What is Tyrrell Racing?
The '''Tyrrell Racing Organisation''' was an [[auto racing]] team and [[Formula One]] constructor (race car maker). It was created by [[Ken Tyrrell]]. The team started racing in 1958 and started building its own [[car]]s in 1970. The team had its best success in the early 1970s. During that time, it won three [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|drivers' championships]] and one [[List of Formula One World Constructors' Champions|constructors' championship]] with [[Jackie Stewart]]. The team never did as well again, but it kept winning races through the 1970s and into the early 1980s. It won its final win at [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] in 1983. The team was bought by [[British American Tobacco]] in 1997. It finished its last season as Tyrrell in [[1998 Formula One season|1998]]. ==Lower Formulae (1958 - 1967)== Tyrrell Racing was created in 1958. It used [[Formula Three]] cars for Ken Tyrrell and local stars. Tyrrell stopped being a driver in 1959. He did not think that he was good enough as a driver. He began to run a [[Formula Junior]] operation. He used the [[woodshed]] owned by his family business, [[Tyrrell Brothers]], to do the work on the cars. During the 1960s, Tyrrell moved through the lower levels of formula racing. [[John Surtees]] and [[Jacky Ickx]] raced for their first times with his team. The team's most famous partnership was with [[Jackie Stewart]]. Stewart first signed up in 1963. Tyrrell ran the [[BRM]] [[Formula 2]] operation during 1965, 1966 and 1967. During this time, Stewart was signed to the [[Formula One]] team. Tyrrell then signed a deal to run [[Formula 2]] cars made by [[France|French]] company [[Matra]]. ==Formula One (1968 - 1998)== ===1960s=== [[File:StewartJackie19690801MatraFord.jpg|thumb|left|[[Jackie Stewart]] and Tyrrell won their first championship with the French [[Matra]] chassis.]] With the help of [[Elf Aquitaine|Elf]] and [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], Tyrrell moved to Formula One in [[1968 Formula One season|1968]]. He started as a part of '''Matra Interna