Johnnie Walker (racing driver)
Introduction Matich A50 at the Surfers Paradise round of the Gold Star series for 1972. '''Johnnie Walker''' (aka '''John Walker''') is a former Australian racing driver, born in Adelaide, South Australia. He first raced in the early 1960s at Mallala in his Holden FE road car. After competing in the Australian Formula 2 Championship he graduated to Formula 5000 in 1972, driving an Elfin MR5 and a Matich A50 before switching to the Lola marque in late 1973.Walker finished second in both the 1973 and 1975 Australian Drivers' Championships before breaking through to win the title in 1979 in his Lola T332 Chevrolet. He also won the 1979 Australian Grand Prix at Wanneroo Raceway.In 1975 he was highly competitive in the Tasman Series going into the final round at Sandown as equal series leader with Warwick Brown and Graeme Lawrence. However he crashed his Lola on the first lap demolishing 50 metres of the horse racetrack's running rails.Walker drove several touring car races for the Holden Dealer Team in 1975-1976 including co-driving with Colin Bond in the 1975 Hardie Ferodo 1000 where they placed third in a Holden Torana SL/R 5000 L34.
Career results Results sourced from Driver Database.A race replica of the Ford XW Falcon GTHO driven by Kim Aunger and John Walker in the 1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500 Season Series Position Car Team 1965 Australian Drivers' Championship10th Elfin Catalina Ford  Gilbert Motor Bodies 1967 Australian Drivers' Championship18th Elfin Mono  Gilbert Motor Bodies 1967 Australian 1½ Litre Championship9th Elfin Mono  Gilbert Motor Bodies 1968 Australian Drivers' Championship9th Elfin Mono 2B Ford Gilbert Motor Bodies 1968 Australian 1½ Litre Championship4th Elfin Mono 2B Ford Gilbert Motor Bodies 1969 Australian Drivers' ChampionshipNC Elfin 600B Ford Gilbert Motor Bodies 1970 Australian Drivers' ChampionshipNC Elfin 600B Ford Gilbert Motor Bodies 1970 Australian Formula 2 Championship 2nd  Elfin  Gilbert Motor Bodies 1971 Australian Drivers' Championship13th Elfin 600B City State Racing Team 1971 Australian Formula 2 Championship4th Elfin 600B Ford   1972 Tasman Series12th Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden City State Racing Team 1972 Australian Drivers' Championship 4th  Matich A50 Repco-Holden 5AD / City State Racing 1973 Tasman Series 9th  Matich A50 Repco-Holden Johnnie Walker 1973 Australian Drivers' Championship 2nd  Lola T330 Repco-Holden John Walker Motor Racing 1973 SCCA L&M Championship21st Matich A50 Repco-Holden Johnnie Walker  1974 Tasman Series4th Lola T330 Repco-Holden  1974 Australian Formula 2 Championship7th Elfin 622   1975 Tasman Series 2nd Lola T332 Repco-Holden  1975 Australian Drivers' Championship 2nd Lola T332 Repco-Holden John Walker 1978 Rothmans International Series4th Lola T332 Chevrolet Magnum Wheels 1979 Rothmans International Series11th Lola T332 Chevrolet Magnum Wheels 1979 Australian Drivers' Championship 1st Lola T332 Chevrolet Magnum Wheels 1981 Australian Sports Car Championship4th Porsche Turbo Magnum Wheels===Complete Tasman Series results===(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points 1972  City State Racing Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden PUK LEV WIG TER SUR WAR SAN AIR4 12th 3 1973  Johnnie Walker Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden PUK LEV WIG TER SUR4 WAR4 SAN5 AIRRet 9th 8 1974  Johnnie Walker Lola T330 Repco-Holden LEV1 PUK7 WIGRet TERRet ORA2 SUR5 SAN3 AIRRet 3rd 21 1975  Johnnie Walker Lola T332 Repco-Holden LEV4 PUK4 WIG3 TER4 ORA3 SUR1 AIR3 SANRet 2nd 30===Complete Bathurst 500/1000 results=== Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps   1970  Aunger Accessories / Fairway Ford  Kym Aunger Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II E 18 DNF DNF 1971  City State Racing Team  Malcolm Ramsay Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 D 124 18th 11th 1975  Holden Dealer Team  Colin Bond Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 D 154 3rd 3rd 1978  Settlement Road Motor Wreckers  Warren Cullen Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback A 152 7th 7th
References * Australian Motor Racing Annual, 1972, page 40* Racing Car News, November 1972, page 61* Australian Competition Yearbook, 1974, pages 59, 75, 208* Australian Competition Yearbook, 1975, pages 46, 70* Australian Competition Yearbook, 1976, pages 65, 108, 117–120, 188* Australian Competition Yearbook, 1977, pages 104-110* Australian Competition Yearbook, 1978, page 115