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.

http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/pub/155543-vale-tom-walkinshaw.html

 

[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.

**** 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

 

[383 hatch]

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