Sean Walker (racing driver)
Sean Walker (born 24 March 1958) is a British former racing driver. He stopped racing in 2013. His father Ian Walker (1926–2008) was noted as the "Doyen of British Motorsport" (Ref The Independent 18 July 2008) was a driver, engineer and designer/modifier of race cars particularly Lotus. Ian Walker's cars were driven by famous drivers such as Jim Clark, Graham Hill and Peter Arundell.
Racing career
[edit]Sean Walker's racing career.
2010
HSCC Derek Bell Trophy Position: no position ? races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps. Car: March 782 Complete results needed.
2009
HSCC Lloyds TSB Derek Bell Trophy Position: 11 (20 points) 2 races. 2 wins. 1 pole position. 2 podiums. 2 fastest laps. Car: March 782
1992
RAC Esso British Touring Car Championship Position: 19 (4 points) 13 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps. Team: Techspeed Racing Car: BMW M3
1990
RAC Esso British Touring Car Championship Position: 7 (96 points) ? races. 0 wins. ? pole positions. ? podiums. ? fastest laps. Car: Ford Sierra RS500 Complete results needed.
1989
RAC Esso British Touring Car Championship Position: 21 (17 points) 13 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps. Team: FAI Auto Parts Car: Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth
British Touring Car Championship - class A Position: no position ? races. ? wins. ? pole positions. ? podiums. ? fastest laps. Complete results needed.
1988
World Sports-Prototype Championship Position: no position 2 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps. Team: Sean Walker Car: Tiga GC287 (Ford)
Formula 3 Britain National Class Position: 17 (4 points) 1 race. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 1 podium. 0 fastest laps. Team: Techspeed Racing Car: Reynard 873 (Volkswagen)
1987
World Sports-Prototype Championship Position: no position 1 race. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps. Team: URD Junior Car: URD C81 (BMW)
1986
Formula 3 Britain National Class Position: 2 (76 points) 17 races. 4 wins. 2 pole positions. 11 podiums. 1 fastest lap. Team: Techspeed Racing Car: Ralt RT30 (Volkswagen)
1985
Formula 3 Britain National Class Position: 10 (15 points) 2 races. 1 win. 1 pole position. 2 podiums. 2 fastest laps. Team: Richard Dutton Racing Car: Ralt RT3 (Volkswagen)
Racing record
[edit]Complete British Touring Car Championship results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1988–1990 in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded ?–1989 in class)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Pts | Class |
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1989 | FAI Auto Parts | Ford Sierra RS500 | A | OUL 5 | SIL NC | THR 4 | DON 4 | THR 6 | SIL 5 | SIL 9 | BRH Ret | SNE 6 | BRH 4 | BIR 8 | DON 5 | SIL 8 | 21st | 17 | 5th | ||
1990 | FAI Auto Parts | Ford Sierra RS500 | A | OUL Ret | DON 4 | THR 5 | SIL 2 | OUL 4 | SIL Ret | BRH 3 | SNE 4 | BRH 4 | BIR 2 | DON 6 | THR Ret | SIL Ret | 7th | 96 | 4th | ||
1991 | Sean Walker Racing | Ford Sierra RS500 | SIL | SNE DNS | DON | THR | SIL | BRH | SIL | DON 1 | DON 2 | OUL | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | DON | THR | SIL | NC | 0 | ||
1992 | Techspeed Racing | BMW M3 | SIL 13 | THR 11 | OUL 15 | SNE 10 | BRH 14 | DON 1 15 | DON 2 Ret | SIL Ret | KNO 1 | KNO 2 | PEM 8 | BRH 1 14 | BRH 2 14 | DON 12 | SIL 14 | 20th | 4 | ||
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Personal life
[edit]Sean is married to Karen, an ex model and fashion buyer, formerly for the Arcadia Group. She is an acclaimed, award-winning. visual art photographic artist, under the name Honey J Walker. He suffered a serious stroke in 2014 and only survived without excessive brain damage because of his wife, Karen's early intervention.
They have 3 children, 2 grandchildren and 3 dogs.
References
[edit]- http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/sean-walker/career/
- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ian-walker-doyen-of-british-motorsport-870818.html
- ^ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
External links
[edit]- BTCC Pages Profile.
- Sean Walker career summary at DriverDB.com