Jaguar XJR-5

This car competed in the 2 hour long British Empire Trophy race at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001 driven by Paul Chudecki and 'to be nominated'.

It's the 1984 Jaguar XJR-5 of Don Miles, a car that was actually designed and built in the USA by the American Group 44 team of Bob Tullius, with backing from Jaguar, with the intention of competing in the IMSA GTP class at the Le Mans 24 Hour race. The two cars entered in the 1984 Le Mans race failed to finish, but in 1985 although one car again failed to finish the other car, driven by Bob Tullius, Chip Robinson and Claude Ballot-Léna, finished in 13th place and first in the GTP class. The XJR-5 originally had a 5,955cc V12 engine, but according to the programme of the event the car at Silverstone in 2001 had a 6½ litre engine.