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'{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2012}} {{Infobox WRC driver |name = Louise Aitken-Walker |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|1|21}} |birth_place = [[Duns]], [[Berwickshire]], [[Scotland]] |nationality = {{UK}} |Years = 1979 - 1991 |Teams = [[Ford]]<br>[[Nissan]]<br>[[Opel]]<br>[[Vauxhall]] |Races = 22 |Co-driver = {{flagicon|UK}} [[Ellen Morgan]]<br>{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Christina Thörner]] |Wins = 0 |Championships = 0 |Podiums = 0 |Stage_wins = 0 |Total_points = 1 }} '''Louise Aitken-Walker''' [[MBE]] (born January 1960 in [[Duns, Berwickshire]])<ref name=asportingnation>{{cite news|first=Dave|last=Low|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0057/|title=Louise Aitken-Walker world rally champion 1990|publisher=[[BBC Online]]|work=A Sporting Nation|accessdate=13 October 2007}}</ref> is a British [[rallying|rally]] and [[saloon car]] racing driver. Aitken-Walker entered competition in 1979 and finished 19th in her first [[Rally GB]] two years later. She contested the 1989 [[British Touring Car Championship]] in a Class C [[Vauxhall Astra]] finishing fourth 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalautomobileclub.co.uk/archive/archive_navmain5.asp?previd=481&groupid=729&tabstyle=main&style=RED |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928131810/http://www.royalautomobileclub.co.uk/archive/archive_navmain5.asp?previd=481&groupid=729&tabstyle=main&style=RED |archivedate=28 September 2007 |title=Title - Segrave Trophy |publisher=[[Royal Automobile Club]] |accessdate=21 December 2016 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> 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.<ref name=asportingnation/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aitken-walkercars.co.uk/louise.html|title=Louise Aitken-Walker MBE, Rally Driver, Scotland UK|publisher=Aitken-Walker Cars|accessdate=21 December 2016}}</ref> In September 2008, Aitken-Walker took part in the ''[[Colin McRae]] Forest Stages Rally'', a round of the [[Scottish Rally Championship]] centred in [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]] 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sshf.co.uk/inductees/a-f/louise-aitken-walker-mbe/|title=Louise Aitken-Walker, MBE|publisher=Scottish Sports Hall of Fame|accessdate=21 December 2016}}</ref> ==See also== [[List of female World Rally Championship drivers]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.aitken-walkerdriving.co.uk/ Rally experience sessions with Aitken-Walker] *[http://www.aitken-walkercars.co.uk/ Family run business with her husband, Son & Daughter] *[http://www.gina-driver.co.uk/ Louises Daughter Gina has started her career, supported by her mum] {{s-start}} {{s-ach}} {{succession box | before = [[Ken Wood (rallying)|Ken Wood]] | title = [[Autosport]]<br />National Rally Driver of the Year | after = [[Malcolm Wilson (rally driver)|Malcolm Wilson]] | years = 1987}} {{succession box | before = Bob Ives and Joe Ives | title = [[Segrave Trophy]] | after = [[Steve Webster (sidecar racer)|Steve Webster]]| years = 1990}} {{s-end}} {{Autosport National Driver of the Year}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Aitken-Walker, Louise}} [[Category:Female rally drivers]] [[Category:Scottish Rally Championship]] [[Category:Scottish rally drivers]] [[Category:Scottish Sports Hall of Fame inductees]] [[Category:1960 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Segrave Trophy recipients]] [[Category:British Touring Car Championship drivers]] [[Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:People from Duns]] [[Category:World Rally Championship drivers]] [[Category:Scottish female racing drivers]] {{UK-rally-bio-stub}} {{Scotland-autoracing-bio-stub}}'