Louise Dunn Aitken-Walker
MBE (born January 1960 in
Duns, Berwickshire)
is a British
rally
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and
racing driver
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. Aitken-Walker entered competition in 1979 and finished 19th in her first
Rally GB
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two years later. She contested the 1989
British Touring Car Championship
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in a Class C
Vauxhall Astra
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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. 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.
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In September 2008, Aitken-Walker took part in the '' Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally'', a round of the Scottish Rally Championship centred in ]Perth
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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.
Racing record
Complete WRC results
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)
See also
List of female World Rally Championship drivers
References
External links
Rally experience sessions with Aitken-Walker
Family-run business with her husband, Son & Daughter
Louises Daughter Gina has started her career, supported by her mum
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Female rally drivers
Scottish Rally Championship
Scottish rally drivers
1960 births
Living people
Segrave Trophy recipients
British Touring Car Championship drivers
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Sportspeople from Duns, Scottish Borders
World Rally Championship drivers
Scottish female racing drivers
Nismo drivers
20th-century Scottish sportswomen
Long stubs with short prose
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