The diverse pedigree they all bring is unrivalled in Australia. From Supercar championships, Bathurst wins, Indy 500 wins, Global Rallycross titles and LMP2 endurance championships, their respective motorsport resumes are more than impressive.

But now they have combined to tackle Australia, and the Supercars Championship.

The announcement of Walkinshaw Andretti United took place at the most iconic circuit in Australia, Bathurst, on the eve of the biggest race of the 2017 season, the Bathurst 1000. It sent chins wagging, as fans around the globe pondered what these three teams can achieve together.

It didn’t take long for the first win to be achieved through Scott Pye’s famous victory at the Australian Grand Prix, with five further podiums coming in the first season. The Team have also stood on the Bathurst podium six times over the last seven years.

The partnership is not only beneficial on-track, but off it as well. Andretti Autosport brings a wealth of technical knowledge and experience across a broad range of categories and cars, while Zak Brown, the co-owner of United Autosports alongside Richard Dean, is also the CEO of the McLaren Formula 1 team. He is universally regarded as one of, if not the, best commercial operator in motorsport.

2023 saw massive changes for the Team, launching the new era Gen3 Supercar in conjunction with Ford, switching from a three-decade partnership with Holden. Alongside this, the Team expanded through the launch of the Walkinshaw Andretti United Foundation Academy which saw the reintroduction of the Dunlop Super2 Series program and introduction of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series.

2024 marks an exciting next step for Walkinshaw Andretti United with graduate Ryan Wood taking a step-up into the main game alongside veteran Chaz Mostert.

Australia remains a country close to Walkinshaw’s racing heart with an involvement in local racing for just over three decades, beginning with the debut of the Holden Special Vehicles racing program in 1988.

However, TWR’s first trip to Australia was four years earlier in 1984 when they brought a pair of Mobil-backed Rovers to compete in Group A at the Bathurst 1000. The following year Tom returned but this time with three V12 Jaguar XJ-S race cars and won for the first time at Mt Panorama.

TWR’s relationship with Holden began in 1987 and from that Walkinshaw’s most famous team, the Holden Racing Team (HRT), was born. Over 26 years, HRT yielded seven Bathurst wins (1990, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2011) and six driver championship wins (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002). Walkinshaw also produced two other driver championship wins with their HSV Dealer team (2006, 2007) bringing their total to eight.

Winning Bathurst on debut in 1990, HRT hit its straps in the mid-1990s with the emergence of Craig Lowndes and the late, great Peter Brock, before drivers like Greg Murphy, Mark Skaife, Jason Bright and Todd Kelly pushed the team to the mantle as the most successful touring car team in V8 Supercars history.

Walkinshaw’s relentless desire for success continues, as the Supercar team re-emerged as Walkinshaw Andretti United, the combination of three international powerhouses, ready to continue the legacy the Walkinshaw Racing has built in Australia.