Three Jaguars

There was a collection of Jaguars in the paddock at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1998, and here are three of the cars that I photographed.

On the left is a 1988 Jaguar XJR-9LM which appears to be the car that won the 1988 Le Mans 24 Hour race driven by Jan Lammers, Johnny Dumfries and Andy Wallace. The car is powered by a 6,995cc version of the Jaguar V12 engine. Next to that is the Martini Jaguar XJ220 that was driven by private entrants in the 1993 Italian GT Championship series. This car has a 3,498cc twin-turbocharged V6 engine. The car on the right is the first of the XJR series of cars and was built, with the support of Jaguar, by American Bob Tullius and his Group 44 Racing team to compete in the IMSA Camel GTP Championship. It's the 1983 Jaguar XJR-5 and is powered by a 5,955cc V12 engine.

Jaguar XJ220

This car was displayed in the paddock at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1993.

It's a 1992 Jaguar XJ220, a car that was developed by Jaguar and Tom Walkinshaw Racing in the 1990s for Group C racing and had a 3½ litre twin turbo V6 engine. I did think that the XJ220 numberplate was a false one just to indicate that it was a Jaguar XJ220, but the DVLA record shows that the number XJ 220 belongs to a blue 1992 Jaguar with a 3,498cc engine.

I've shown photographs twice previously of the Jaguar XJ220, on 1 September 2016 and 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.