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Thomas Dobbie Thompson „Tom“ Walkinshaw (* 14. August 1946 in bei Penicuik; † 12. Dezember 2010 ebenda) war ein britischer Automobilrennfahrer und Gründer und Besitzer des Rennteams Tom Walkinshaw Racing . Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Karriere. 1.1 Touren- und Sportwagen. 1.2 Formel 1. 2 Sonstiges. 3 Statistik. 3.1 Le-Mans-Ergebnisse.
Thomas Dobbie Thomson Walkinshaw (14 August 1946 – 12 December 2010) was a British racing car driver from Scotland and the founder of the racing team Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR). He was also involved in professional rugby union , as owner of Gloucester Rugby , and chairman of the team owners organisation for the Aviva Premiership .
Tom Walkinshaw Racing ( TWR) was a motor racing team and engineering firm founded in 1976, in Kidlington, near Oxford, England, by touring car racer Tom Walkinshaw . The company initially handled privateer work before entering works touring car racers for manufacturers such as Mazda and Rover.
YearsSeries / RaceAssociate ManufacturerCars1980 - 1981British Touring Car Championship, ...MazdaRX-71982RoverRange Rover1981-1987RoverVitesse1982-1984JaguarXJ-S13. Dez. 2010 · Mon 13 Dec 2010 13.29 EST. Tom Walkinshaw, who has died aged 64 of cancer, was an extremely determined, focused and singleminded motor racing entrepreneur. While he played a leading role in ...
13. Juli 2023 · Getty Images. Author. Motor Sport. Tom Walkinshaw was key to Jaguar’s return to racing in the 1980s, persuading the factory to take on a campaign in the European Touring Car Championship, with the XJS in ’82. He also convinced John Egan, the firm’s chairman, to allow TWR to create a Group C car from scratch, rather than develop the US-spec XJR-5.
16. Dez. 2010 · Thomas Dobbie Walkinshaw, motor racing and rugby union team owner; born Penicuik, Midlothian 14 August 1946; married firstly Elizabeth (one son), secondly Martine (two sons); died Chipping...
7. Juli 2014 · July 7th 2014. Author. Adam Cooper. A talented driver in his own right, Walkinshaw was even more successful as a team boss and became the architect of Benetton’s early F1 success On the Saturday afternoon of the 2002 Belgian Grand Prix I visited the Arrows motorhome to do an interview with Tom Walkinshaw.
