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The high octane, passion-fuelled career of Murray Walker OBE has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award.<\/p>\n

In a ceremony hosted by fellow broadcaster Tiff Needell \u2013 and staged fittingly in the hallowed pit-lane at Silverstone \u2013 the richly deserved accolade was presented by Nick Wigley, Event Director of the Silverstone Classic.<\/p>\n

The award was made in recognition of the huge contribution Walker has made to motor sport and, in particular, to the country\u2019s premier circuit which now not only hosts the annual British Grand Prix but also the world\u2019s biggest classic motor racing festival.<\/p>\n

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Murray Walker (GBR) with Mark Webber, Karun Chandhok and Susie Wolff
Photo: Jakob Ebrey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWhen we heard that Murray was coming back to his beloved Silverstone to be with us on our Silverstone Classic Preview Day, we thought it would be a great chance to honor his remarkable career,\u201d said Wigley. \u201cHis infectious enthusiasm for the sport has always been incredible and for millions of us he will forever be the \u2018Voice of Motor Sport\u2019 \u2013 this award is really a little \u2018thank you\u2019 from all of us for all the wonderful entertainment he\u2019s provided over the past 70 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now at the age of a sprightly 94, the evergreen Walker was back at the Home of British Motor Racing with a Channel 4 television crew filming a feature to mark the 70th\u00a0<\/sup>anniversary of the Northamptonshire venue\u2019s very first race \u2013 the RAC International Grand Prix of 1948. It was an historic race meeting that a youthful Walker actually attended. And, indeed, he returned the following year this time to commentate on Silverstone\u2019s very first officially-sanctioned British Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

\u201cSilverstone has always meant a heck of a lot to me,\u201d enthused Walker. \u201cI was here in 1948 and have covered just about everything on wheels since then. I\u2019ve seen the circuit grow from a World War 2 bomber base into the fantastic complex that it is today and it\u2019s great to see quite literally hundreds of the amazing cars I\u2019ve seen racing here still competing at the Silverstone Classic. It\u2019s a unique event and there\u2019s nothing else quite like it in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

This summer\u2019s Classic will not only commemorate the circuit\u2019s very first Grand Prix with a special track parade of cars that raced in 1948 but will also feature many of the other glorious racing machines that Walker has witnessed in action over the past 70 years\u2026 and not just on four wheels.<\/p>\n

He covered the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) for the BBC during the \u201990s and, as the son of a TT racer, has always had an equally keen interest in bike racing. Both categories will be out in force come July with this year\u2019s Classic celebrating 60 years of the ever-popular BTCC and the promise of some bike action, too.<\/p>\n

The former milestone will be acclaimed with no fewer than four different touring car grids competing on Tin Top Sunday along with a star-studded Diamond Jubilee track parade, while an equally impressive line-up of bike legends topped by at least three world champions will be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The high octane, passion-fuelled career of Murray Walker OBE has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award. In a ceremony hosted by fellow broadcaster Tiff Needell \u2013 and staged fittingly in the hallowed pit-lane at Silverstone \u2013 the richly deserved accolade was presented by Nick Wigley, Event Director of the Silverstone Classic. 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