One of America's big name Sprintcar stars Tyler Walker will be in Perth driving for the TMG Motorsports team over the next 5-6 weeks racing at all WSS rounds (excl 4/2 Albany when he will be crewing for Jake Beard-Miller in the 32wx 360 sprintcar at the Perth Motorplex.Tyler will also be competing at the Krikke Boys Shootout in Bunbury on 3_4/3/2012
Tyler Walker has without doubt a huge talent and his results speak for themselves.
Timothy (Tyler) Walker (born July 16, 1979) Walker began racing bicycles at the age of six and motorcycles at age eight. He then began racing go-karts, and won four California state karting championships and had a total of 200 wins. At the age of sixteen Walker started racing in the All Star Circuit of Champions sprint car series and won seven races throughout the season. He moved up to World of Outlaws competition and won several main feature events over the next few seasons. In 2002 Walker won the World of Outlaws Gumout Series championship, winning a total of sixteen races during the season. During this time, he began celebrating his victories by doing a backflip off of his racecar, a celebration soon copied by Carl Edwards.
He began racing in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2003, racing 3 races in the #7 Mopar Performance Dodge Ram for Ultra Motorsports, his best finish a 21st at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In 2004 he began racing in the USAC Silver Crown Series for Kasey Kahne Racing, while competing three times in the Busch Series. He made his series debut at Pikes Peak, qualifying eighth and finishing 27th. After driving one race for BACE Motorsports, he drove another Busch race in the #38 Great Clips Dodge for Akins Motorsports.
In 2007, Walker was slated to drive the #36 truck for Bill Davis Racing full time, but after 6 races it was announced that Ryan Mathews would drive part time sharing the ride with him.In March 2008, Walker finished 9th in the Meyers Wins Cactus Classic at Manzanita Speedway. He also won a heat race in the Mini Gold Cup at the Silver Dollar Speedway
2010 Walker was hired to drive the Mike Heffner 27 in Pennsylvania to start the 2010 season. After decent finishes, he left the Heffner car, and was hired by Keen Motorsports to race the 17 Peterbilt sponsored car. Since changing cars he has posted very good finishes, including 4 wins to date. By switching rides, Walker has traveled out of Pennsylvania to follow the World of Outlaws on occasion.
Walkers 2011 campaign went from strength to strength culminating in one of the biggest wins in America at the Kings Royal
2011 WALKER STUNS HUGE KINGS ROYAL CROWD WITH LAST LAP WIN
A wild finish led to an extremely wild post-race celebration. Walker crossed the scale to officially be declared the winner and was overcome with jubilance. He eventually made his way to victory lane where he was crowned by Earl Bates, who built Eldora Speedway in 1954 and created the Kings Royal in 1984.
"I've lost so many in the last turn," said Walker, of Los Angeles, Calif. "I was giving it about half throttle there at the end because I knew the tires were getting low. It just feels really good to be on the other side of that kind of deal. I've lost a lot of races like that so I know how it feels to be sitting there watching someone else takes the checkers. This is the biggest win of my career by far and I couldn't have done it without the car owners and team that I have behind me."
Sweetening the deal for Walker was that the race fell on his birthday. The driver of the Keen-owned Hunter Truck Sales/Peterbilt Maxim started the main event on the outside of the front row and was in command of second throughout the night.
2012 Tyler Walker has arrived in Perth Western Australia on 27/1/12. Tyler will be racing for the TMG Miller Racing Team driving the 410 32w.
Quote ex Garry “We wanted a top flight driver , we have been in discussions with Tyler for sometime”
