Motor racing legend Tom Walkinshaw dies.
Former racing driver, Formula One team owner and current V8 Supercars team owner Tom Walkinshaw has died, aged 64.
Walkinshaw had been suffering from cancer for the past few years.
During a chequered career, ‘Uncle Tom’ competed and managed teams at the highest level, including racing at Bathurst where he finished third in his own factory Jaguar team in the 1985 race.
He is also the father of the Holden Racing Team – which was set up as a join venture between the TWR Group and Holden in 1988.
This coincided with Walkinshaw creation of Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) – succeeding Peter Brock’s HDT as the road car performance arm of Holden.
But it was Walkinshaw’s roles in Sportscars, then Formula One, that secured his place as one of the sport’s most successful race team owners.
