Walkinshaw Junior Gets To Grips With Westfield

The Walkinshaw name will need little introduction to any motorsport fan. Tom Walkinshaw has had a glittering career in saloon, touring and sports car racing as both a driver and constructor. Now it’s the turn of son, Fergus Walkinshaw to take the motorsport limelight. The 16 year old is already enjoying a competitive season in the Ginetta Junior racing series, but as part of his driver training recently spent a day with stunt legend Terry Grant learning the art of car-control in a Toyo T-1R equipped Westfield.

The day was donated by Terry as part of a recent fundraiser for CLIC, the women’s cancer charity and bought as a gift for Fergus by his mum, Elizabeth. Throughout the day, Fergus learned the black art of car control, drifting, slalom and the odd automotive ‘party trick’ from the 14-times Guiness World record holder behind the wheel of the blindingly quick Sport 1600. This model, like all Westfields now leaves the factory on OE Fitment Toyo tyres.

“I’ve had a great day.” beamed Fergus “I’ve learned a lot and had a lot of fun. The car was superb and the handling was just incredible. Hopefully I can use some of what I’ve learned in my racing.”