{"id":494764,"date":"2015-09-01T02:07:03","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T02:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=15130"},"modified":"2025-01-06T00:47:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T00:47:04","slug":"racing-with-walkinshaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/racing-with-walkinshaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Racing with Walkinshaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<figure id=\"attachment_531350\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-531350\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LS201509-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-531350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LS201509-p1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Mike Jiggle\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LS201509-p1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LS201509-p1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LS201509-p1-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LS201509-p1-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-531350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Mike Jiggle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the end of 1981 when our (Jaguar) turnaround story was just unfolding, a most remarkable man came into my office, demanding some time. His name was Tom Walkinshaw.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By then I had realized there had to be a place for racing in the scheme of things. Our heritage there was very powerful. We were turning the company around on the back of a 12-year-old product, the XJ6. It seemed to me that the years of waste in between the car being designed and my team arranging to build it properly held a clear message: Racing had given the old Jaguar designers the capability to create products that were better than those of their competitors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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