Johnnie Walker (racing driver)
Johnnie Walker is a former Australian racing driver, born in Adelaide, South Australia. He first raced in the early 1960s at Mallala in his Holden FE road car. After competing in the Australian Formula 2 Championship he graduated to Formula 5000 in 1972, driving an Elfin MR5 and a Matich A50 before switching to the Lola marque in late 1973.
Walker finished second in both the 1973 and 1975 Australian Drivers' Championships before breaking through to win the title in 1979 in his Lola T332 Chevrolet. He also won the 1979 Australian Grand Prix at Wanneroo Raceway.
In 1975 he was highly competitive in the Tasman Series going into the final round at Sandown as equal series leader with Warwick Brown and Graeme Lawrence. However he crashed his Lola on the first lap demolishing 50 metres of the horse racetrack's running rails.
Walker drove several touring car races for the Holden Dealer Team in 1975-1976 including co-driving with Colin Bond in the 1975 Hardie Ferodo 1000 where they placed third in a Holden Torana SL/R 5000 L34.
Career results
Results sourced from Driver Database.driven by Kim Aunger and John Walker in the 1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500
| Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
| 1965 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 10th | Elfin Catalina Ford | Gilbert Motor Bodies |
| 1967 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 18th | Elfin Mono | Gilbert Motor Bodies |
| 1967 | Australian 1½ Litre Championship | 9th | Elfin Mono | Gilbert Motor Bodies |
| 1968 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 9th | Elfin Mono 2B Ford | Gilbert Motor Bodies |
| 1968 | Australian 1½ Litre Championship | 4th | Elfin Mono 2B Ford | Gilbert Motor Bodies |
| 1969 | Australian Drivers' Championship | NC | Elfin 600B Ford | Gilbert Motor Bodies |
| 1970 | Australian Drivers' Championship | NC | Elfin 600B Ford | Gilbert Motor Bodies |
| 1970 | Australian Formula 2 Championship | 2nd | Elfin | Gilbert Motor Bodies |
| 1971 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 13th | Elfin 600B | City State Racing Team |
| 1971 | Australian Formula 2 Championship | 4th | Elfin 600B Ford | |
| 1972 | Tasman Series | 12th | Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden | City State Racing Team |
| 1972 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 4th | Matich A50 Repco-Holden | 5AD / City State Racing |
| 1973 | Tasman Series | 9th | Matich A50 Repco-Holden | Johnnie Walker |
| 1973 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 2nd | Lola T330 Repco-Holden | John Walker Motor Racing |
| 1973 | SCCA L&M Championship | 21st | Matich A50 Repco-Holden | Johnnie Walker |
| 1974 | Tasman Series | 4th | Lola T330 Repco-Holden | |
| 1974 | Australian Formula 2 Championship | 7th | Elfin 622 | |
| 1975 | Tasman Series | 2nd | Lola T332 Repco-Holden | |
| 1975 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 2nd | Lola T332 Repco-Holden | John Walker |
| 1978 | Rothmans International Series | 4th | Lola T332 Chevrolet | Magnum Wheels |
| 1979 | Rothmans International Series | 11th | Lola T332 Chevrolet | Magnum Wheels |
| 1979 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 1st | Lola T332 Chevrolet | Magnum Wheels |
| 1981 | Australian Sports Car Championship | 4th | Porsche Turbo | Magnum Wheels |
Complete Tasman Series results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
| 1972 |  City State Racing | Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden | PUK | LEV | WIG | TER | SUR | WAR | SAN | AIR 4 | 12th | 3 |
| 1973 | Johnnie Walker | Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden | PUK | LEV | WIG | TER | SUR 4 | WAR 4 | SAN 5 | AIR Ret | 9th | 8 |
| 1974 | Johnnie Walker | Lola T330 Repco-Holden | LEV 1 | PUK 7 | WIG Ret | TER Ret | ORA 2 | SUR 5 | SAN 3 | AIR Ret | 3rd | 21 |
| 1975 | Johnnie Walker | Lola T332 Repco-Holden | LEV 4 | PUK 4 | WIG 3 | TER 4 | ORA 3 | SUR 1 | AIR 3 | SAN Ret | 2nd | 30 |