Louise Aitken-Walker

Louise Aitken-Walker MBE (born January 1960 in Duns, Berwickshire)[1] is a British rally and saloon car 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]

Louise Aitken-Walker
MBE
Personal information
Nationality United Kingdom
Born (1960-01-21) 21 January 1960
Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland
World Rally Championship record
Active years1979 - 1991
Co-driver Ellen Morgan
Tina Thörner
TeamsFord
Nissan
Opel
Vauxhall
Rallies22
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points1
First rallyRAC Rally 1979
Last rallyRAC Rally 1991

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 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)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 DC Pts Class
1989 Vauxhall Motorsport Vauxhall Astra GTE 16v C OUL SIL
20		 THR
15		 DON
12		 THR
16		 SIL
19		 SIL
22		 BRH
15		 SNE
17		 BRH
15		 BIR
17		 DON
18		 SIL
Ret		 5th 72 2nd

See also

List of female World Rally Championship drivers

References
  1. Low, Dave. "Louise Aitken-Walker world rally champion 1990". A Sporting Nation. BBC Online. Retrieved 13 October 2007.
  2. "Title - Segrave Trophy". Royal Automobile Club. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  3. "Louise Aitken-Walker MBE, Rally Driver, Scotland UK". Aitken-Walker Cars. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  4. "Louise Aitken-Walker, MBE". Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Ken Wood		 Autosport
National Rally Driver of the Year
1987		 Succeeded by
Malcolm Wilson
Preceded by
Bob Ives and Joe Ives		 Segrave Trophy
1990		 Succeeded by
Steve Webster


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