39-451: ME5 or ME-5 may refer to: Elfin ME5 , a sports racing car Maine's 5th congressional district Maine State Route 5 [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
78-517: A Capri on the British Touring Car Championship circuit in 1974. This resulted in him winning his class that year. In 1976 Walkinshaw established Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR), continuing to drive for his own team. He competed in the 1976 World Championship for Makes, sharing a Hermetite-sponsored BMW 3.5 CSL with John Fitzpatrick. The pair achieved several good results including a dramatic victory, by just 1.3 seconds, in
117-611: A Lotus Formula Ford car. The following year he won the Scottish FF1600 title at the wheel of a Hawke. In 1970, he entered the British Formula Three championship with Lotus. He later moved to the March 'works' team, where he broke his ankle in a racing accident. Continuing his career despite this setback, he drove in many classes, including Formula 5000 and Formula Two . Ford hired Walkinshaw to drive
156-660: A 4.9-litre V8 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A , but withdrew before the first race at Monza in protest at the US$ 60,000 entrance fee imposed by Bernie Ecclestone who had put in charge of the WTCC by the FIA . Walkinshaw and Jeff Allam appeared with the car at the Nürburgring round of the championship but the car was uncompetitive against the new Ford Sierra RS Cosworths and BMW M3s , retiring with brake problems. In 1988 TWR developed
195-407: A champion race driver as well as a successful designer and builder of Elfin racing and sports-racing cars. In 1983, following the death of its founder the previous year, the firm was bought by Tasmanian Don Elliott, racing driver Tony Edmondson and mechanic John Porter who re-established the provision of parts and service to existing owners. Cooper died suddenly on ANZAC Day (25 April) in 1982, at
234-697: A new generation Elfin Clubman called the Type 3 . In failing health, he sold Elfin to Bill Hemming and Nick Kovatch in 1998 who relocated the business to Melbourne, Victoria. Elfin subsequently began a collaboration with GM Holden, revealing a concept MS8 Streamliner at the Melbourne International Motor Show in 2004. Limited production of two versions of the MS8 began in March 2006 and after
273-453: A race entrant was entitled to lodge protests under the rules of the meeting. In an ironic twist to Walkinshaw's last race meeting as a driver, the three HSV team cars, including the team's spare car, were found to have illegal modifications to the steering racks after a counter-protest by Dick Johnson Racing team manager Neal Lowe , though no action was taken as the spare car didn't start the race and both race cars failed to finish. Following
312-663: Is an Australian car manufacturer company that was founded by Garrie Cooper . It has been an Australian manufacturer of sports cars and motor racing cars since 1959. Elfin Sports Cars is currently owned by Young Timers Garage (YTG) after being purchased by the company in May 2023 from the Walkinshaw Group. It was previously owned by businessmen and historic racing enthusiasts Bill Hemming and Nick Kovatch (who remains as technical director) who purchased it in 1998. Elfin
351-691: Is the oldest continuous sports car maker in Australia and one of the most successful with 29 championships and major Grand Prix titles. The original factory was located at Conmurra Avenue, Edwardstown in suburban Adelaide, South Australia. The company is currently located in Keysborough, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The company was founded in South Australia as Elfin Sports Cars in October 1959 by Garrie Cooper , who would go on to be
390-734: The Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV and Walkinshaw again teamed with Jeff Allam at the RAC Tourist Trophy at Silverstone . Although still not a match for the Ford Sierra RS500s , Walkinshaw qualified the Commodore in 9th place. The pair finished the race in 15th place following various problems with the car. Tom Walkinshaw's last race as a driver was the 1988 Tooheys 1000 at Bathurst. In partnership with Australian Larry Perkins , TWR shipped
429-726: The MS8 Streamliner and the MS8 Clubman . Thereafter, in 2008, Elfin introduced what might be termed an entry-level model, the turbocharged four cylinder T5 Clubman. Engines for the MS8 cars were essentially standard production 5.7 litre Gen III V8s as supplied to GM Holden for their VZ-series Commodore vehicles. For the T5 Clubman, Pontiac-derived engines were supplied by GM Powertrain (USA). The MS8 cars have significant power (circa 255kW) for their size and weight, but are infamous for "spirited" handling. Some media regarded
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#1732798823509468-737: The Singapore Grand Prix (1968), the Malaysian Grand Prix (1968, 1969, 1972), and the New Zealand Grand Prix (1973, 1974). Drivers of Elfin cars included 1976 Formula One World Champion James Hunt , and French F1 driver, Didier Pironi . Others included Australian F1 drivers Vern Schuppan and Larry Perkins , as well as John Bowe , Frank Matich , John McCormack , Bob Jane , Allan Grice , Peter Manton and Mark Mclaughlin. In 2006, Elfin began producing two related V8-powered sports cars :
507-523: The 1995 Formula One World Championship. He was involved in the recruitment of Michael Schumacher by Benetton after the German's Formula One debut with the Jordan team. As engineering director, his role also came under scrutiny when the team was investigated for suspected technical infringements during the 1994 season , including the potential use of banned electronic aids and unauthorised modifications to
546-506: The 6.172 km (3.835 mi) long Mount Panorama Circuit with a broken drivers seat which had to be held in place by cable ties attached to the roll cage. The Rovers, with sponsorship from Bastos/ Texaco , were again the TWR cars for the renamed ETCC (which had become the FIATCC in 1986 in anticipation of the 1987 World Touring Car Championship ). Walkinshaw was again a favourite to take out
585-738: The Arrows team ran out of money. This led to the Australian arm of the operation being bought by Holden . However, since the practice of teams being owned by manufacturers in the Supercars Championship was banned, Holden had to divest the team's assets and sell the Holden Racing Team to lead driver Mark Skaife , and K-Mart Racing (later HSV Dealer Team ) to John and Margaret Kelly (the parents of V8 Supercar drivers Todd and Rick ). In 2005 Tom Walkinshaw returned to
624-627: The ETCC Commodore to Australia for the race as part of the Holden Special Vehicles team. Following a messy lead up to the race, which included Walkinshaw illegally protesting the five leading Australian built Sierras, Walkinshaw and Allam qualified in 13th place (slower than the Perkins Engineering built team car), and was the second retirement after just 5 laps with rear suspension failure. Walkinshaw himself
663-610: The Jaguars to Japan and New Zealand for the 1986 Fuji InterTEC 500 and the XJS' final race, the 1987 Wellington 500 . After some engine work which lifted the V12's power output to 500 hp (373 kW; 507 PS), Walkinshaw proved that the 1984 spec Jags were still competitive in 1986 by qualifying on pole at the fast Fuji circuit in front of the new Nissan Skyline RS DR30s and Holden VK Commodore SS Group As . Walkinshaw comfortably led
702-459: The MS8 vehicles as somewhat disappointing, considering Elfin's motorsport history. Elfin vehicle production was officially in hiatus by March 2012, with ongoing enquiries at that time to be directed to the related Walkinshaw Performance business. The original company produced 248 racing and sports racing cars in 27 different models over a 25-year period. Tom Walkinshaw Thomas Dobbie Thomson Walkinshaw (14 August 1946 – 12 December 2010)
741-638: The Silverstone 6 Hours. In 1984 he won the European Touring Car Championship in a 5.3-litre, V12 Jaguar XJS . In September 1984, Walkinshaw had teamed up with Australian driver John Goss to drive an Australian Group C spec XJS in the Bathurst 1000 . After qualifying in 10th spot, Walkinshaw never left the starting line after transmission failure and was hit from behind by a Chevrolet Camaro . Several cars also joined
780-620: The Tooheys 1000, Walkinshaw retired from driving to concentrate on the management of TWR's increasing motorsports portfolio. In 1975 Walkinshaw established Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR), a group whose business was the manufacture and design of racing and road cars. TWR ran touring car programmes in the mid-1970s and early 1980s. In 1983 the TWR team took eleven wins in eleven races in the British Saloon Car Championship running Rover Vitesses, before being stripped of
819-601: The V8 Supercars Australia and began a new relationship with his former teams, helping lead Holden to its first series win since 2002 through driver Rick Kelly (2006) and Garth Tander (2007). In late 2006 Walkinshaw Performance bought the small Australian sports car manufacturer Elfin Cars . In 2007 Walkinshaw Performance acquired a 50% stake in the Holden Racing Team, and in 2008 fully re-acquired
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#1732798823509858-499: The age of 46, from a burst aorta, due to the vessel's weakness from medication he took to thin his blood after a mid-1970s heart valve operation. Cliff Cooper, Garrie's father, completed outstanding orders, including six new generation Formula Vees, before offering the business for sale as well as designing a new Formula Vee, the Crusader, and a Formula Brabham car. In 1993, Victorian Murray Richards acquired Elfin and set out to build
897-465: The business was sold to Tom Walkinshaw (of HSV / Walkinshaw Performance) in December 2006, future limited production units were retailed Australia-wide via select HSV dealerships in each state. Following his death in December 2010, ownership of Elfin remained vested in the estate of Tom Walkinshaw ... but, there has been no further production of any Elfin cars since March 2012. In May, 2023, Elfin
936-573: The championship 3rd behind the Eggenberger Volvo 240T 's of Gianfranco Brancatelli and Thomas Lindström. With Australia's move to Group A in 1985, Walkinshaw vowed to return to Bathurst with his ETCC Jaguars in a bid to win the Australian classic. The three ETCC Jags were brought out of retirement and shipped to Bathurst with the help of "Jaguar Rover Australia" (JRA) and proceeded to dominate practice and qualifying, with Walkinshaw claiming pole position, Jeff Allam claiming second spot on
975-433: The crash causing the race to be red flagged and restarted 30 minutes later (the first restart in the race's history). In 1985, Jaguar retired the XJS from Group A racing and TWR was forced to use the cars they'd been racing in the British Touring Car Championship , the 3.5-litre V8 Rover Vitesse in the European Touring Car Championship . Walkinshaw and Percy won 6 of the 14 races in the championship but could only finish
1014-739: The deal. Instead he bought the Arrows team, achieving a coup for the 1997 Formula One season by recruiting reigning world champion Damon Hill to his squad. In 1997 Walkinshaw was voted Autocar Man of the Year. By this stage the TWR Group employed 1500 employees in the UK, Sweden, Australia and the United States. At the time, Walkinshaw was also managing director of Arrows Grand Prix International. His TWR racing group went into liquidation in 2002 after
1053-857: The descendant of the Australian arm of Tom Walkinshaw Racing . The team is co-owned by Andretti Autosport and United Autosports and races in the Australian Supercars Championship . Sean as a racing driver who competes regularly in GT racing , most often in GT3 spec series like GT World Challenge Europe . Results sourced from Driver Database and History of Touring Car Racing. ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1973–1990 in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded ?–1989 in class) † Events with 2 races staged for
1092-591: The grid and provisional pole sitter John Goss starting 6th. Driving with regular ETCC co-driver Win Percy , Walkinshaw finished 3rd in the race after leading for over ⅔ distance following a split oil line late in the race. The Allam/ Ron Dickson car was out after 3 laps with engine failure when broken glass from the cars right headlight got sucked into the intake system, while the Goss/ Armin Hahne car would win for TWR after having to battle for over 100 laps of
1131-591: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ME5&oldid=932989383 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Elfin ME5 Shaun Baker Steven Baker Elfin Sports Cars Pty Ltd (formerly known as Elfin Sports Cars )
1170-601: The prototype of his planned Formula Vee based road sports car. Opened in Melbourne on 16 August 2007, the centre features 24 current and historic vehicles and is open to the public. Elfin drivers have won 29 championships and major titles including two Australian Drivers' Championships ( 1973 , 1975 ), four Australian Sports Car Championships ( 1970 , 1973 , 1974 , 1975 ), three Australian Tourist Trophies (1966, 1976, 1978), and four Australian Formula Ford Series (1970, 1971, 1974, 1982). In addition Elfin cars also won
1209-468: The race for the first 6 laps from teammate Jeff Allam and Australian Peter Brock in his Holden Dealer Team VK Commodore before retiring with no oil pressure. After entering into a partnership with Australian car manufacturer Holden in February 1987 (at the expense of Brock's HDT Special Vehicles operation), Walkinshaw fully intended to compete in the inaugural World Touring Car Championship driving
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1248-586: The refuelling apparatus used on the cars. Although illegal software was found in the Benettons, the FIA had no evidence that it had ever been used in a race and no action was taken against the team. For 1995 Walkinshaw bought 50% of the Ligier team from Benetton team principal Flavio Briatore . His intention was to take over the team completely, but he was unable to purchase 100% of the team and therefore pulled out of
1287-413: The team from Skaife. 2009 saw the debut of Walkinshaw Racing a two car operation known individually as Bundaberg Red Racing and Team Autobarn . Walkinshaw died on Sunday 12 December 2010, aged 64, from complications arising from cancer. He is survived by his son Fergus Walkinshaw from his first marriage, and his second wife Martine Walkinshaw and their sons Ryan and Sean. Walkinshaw's memorial service
1326-548: The title for a technical infringement. TWR also ran a Jaguar XJ-S ETCC touring car programme before taking on their World Sportscar Championship programme. In six years the programme won Le Mans twice and the World Championships three times. The same team brought engineer Ross Brawn to prominence. In 1991 Walkinshaw was recruited as engineering director of the Benetton F1 team which subsequently won
1365-540: The title, but once again would finish 3rd. Co-driver Win Percy was originally announced as the 1986 champion before results from earlier races were amended following protest hearings. Walkinshaw had intended to return to Bathurst in 1986 with the V12 Jaguars but withdrew when JRA refused to help with funds following a downturn in the Australian car market. With sponsorship from the NZ based Strathmore Group, Walkinshaw took
1404-495: Was a British racing car driver from Scotland and the founder of the racing team Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR). He was also involved in professional rugby union , as owner of Gloucester Rugby , and chairman of the team owners organisation for the Aviva Premiership . Walkinshaw was born at Mauldslie Farm, near Penicuik , Midlothian, Scotland. He began racing in 1968, starting in an MG Midget , before moving on to
1443-593: Was cross-entered in the Perkins/ Denny Hulme car and drove the car later in the race. The car was retired with engine failure after 137 laps while in 2nd place. Walkinshaw's protest against the Sierras was later found to be illegal because Perkins Engineering was the entrant for the HSV team and not TWR. The stewards of the meeting had erred in letting Walkinshaw lodge the protest under TWR's FIA licence as only
1482-416: Was held at Gloucester Cathedral on 4 February 2011. Fergus Walkinshaw, who has been racing since 11 years old, inclusive of Ginetta Juniors and GTSupercup, has followed in his fathers footsteps and has restarted TWR in October 2023. Ryan and Sean followed their father into motorsport, Ryan in management as one of the team principals of the racing team that wears the family name, Walkinshaw Andretti United ,
1521-530: Was sold Shaun Baker, Steven Baker and Phani Bhogavalli of luxury car dealer, Young Timers Garage (YTG) , located in Keysborough, Victoria. YTG have announced plans to revitalise the brand after it sat dormant for 10 years under the Walkinshaw ownership. The Elfin Heritage Centre dedicated to Elfin Sports Cars including Garrie Cooper ’s first (Cooper Austin) and last (MR9 F5000) race cars, plus
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