Tom Walkinshaw Dead at the age of 64

[vz 914]

The founder and owner of HSV/HRT has died at the age of 64 from Cancer.
Very sad indeed he did a lot for motorsport and the performance vehicle industry.

[actfst]

Tom Walkinshaw had alot of passion and talent in the motorsport and performance industry he will be missed very much around the world R.I.P Tom Walkinshaw 1946 - 2010

[ssv 08 ute]

Brocky and now walkinshaw !!
All the holden legends are leaving us...
Another true motorsport lover who will be sadly missed

[soop]

Out of curiosity, Why will Tom Walkinshaw be missed by the motoring community?

Nothing is going to change, he's basically just been an investor.

[ari666]

The founder and owner of HSV/HRT has died at the age of 64 from Cancer.

meh
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[redrags]

rest in peace tommy

[wikky]

Already a thread started on the topic. The plonker hardly deserves two threads.

Vale Tom Walkinshaw

[vz 914]

Out of curiosity, Why will Tom Walkinshaw be missed by the motoring community?

Nothing is going to change, he's basically just been an investor.

Shit mate it must have been his brother driving the Jag at bathurst in 1985 but then again you would F**ken know

[VY_utester]

Tom Walkinshaw will be missed as much as the great Peter Brock himself. Those who will miss him know just how much he has given to the australian motorsport community, especially HRT. I had the pleasure of meeting him once, and i have never met a man so knowledgable about both the mechanical and business side of both motorsport and cars in general.

he may not have been as good a driver as PB, but it takes alot more than a good driver to make a racecar and a race team. HSV would be nowhere today without him, and cars like the VL group a and W427 would be lost to us all.

The pretenders dont know who is was or what he achieved, but those with passion know that he was one of the biggest contributers to austrlian motorsport and our sport car industry, and will sadly miss him

R.I.P Tom, good luck on the eternal drive

[Blown V6 Hatch]

I'll always remember him for destroying Mark Skaifes career and ripping him blind in the process, but that's just me.

[STEALTHY™]

I'll always remember him for destroying Mark Skaifes career and ripping him blind in the process, but that's just me.

[Lumps of cheese]

I'll always remember him for destroying Mark Skaifes career and ripping him blind in the process, but that's just me.

Right on!!!

[wikky]

I'll always remember him for destroying Mark Skaifes career and ripping him blind in the process, but that's just me.

+1. He was well known for screwing people over and didn't care who got in his way. Yes he did some good things for motorsport but that doesn't change the fact he was a prick behind the scenes. Many think the same of Peter Brock (myself included).

[immortality]

I'll always remember him for destroying Mark Skaifes career and ripping him blind in the process, but that's just me.

+1

my sentiments exactly, maybe now that HRT has that monkey of it's back it can get back to the days of old

[soop]

+1. He was well known for screwing people over and didn't care who got in his way. Yes he did some good things for motorsport but that doesn't change the fact he was a prick behind the scenes. Many think the same of Peter Brock (myself included).

I suppose you could say the same about anyone successful person though.
Who did Peter Brock publicly fcuk over though?

I was lucky enough to have met him, and seemed a nice enough bloke.

[stevebutler]

Dont be rediculous, to have success you always end up screwing someone over. If you own an original Walky i reckon you may have just landed yourself a home loan deposit to. lucky people.

[Blown V6 Hatch]

Wow, I thought I'd get flamed for my thoughts/opinion, but apparently I'm not the only one that's thinks that....

[STEALTHY™]

Wow, I thought I'd get flamed for my thoughts/opinion, but apparently I'm not the only one that's thinks that....

Anyone who flames you is a moron. Just because someone dies, it doen't make them any less of a wanker.

[wikky]

Just because someone dies, it doen't make them any less of a wanker.

Well said.

[soop]

That reminds me of the Chaser song, everyone a top bloke when they're dead.

[Brett_jjj]

Look how brock f***ed over john harvey that time at bathurst.Brocks car broke down,so he stopped john harvey or harveys co driver,they were in the teams second car,and he took over their car, and went on to win the race.That is gotta be the biggest load of crap thats ever happened at bathurst.I didnt mind brock until this happened and he actually claimed the win,I saw an interview with john harvey years after this,and he said he shouldnt have handed the car over,and if he knew then what he knows now,he definitely wouldnt have done it.He went on to say at least the team won the race (with tongue in cheek).In my book,brock has only won 8 bathurst's,not 9.

[ari666]

That reminds me of the Chaser song, everyone a top bloke when they're dead.

"And Brocky was some revhead,
who pumped the air with pure lead,
so anti green he drove into a tree
But all that was forgotten,
once they took their final breath.
Yes even tools turn into top blokes after death"



Ah! classic lyrics. so sweet to the ears

[soop]

Look how brock f***ed over john harvey that time at bathurst.Brocks car broke down,so he stopped john harvey or harveys co driver,they were in the teams second car,and he took over their car, and went on to win the race.That is gotta be the biggest load of crap thats ever happened at bathurst.I didnt mind brock until this happened and he actually claimed the win,I saw an interview with john harvey years after this,and he said he shouldnt have handed the car over,and if he knew then what he knows now,he definitely wouldnt have done it.He went on to say at least the team won the race (with tongue in cheek).In my book,brock has only won 8 bathurst's,not 9.

Wait wut?

That car was how many laps down when he got into it and it won by how many?
He didn't just wave them them down and steal the car that was a team decision. Brock was an incredible driver, that's why they put him in that car.

Not really comparable to ripping someone off blind and then driving them out of business in order to further your own.

[Brett_jjj]

Im not comparing anything to anything,someone said who did brock f***k over,and I said john harvey.The point is brocks car broke down,so he didnt finish the race in the same car he started in.Not a win at all I reckon.Doesnt matter what place or where the cars were,he broke down,end of his race..And it didnt take long after this for CAMS or whoever to fix this loophole in the rules that they used to get away with it in the first place.

[STEALTHY™]

Im not comparing anything to anything,someone said who did brock f***k over,and I said john harvey.The point is brocks car broke down,so he didnt finish the race in the same car he started in.Not a win at all I reckon.Doesnt matter what place or where the cars were,he broke down,end of his race..And it didnt take long after this for CAMS or whoever to fix this loophole in the rules that they used to get away with it in the first place.

Your opinion is your opinion. But anyone who finds and exploits a loophole is a genius team. End of story!