Peter Walker (racing Driver)

Peter Walker (racing Driver)

Peter Douglas Conyers Walker (7 October 1912 – 1 March 1984) was a British racing driver. He was born in Leeds, Yorkshire and died in Newtown, Worcestershire.

Based in Herefordshire, Walker enjoyed success in both circuit racing and hillclimbing with an ERA. He shared it with Tony Rolt in the 1950 British Grand Prix, where the car was retired after two laps by Walker and three by Rolt.

In 1951 Walker achieved the victory for which he is best remembered, when he and co-driver Peter Whitehead won Le Mans for Jaguar, in a C-Type. A month later he finished seventh in the British Grand Prix in a 1.5-litre supercharged BRM V16, despite the heat from a broken exhaust burning his legs (his team-mate Reg Parnell, who finished 5th, suffered similar injuries). He largely retired from racing after crashing an Aston Martin at Le Mans in 1956.