Tom Walkinshaw

Tom Walkinshaw was a Scottish racing driver who became one of the best known figures in British motorsport management. Born in 1946 near Penicuik, he began racing in 1968, won the 1984 European Touring Car Championship in a Jaguar XJS, and in the 1970s established Tom Walkinshaw Racing, a group whose business was the manufacture and design of racing and road cars. TWR's sportscar programme won Le Mans twice and took World Championship titles, and later built a motorsport group employing about 1500 people across four countries. He served as engineering director of the Benetton Formula One team, bought the Arrows team, and was managing director of Arrows Grand Prix International. He also owned Gloucester Rugby and chaired the team owners organisation of the Aviva Premiership. He died in 2010.