Le Mans winner set for Gold Cup demos - Motor Sport (blog)
Sports car racing legend Andy Wallace will be reunited with the Jaguar XJR-9 LM in which he won the 1988 Le Mans 24 Hours race at Oulton Park’s signature Historic Gold Cup on Bank Holiday Monday (31 August), when he takes part in a special... The XJR-9 LM is a cult favourite amongst fans from endurance racing’s thrilling Group C era, in which the globe’s biggest manufacturers produced more and more outrageous machines, capable of speeds well in excess of 200mph, with the intention of... Designed by Tony Southgate, and prepared by Tom Walkinshaw racing, the XJR-9 possesses a V12 Jaguar engine producing 750bhp, and runs with long gears to cope with the demands of the Mulsanne Straight. The XJR-9 LM joins a Gold Cup line-up which celebrates Jaguar’s illustrious racing heritage, with race action from the Jaguar Heritage Challenge, a new-for-2015 racing series which features an evocative field of E-Types, C-Types, S-Types, and many... Wallace will be on driving duties there too, racing a Jaguar MkI, a 1950s saloon car. Source: www.motorsportmagazine.com
