Walkinshaw Racing
| Manufacturer | Holden |
|---|---|
| Team Principal | Ryan Walkinshaw |
| Team Manager | Adrian Burgess |
| Race Drivers | 2. Scott Pye 22. James Courtney |
| Chassis | Holden VF Commodore |
| Debut | 1990 |
| Drivers' Championships | 6 (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002) |
| Round wins | 73 |
| Race wins | 179 |
| Pole positions | 93 |
| 2016 position | 2nd (4,434 points) |
Walkinshaw Racing is an Australian motor racing team based in the Melbourne suburb of Clayton. The team currently fields two Holden VF Commodores in the Supercars Championship for James Courtney and Scott Pye, along with a Porsche 911 GT3-R in the Australian GT Championship.
Formed in 1990 as the Holden Racing Team, it is one of the most successful Supercars Championship teams in the history of the category, having won the drivers' championship six times, and the series' signature race, the Bathurst 1000, seven times. In 2017, the Holden Racing Team name was transferred by Holden to Triple Eight Race Engineering and the team was renamed Mobil 1 HSV Racing.
As part of the joint venture established in 1987 between Tom Walkinshaw and Holden to form Holden Special Vehicles, Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) was to run Holden’s motor sport programme. TWR were responsible for designing the Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV, which was homologated for racing in August 1988 after Holden Special Vehicleiis completed the required 500.
For 1988 it was decided to contract out the racing programme to Perkins Engineering although a car built by TWR in England was raced by Tom Walkinshaw at the Silverstone Tourist Trophy and Bathurst 1000.
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