Louise Aitken-Walker Explained

Louise Aitken-Walker
MBE
Birth Date:1960 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland
Nationality: British
Years:1979 - 1991
Co-Driver: Jan Williamson
 Ellen Morgan
 Tina Thörner
Teams:Ford
Nissan
Opel
Vauxhall
Races:22
Wins:1
Championships:0
Podiums:0
Stagewins:0
Points:1
First Race:RAC Rally 1979
Last Race:RAC Rally 1991

Louise Dunn Aitken-Walker MBE (born January 1960 in Duns, Berwickshire)[1] is a British rally and racing driver. Aitken-Walker entered competition in 1979 and finished 19th in her first Rally GB two years later. She contested the 1989 British Touring Car Championship in a Class C Vauxhall Astra finishing fifth in points, and in 1990 was the first ever Ladies World Champion, the pinnacle of a successful 14-year career. She was awarded the Segrave Trophy in 1990.[2] She retired in 1993 to have a family (son John and daughter Gina) and concentrate on her business affairs. She runs Aitken-Walker Cars, which specializes in quality used cars, with her husband Graham in the Scottish Borders.[1] [3]

In September 2008, Aitken-Walker took part in the Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally, a round of the Scottish Rally Championship centred in Perth in Scotland. A historic Talbot Sunbeam Lotus was her chosen car for the event. She was one of a number of ex-world and British champions to take part in the event in memory of McRae, who died in 2007.

Aitken-Walker was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.[4]

Racing record

Complete WRC results

YearEntrantCar1234567891011121314Pts
1979Louise AitkenFord FiestaMONSWEPORKENGRENZLFINCANITAFRAGBR
Ret
CIVNC0
1980Mogil MotorsFord FiestaMONSWEPORKENGRCARGFINNZLITAFRAGBR
Ret
CIVNC0
1981M.C.D. ServicesFord Escort RS2000MONSWEPORKENFRAGREARGBRAFINITACIVGBR
19
NC0
1982M.C.D. ServicesFord Escort RS2000MONSWEPORKENFRAGRENZLBRAFINITACIVGBR
20
NC0
1983Louise AitkenAlfa Romeo Alfasud TIMON
48
NC0
Ford Escort XR3iSWE
60
PORKENFRAGRENZLARGFINITACIV
British Junior Rally TeamFord Escort RS1600GBR
Ret
1984R.E.D.Ford Escort RS1600MONSWE
23
PORKENFRAGRENZLARGFINITACIVGBR
Ret
NC0
1985Peugeot Talbot SportPeugeot 205 GTIMONSWEPORKENFRAGRENZLARGFINITACIVGBR
16
NC0
1986Team Nissan EuropeNissan 240RSMONSWEPORKENFRAGRENZLARGFINCIVITAGBR
15
USANC0
1987Peugeot Talbot SportPeugeot 205 GTIMONSWEPORKENFRAGREUSANZLARGFINCIVITAGBR
Ret
NC0
1988Peugeot Talbot SportPeugeot 205 GTIMONSWEPORKENFRAGREUSANZLARGFINCIVITAGBR
Ret
NC0
1989Vauxhall Dealer SportVauxhall Astra GTESWEMONPORKENFRAGRENZLARGFINAUSITACIVGBR
18
NC0
1990GM Euro SportVauxhall Astra GTEMON
11
GBR
17
NC0
Opel Kadett GSIPOR
Ret
KENFRA
Ret
GRCNZL
11
ARGFINAUS
13
ITA
18
CIV
1991Mobil 1 / Ford CellularFord Sierra Cosworth RS 4x4MONSWEPORKENFRAGRCNZLARGFINAUSITACIVESPGBR
10
62nd1

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap in class - 1 point awarded all races)

See also

List of female World Rally Championship drivers

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Dave. Low. Louise Aitken-Walker world rally champion 1990. BBC Online. A Sporting Nation. 13 October 2007.
  2. Web site: Title - Segrave Trophy . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928131810/http://www.royalautomobileclub.co.uk/archive/archive_navmain5.asp?previd=481&groupid=729&tabstyle=main&style=RED . 28 September 2007 . . 21 December 2016 . dead .
  3. Web site: Louise Aitken-Walker MBE, Rally Driver, Scotland UK. Aitken-Walker Cars. 21 December 2016. 10 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170510065017/http://www.aitken-walkercars.co.uk/louise.html. dead.
  4. Web site: Louise Aitken-Walker, MBE. Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. 21 December 2016.