S1 Ep314: How a Racing Loophole Made Tom Walkinshaw a Legend
Past Gas
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🗓️ 17 November 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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This week on Past Gas, we’re diving into the unbelievable life of Tom Walkinshaw — the Scottish farmer-turned-racing powerhouse who built one of motorsport’s greatest empires. Before he became the mastermind behind Jaguar’s return to Le Mans and Holden’s dominance at Bathurst, Walkinshaw was just a tough kid from Midlothian hustling his way up the racing ladder. From controversial disqualifications in the British Touring Car Championship to pushing homologation boundaries with Holden, Walkinshaw earned a reputation as the guy who’d do anything to go faster.
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| 1:13.7 | What's up, everybody? |
| 1:15.2 | It's time for Tom Walken-Shaw, a name that we have mentioned and a bit of story we've told |
| 1:20.7 | in previous episodes, but now Tom is getting his whole episode, his own episode. |
| 1:24.9 | Today, we are going to learn about some of the crazy cars that he was behind, |
| 1:29.0 | some of the rule bending that he was behind as well. Every great racer, every great team leader |
| 1:36.4 | in motorsport has probably bent the rules and not got caught. Well, Tom did get caught a couple |
| 1:42.5 | times. Led to some controversy, as they |
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