Derrick Walker (born 8 April 1945 in Leven, Scotland) is a former British auto racing team owner. Since May 2013, Walker was the President of operations and competition of IndyCar until the finalization of the 2015 Indycar season.He started in auto racing as a chief mechanic for the Brabham Formula One team from 1970 to 1975. It was quite an operation with F1 media czar Bernie Ecclestone the team owner, and drivers such as series champion Graham Hill and race winners Carlos Reutemann, Carlos Pace and John Watson. Both he and Watson moved to the ill-fated Penske team in 1976, a year after Mark Donohue was killed in the Austrian Grand Prix. Watson won the race that year and finished 7th in the World Championship. Wikipedia