View Full Version : RIP Tom Walkinshaw
Pistol Pete
13-12-10, 08:15 PM
http://www.crash.net/f1/news/165491/1/tom_walkinshaw_dead_at_64.html
Tom Walkinshaw RIP. Had cancer. Those of you who don't know, had a hand in btcc (remember the Volvo 850 t5??!!) and F1.
Put a fair bit of money into rugby aswell IIRC.
16v-kev
13-12-10, 08:22 PM
its strange to see all the good drivers of my time slowly slip away all the hard work they put into motor sport and no one says anything in the papers or the news
rip to a talented man !
Another one that hadn't heard of this.
R.I.P T.W.(R)
Royston
13-12-10, 08:26 PM
http://www.crash.net/f1/news/165491/1/tom_walkinshaw_dead_at_64.html
Tom Walkinshaw RIP. Had cancer. Those of you who don't know, had a hand in btcc (remember the Volvo 850 t5??!!) and F1.
Put a fair bit of money into rugby aswell IIRC.
He also had a hand in these
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/1297cc/DSCF1346.jpg
Great shame!
Pistol Pete
13-12-10, 08:49 PM
Didn't know that ^
Aye, Liam shame. It's kind of gone unoticed!!
Saloony
13-12-10, 10:59 PM
Done alot for monaro tuning also... hopefully they carry on with the company as it has an outstanding name for itself.
Very sad news :(
He went to the same high school I did, my grandad knows the family and I guess I followed his path down the country quite closely.
Another true motorsport legend gone!
blue_peg_16v
14-12-10, 11:08 AM
such a shame r.i.p.
also this:
http://blog.niot.net/blog-images/08_Aug/tata-mulls-jaguar-return-to-le-mans.jpg
and these:
http://www.xious.com/jaguar/pics/silver/xj220-silver03.jpg
Among many others, from what I've heard of him he was a top bloke. RIP.
tom walkinshaw was a very good driver, and then got involved in preparing & running cars...the rovers, jag xjs, the xjr group c & imsa racers, the volvo btcc cars, arrows f1.
he will also be remembered for some very dubious happenings.... he was at benetton when the infamous refueling fire took place, arrows ended up going bust in a huge fashion as did the twr group of companies. they were building cars for people, components, tuning & styling stuff for manufacturers, as well as the twr jaguar official stuff......
he ended up running v8 aussie touring cars & doing very well.
best of all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbhxrIhkbhk
http://images.jaguar-enthusiasts.org.uk/assets/pages/images/118407292088339.jpg
http://www.x-tremetuning.de/wallpapers/images/renault_clio_v6_01.jpg
http://redline.os.org.za/images/Supercars/Jaguar/1_twr_jaguar_xj220_s_14.jpg
C612DNM
14-12-10, 10:19 PM
tom walkinshaw was a very good driver, and then got involved in preparing & running cars...the rovers, jag xjs, the xjr group c & imsa racers, the volvo btcc cars, arrows f1.
he will also be remembered for some very dubious happenings.... he was at benetton when the infamous refueling fire took place, arrows ended up going bust in a huge fashion as did the twr group of companies. they were building cars for people, components, tuning & styling stuff for manufacturers, as well as the twr jaguar official stuff......
he ended up running v8 aussie touring cars & doing very well.
A sad loss to motoring, the BigC takes no prisoners, and is no respecter of age, creed, or ability.
Yes, for all of the good things he did, there was the other side of Tom.
His Rover team lost a championship through cheating too.
It has been said, that this is the first time that Tom's "lied straight" in years.
napalm_27
30-12-10, 07:59 PM
also this:
http://blog.niot.net/blog-images/08_Aug/tata-mulls-jaguar-return-to-le-mans.jpg
Among many others, from what I've heard of him he was a top bloke. RIP.
wow first post i make when i come back and its about this prick.. my old man worked for arrows F1 team tom walkinshaw was a total ****ing nob and left everyone high and dry at arrows F1 team when he ****ed it up.. other then that iv taken that silk cut jag off the back of a lorry at the jag show in woburn abbey :thumb: had both the ones he owned there and his green twr xjs aswell
novautd
30-12-10, 08:08 PM
wow first post i make when i come back and its about this prick.. my old man worked for arrows F1 team tom walkinshaw was a total ****ing nob and left everyone high and dry at arrows F1 team when he ****ed it up.. other then that iv taken that silk cut jag off the back of a lorry at the jag show in woburn abbey :thumb: had both the ones he owned there and his green twr xjs aswell
lol go back to your hole.
wow first post i make when i come back and its about this prick.. my old man worked for arrows F1 team tom walkinshaw was a total ****ing nob and left everyone high and dry at arrows F1 team when he ****ed it up.. other then that iv taken that silk cut jag off the back of a lorry at the jag show in woburn abbey :thumb: had both the ones he owned there and his green twr xjs aswell
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTf5G2bVpTNWugBGapXHCO_a9ule85r1 OJij1jFhK5v0CIAx8wqFg
Welcome back cock chops.
napalm_27
30-12-10, 08:09 PM
hi willy no worky :)
lol Why Wont My Willy Work, wasn't it? I like that.
napalm_27
30-12-10, 08:16 PM
yer something like that lol
but honestly i met him and my old man worked for him long enough
bloke was a nob even when i told me dad he was like really.. good job
Pistol Pete
30-12-10, 08:47 PM
wow first post i make when i come back and its about this prick.. my old man worked for arrows F1 team tom walkinshaw was a total ****ing nob and left everyone high and dry at arrows F1 team when he ****ed it up.. other then that iv taken that silk cut jag off the back of a lorry at the jag show in woburn abbey :thumb: had both the ones he owned there and his green twr xjs aswell
:roll: :tard: you're back then....
napalm_27
30-12-10, 08:48 PM
that i am
had to make a good impression
couldnt have no one thinking anything bad about me could i.?
Pistol Pete
30-12-10, 08:52 PM
LMFAO....have a search about. You will be impressed lol
napalm_27
30-12-10, 08:54 PM
tbh i dont really give 2 toss's what anyone thinks about me
when you know me properly then you can tell me what you think other then that it will keep going over my head
Naplam, any info on stupidly over priced nova parts ?
welcome back nath lol its been quiet around here . .
mk1nova_rich
30-12-10, 10:32 PM
Why have you returned if you are just gona be a prick? :confused: crawl back under your rock and have some more neg rep
napalm_27
30-12-10, 10:35 PM
how am i being a prick im talking the truth as i believe none of you actually know tom walkinshaw for who he actually is
Yeh but, we all think your a prick. Doesn't mean you deserve to die.
how am i being a prick im talking the truth as i believe none of you actually know tom walkinshaw for who he actually is
Actually I'm lectured by Geoff Goddard who tends to talk about his good friend quite often as he's an enthusiastic man that loves rambling off on tangents and clearly had a lot of respect for Tom. Now you can **** off back to the hole you crawled out of tbh, I believe you left your respect in it.
Actually I'm lectured by Geoff Goddard who tends to talk about his good friend quite often as he's an enthusiastic man that loves rambling off on tangents and clearly had a lot of respect for Tom. Now you can **** off back to the hole you crawled out of tbh, I believe you left your respect in it.
:thumb:
come on people pipe down this is a RIP thread not somewhere to start getting bitchy :p
Muppet corner is for that ill even make a thread lol
As per the above comments, you might not have liked the guy but there is a saying about speaking ill of the dead!
As per the above comments, you might not have liked the guy but there is a saying about speaking ill of the dead!
Who was (like him or not), a legend is MotorSport.
in the final season at arrows, it was staffed by the sort of people who couldn't run a bath, let alone an f1 team, as their majority sponsor was some bookmaking company that actually had no money, so arrows had to let a lot of people go, it caused the demise of twr holdings.... i know a bloke who worked there too....
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