1955 Jaguar D-Type

This car competed in the Champagne Charles Heidsieck Sports Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1993.

It's the 1955 Jaguar D-Type of Willie Tuckett and has the 6-cylinder inline 3,442cc XK6 engine designed by chief engineer William Heynes. It is chassis #XKD517, a car at one time owned by Henry Taylor and later went to the Border Reivers Racing Team in Scotland where it was driven, amongst others, by a young Jim Clark.

Jaguar D-Type

I photographed this car leaving the paddock with a group of cars in rather inclement weather conditions to take part in a practice session at the Coys International Historic Festival Meeting at Silverstone in July 1997.

It's Willie Tuckett's 1956 Jaguar D-Type, chassis number XKD517, a car once owned by the Border Reivers racing team where it was driven by Jim Clark amongst others.

Friday's Ferrari

Here's a car that took part in the Champagne Charles Heidsieck Sports Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1993.

It's David Cottingham's 1957 Ferrari 500 TRC, serial number 0682MDTR, originally campaigned by Ecurie Nationale Belge and had the four-cylinder 2 litre Lampredi designed engine. Behind the Ferrari is Willie Tuckett's 1955 Jaguar D-type, and number 32 on the left is Simon Draper's 1955 Bristol 450S.