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Showing posts with label Don Law Racing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Don Law Racing. Show all posts

Tuesday, 17 June 2025

1954 Jaguar D-Type

This car undergoing some attention in the paddock was one of the competitors in the 1950s Sports Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1999.
It's the 1954 Jaguar D-Type of Don Law Racing that was driven in the race by Win Percy. It has the 3,781cc 6-cylinder inline XK6 engine which was released in 1958 and which was fitted to some D-Types in place of the original 3,441cc engine.

Tuesday, 11 March 2025

1957 Maserati 300S

This car took part in the 1950s Sports Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1999.
It's the 1957 Maserati 300S, chassis #3074, of Mark Knopfler and has a 2,991cc 6-cylinder inline engine that was based on the 2½ litre unit of the 250F Grand Prix car with a longer stroke, and took part in the World Sportscar Championship between 1955 and 1957. The car was originally bought by Brazilian driver Antonio Mendes de Barros and stayed in South America till the 1970s when it was acquired by Australian Bruce Spicer, then via Bob Jane and John R Sheppard to Kerry Manolas. In 1994 it was bought by Mark Knopfler. The white number 11 car behind the Maserati is the Don Law Racing 1954 Jaguar D-Type which was driven in the race by Win Percy, and beyond that is Paul Pappalardo’s 1959 Ferrari 250TR59/60.

Tuesday, 7 April 2020

1989 Jaguar XJR-10

This car took part in the British Empire Trophy Race for IMSA GTP and Group C Endurance cars at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.
It's the 1989 Jaguar XJR-10 of Don Law Racing that was driven in the race by Justin Law. The car is powered by the V6 3,000cc turbocharged version of the Jaguar JRV-6 engine and was intended for racing in the American IMSA Series - a 3,498cc version of the engine was used in the Jaguar XJR-11 that competed in the Group C World Sports-Prototype Championship. The engine was based on that used in the MG Rover 6R4 Group C racing car and had twin overhead camshafts, four valves per cylinder, and two Garrett turbochargers.

Saturday, 16 September 2017

Jaguar XJ220

This car did not compete in any of the races, but was in the paddock at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1999.
It's a Jaguar XJ220, a car that was developed for Group C racing by JaguarSport Ltd in conjunction with Tom Walkinshaw Racing in the 1990s. This particular car is one of those prepared by Don Law Racing. The production versions of the XJ220 were powered by a 3½ litre turbocharged V6 engine.