Walkinshaw Performance Open Day - Sat. 10th May, 10am

[BO55 VXR]

Walkinshaw Performance will be opening their doors for you to meet the team and see first hand behind the scenes of their workshop, facilities and all they have to offer.

TWR & Walkinshaw Performance is headed by Tom Walkinshaw, with over 30 years experience and his unwavering commitment to excellence in engineering and motorsport has undoubtly earned him a sizeable reputation in the industry. Proudly locked into his engineering CV includes winnings for the Le Mans 24 hr endurance race with Jaguar and poling Michael Schumacher his first F1 championship title.

Not only is Tom the owner of TWR & Walkinshaw Performance but he is also the owner of the HSV business in Australia (which until recently was under the control of former HSV MD Phil Harding who is now HSV Director of export based at Walkinshaw Performance UK) which supplies Vauxhall in the UK with the VXR8 and the previous Monaro VXR and also the Chevrolet CR8 in the Middle East. Tom started out on road cars with the Jaguar Sport Brand and also running the Jaguar Sports Car Racing Team leading to Le Mans victories. In parallel with the HSV business he has run a successful racing team in V8 Supercar Series (Holden Racing Team) winning several championships and Bathurst victories. Tom also raced in a Jaguar XJS at the 1985 Bathurst 1000 and put the Jag on pole position. -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9I7GWllPFY

From Jaguar racing he moved onto F1, as technical Director at Benneton bringing Schumaker to the team and winning a world championship and later running the Arrows F1 team. In parallel with TWR Racing he also ran the Volvo estates in BTCC which did caused some controversy. At the same time there was also as much effort going into production road cars in the 1990s, with contract engineering the Aston Martin DB7 & Vanquish, the Volvo C70, Rover 75 Estate, Saab Viggen, Jaguar XJ220, Ford’s Puma and the Renault Clio V6. The complete empire was based in Oxfordshire and at it's peak employed 600 employees.

Today Walkinshaw Performance have workshops here in the UK (and throughout Australia) dealing with upgrades for Vauxhall as the official VXR8 tuner, they are the appointed UK HSV Performance Centre, EVO Rally supplies, Mitsubishi L200 Suspension upgrades and the official importer of Elfin Sports Cars.

Features of the day will include:

• Historic TWR cars display
• Elfin Sports cars www.elfin.com.au
• The VXR range on display and available tuning goods
• Demo drives of the Walkinshaw Performance Supercharged VXR8 demonstrator+
• Australian HRT Commodore motor racing video footage
• HSV merchandise on display & available for purchase

Complimentary tea/coffee and refreshments will be available throughout the day and of course the ol’ barbie will be fired up for lunch.

Walkinshaw Performance
Broadstone Barms,
Broadstone Hill,
Chipping Norton,
Oxon.
OX7 5QL
01608 672 9229

www.walkinshawperformance.co.uk

+ Only available to current VXR8 owners/drivers.

[Gas_Man]

BO55 VXR said:

+ Only available to current VXR8 owners/drivers.

Is that EXCLUDING current Monaro owners then?

[BO55 VXR]

Full details and updates will be posted here


ETA: Corrected link

Edited by BO55 VXR on Sunday 16th March 22:14

[BO55 VXR]

Gas_Man said:

BO55 VXR said:

+ Only available to current VXR8 owners/drivers.

Is that EXCLUDING current Monaro owners then?

I'm sure they will allow others, but VXR8 owners get first dibs.

[J. J.]

So Monaro owners are not VXRenough?
Just as well we still have Wortec and Rapid GB.

Edited by J. J. on Sunday 16th March 18:39

[BO55 VXR]

J. J. said:

So Monaro owners are not VXRenough?
Just as well we still have Wortec and GB Power

I am sure that all Aus models would be welcome..

[J. J.]

Thanks Bo55. Nice to hear from you again.Thought that you'd gone over to Foord!

[Bull Fullbright]

think i may come along - i am starting to need a supercharger!

[Magic919]

As the previous link doesn't work. Updates etc here:-

http://www.vxronline.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=...

[aussie-astra-vxr]

anymore interested parties??????????????????

[Turbo T]

HSV's allowed?

[aussie-astra-vxr]

its open to all not just VXR owners, so yes HSV owners are most definatly welcome and we would like to see you there, you never know what will be on display from TWR's historic car collection or even from the world of WRC.
As for the VXR8 S-charged demo, you can always ask if your interested in the upgrade

Edited by aussie-astra-vxr on Tuesday 18th March 13:16

[aussie-astra-vxr]

slackalice said:

but a VXR Corsa, and a VXR8 are a million miles apart.

yes i agree, the corsa is much more rappid through tight twisty corners and bends lol

Edited by aussie-astra-vxr on Tuesday 18th March 13:19

[vlad the impaler]

I was going to give the R8 a run out to this, but looking at the list off people going I don't see much of a V8 presence.

It looks like the car park at McDonalds on a Saturday night

[caspy@wortec]

aussie-astra-vxr said:

slackalice said:

but a VXR Corsa, and a VXR8 are a million miles apart.

yes i agree, the corsa is much more rappid through tight twisty corners and bends lol

Edited by aussie-astra-vxr on Tuesday 18th March 13:19

[Well_Fans]

and obviously cv8 owners are excluded as they're not at all VXR'd. Would have been good to do it the Saturday before one of Vauxhall's BTCC events......

[caspy@wortec]

Well_Fans said:

and obviously cv8 owners are excluded as they're not at all VXR'd. Would have been good to do it the Saturday before one of Vauxhall's BTCC events......

Merely a Holden!! Not a HSV!!

[jamiep]

Im gonna go.

[Demolition Man]

BO55 VXR or Walkinshaw Media Relations said:

*Demo drives of the Walkinshaw Performance Supercharged VXR8 demonstrator+

(+ Only available to current VXR8 owners/drivers.)

Demo drives (ie sat in the passenger seat) or a proper drive?

I'm not allowed anyway - I don't have a VXR8.... a bit silly IMHO. I would have thought they'd want to attract prospective owners, certainly not exclude them...

[chrispaull]

Just spoken to them on the phone and everyone is welcome, I'am going, even if it's just to drool over past memories.