As flagged by Speedcafe earlier this month<\/a>, O\u2019Donnell has effectively replaced Zak Brown\u2019s United Autosports in the team\u2019s ownership mix.<\/p>\nThe stake has been bought under the O\u2019Donnell Family Investments business name, ODFI Ltd, joining the Walkinshaw Group and the Dan Towriss-led TWG Motorsport in the team\u2019s tri-party structure.<\/p>\n
The team has confirmed there will be no further change to its name, having already rebranded from Walkinshaw Andretti United to Walkinshaw TWG Racing in January.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Donnell is a director of Kiwi giant the HW Richardson Group, which owns 46 companies and employs 2000 people across six sectors.<\/p>\n
HW Richardson acts as NZ distributor for major Walkinshaw TWG sponsor Mobil 1 Lubricants, ensuring O\u2019Donnell is already well known to the team.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Donnell recently stepped back from a place on KiwiRail\u2019s board of directors citing a new venture that will require more time in Australia.<\/p>\n
![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Sypercars-Sydney500-Friday-046-copy.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
The #2 and #1 Walkinshaw TWG Racing Toyota Supras during the Supercars Sydney 500. Image: InSyde Media<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s fantastic to be joining Walkinshaw TWG Racing, a place and a team I know very well,\u201d said O\u2019Donnell, who was with the team at the recent Melbourne SuperSprint.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe opportunity came up late last year with United Autosports moving on, and it caught our interest once the team reached out. It was all pretty seamless from there really.<\/p>\n
\u201cMotorsport has always been a huge passion of mine, and while I hadn\u2019t considered a role like this before, I am genuinely excited to be involved.\u201d<\/p>\n
O\u2019Donnell and HWR have been a major backer of Walkinshaw TWG\u2019s star Kiwi Ryan Wood, who drives alongside Chaz Mostert in the two-car Toyota outfit.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are so many positives around the team,\u201d O\u2019Donnell continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are two great drivers in Chaz and Ryan, the team has such a proud and successful history, and the new era with Toyota is fantastic.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to working more closely with Ryan, Dan and the entire team. I\u2019ve got great relationship with [CEO] Bruce Stewart, and there is no shortage of Kiwis in the team.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will definitely be looking to make the most of the upcoming double-header and capitalise on that.\u201d<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Three-Owners.png\")
<\/p>\n
From left: Scott O\u2019Donnell, Dan Towriss and Ryan Walkinshaw. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n
Ryan Walkinshaw said O\u2019Donnell\u2019s prior knowledge of the team should make his integration seamless.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve known Scott for a very long time now, we\u2019ve worked extremely well together in the past, he\u2019s been a loyal and key supporter of the team, and we are now delighted to welcome him on board,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe knows the team well, the people, how we operate, so he\u2019s really hit the ground running.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything we do here is about making our team better, and this is no different.<\/p>\n
\u201cScott brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and passion to the team that will no doubt strengthen us this year and beyond, not just on the business side of operations, but with a key motorsport knowledge as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Towriss, who fronts the TWG empire that took over Andretti Global in 2024, spent time with O\u2019Donnell and Walkinshaw at Albert Park.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s fantastic to have Scott join us as a director of the team,\u201d said Towriss.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom our first dealings with each other, it was clear he was the right person to bring in.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s extremely passionate about the team, about the sport and about motorsport in general, so I\u2019m excited to see where we can continue to take this team in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/285241.gif\")
<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From left: Scott O’Donnell, Ryan Wood, Dan Towriss, Ryan Walkinshaw and Chaz Mostert. Image: Supplied As flagged by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[178902,111,139,69,108369,178903,9335,213,154397],"class_list":["post-333620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-dan-towriss","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-ryan-walkinshaw","tag-scott-odonnell","tag-slot2","tag-sports","tag-walkinshaw-twg-racing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"Walkinshaw](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Three-Owners-and-Drivers.png\")