The next Bicester Scramble, which takes place at Bicester Motion in Oxfordshire on Sunday January 11, 2026, will play host to around 50 cars crafted by Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR).
It’s been half a century since the Kidlington-based outfit was founded in 1976 under the auspices of Tom Walkinshaw, one of the most successful – and at times controversial – motor sport figures to come from the British Isles. His company first supported and developed a Renault 5 for the UK’s one-make racing series. From these origins, TWR advanced to international success, securing victories across the world, most notably at Le Mans and even making a brief appearance on the Formula 1 grid. Tom passed away in 2010, but a new incarnation of TWR has appeared in the form of the Magnus Walker-backed V12 Jaguar XJS Supercat restomod project that’s headed by Tom’s son, Fergus.
At the centre of the January 2026 Bicester Scramble display, four 24-hour race winners will stand together in Hangar 113: the Mazda RX-7 and Jaguar XJ-S that triumphed at Spa in 1981 and 1984 respectively, alongside the Le Mans-winning Jaguar XJR-9 and the XJ220 that was subsequently disqualified.
Early milestones include the BMW 530i with which Walkinshaw secured the British Saloon Car Championship, and a representative from the BMW County Championship – another one-make series prepared by TWR.
The broader timeline at the January 2026 Bicester Scramble will chart TWR’s Rover era, featuring both the rally Vitesse and its circuit counterpart, plus a selection of Jaguars from Group C and IMSA sports-car competition and examples from the distinguished Volvo programme of the 1990s.
Complementing the racing machinery will be the road cars shaped by these exploits, from early Alpina conversions to the JaguarSport XJR-15 and Jaguar XJ220, as well as the Renault Clio V6, Jaguars plus specialist or modified versions of the Range Rover, RX-7 – and much more besides.
Live stage interviews at the January 2026 Bicester Scramble will illuminate the team’s history, while more than one hundred former personnel will reunite alongside the machines they engineered.
More details on the January 2026 Bicester Scramble can be found here.
