and Daytona 24 Hours in 1987 and 1988. Group C was a category of auto racing, and was introduced into sports car racing by the FIA (the governing body of World motor racing) during the early 1980s. ... The World Sportscar Championship was a series run by the FIA from 1953 to 1992. ... The International Motor Sports Association is an American auto racing sanctioning body. ... 1952 Le Mans race, depicted on cover of Auto Sport Review magazine The 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 heures du Mans) is the worlds most famous sports car endurance race, held annually at Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, in the French Sarthe département. ... The 24 Hours of Daytona is an automotive endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. ...

TWR also started producing road cars, creating the ill-fated Jaguar XJ220 and building the Aston Martin DB7, as well as establishing a partnership with General Motors' Australian division Holden, creating its performance and tuning division, Holden Special Vehicles. The Jaguar XJ220 was a supercar produced by Jaguar in colloboration with Tom Walkinshaw Racing between 1992 and 1994. ... The Aston Martin DB7 was a grand tourer made by Aston Martin from September 1994 to December 2003. ... General Motors Corporation NYSE: GM, also known as GM, is a United States-based automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab and Vauxhall. ... Holden Australia is an Australian car manufacturer, originally independent but now a subsidiary of General Motors. ... Holden Special Vehicles (also known as HSV) is the performance vehicle operation of Australian motor vehicle manufacturer Holden. ...

In 1994, TWR returned to the BTCC, allied with Volvo. This partnership was responsible for the controversial 850 Estate racing car, which was only rendered uncompetitive when the FIA allowed the use of aerodynamic aids in 1995. TWR then built and ran the works 850 Saloon and S40 in the BTCC. TWR also designed and built the Volvo C70. 2002 Volvo S80 Volvo Cars, or Volvo Personvagnar, is an automobile maker that was founded in 1927 in the city of Gothenburg in Sweden. ... Volvo 850 T-5R The Volvo 850 was introduced in other parts of the world as a 1992 model, and in the US for the 1993 model year. ... 2004 Volvo S40 T5 The S40 sedan (and V40 and V50 estates) are compact cars sold by Volvo Cars. ... 1996 Volvo C70 The Volvo C70 is a vehicle available in convertible and (originally) coupe versions. ...

TWR also modified its old Jaguar Group C tubs (which had been used by Mazda in the final years of the World Endurance Championship) for their new owner, Joest Racing, turning them into open top prototypes. The Porsche-powered cars won Le Mans in 1996 and 1997. Established in 1978. ... Porsche (), (pronounced porsh-uh) is a German manufacturer of sports cars, founded in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche, the engineer who created the first Volkswagen. ...

TWR in Formula 1

Tom Walkinshaw Racing was involved in Formula 1 from 1992 to 2002. At first, Walkinshaw became Benetton's engineering director, and was instrumental in developing the car that took Michael Schumacher to its first World Championship title in 1994. A falling out with Benetton boss Flavio Briatore had Walkinshaw move to a position as team manager at Ligier, which had been acquired by Briatore. Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing. ... Johnny Herbert driving for Benetton in 1995 Benetton Formula Ltd. ... Schumacher at a press conference before the 2005 United States Grand Prix Michael Schumacher (born January 3, 1969, in Hürth-Hermühlheim, near Cologne, Germany) is a German Formula One driver. ... Renault F1 Managing Director Flavio Briatore Flavio Briatore (b. ... Ligier is a French automobile maker created by former racing driver Guy Ligier. ...

After a failed attempt at purchasing Ligier, Walkinshaw instead bought a majority stake in Arrows, in 1996. The following year, Arrows surprised the world by signing World Champion Damon Hill and introducing Bridgestone to F1. Although the team nearly won the Hungarian Grand Prix, Arrows continued to have trouble attracting sponsorship, and following the liquidation of Arrows, TWR followed suit, closing its doors in 2002. 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... Damon Hill driving for the Williams Formula One team in Montreal in 1995 Damon Graham Devereux Hill, born in London on September 17, 1960, is the son of the late twice Formula One World Champion Graham Hill. ... Bridgestone Corporation (株式会社ブリヂストン) was Japanese company founded in 1931 by Shojiro Ishibashi (石橋 正二郎 Ishibashi Shōjirō) in the city of Kurume, Japan. ... The first Hungarian Grand Prix was held on June 21, 1936 over a 3. ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...