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Famous long-distance cars will gather at the Members’ Meeting
The Jaguar Le Mans victories in 1988 and
1990 will be celebrated at the Goodwood Members Meeting next March with high-speed demonstration sessions for up to 16 Group C and IMSA Jaguars.
In what is likely to be the biggest ever on-track gathering of Jaguar sports-prototypes from the 1980s and early 1990s, the spectacular cars are due to run sessions at the West Sussex track on both days of the 78th Members’ Meeting on March 28-29.
The cars, developed and built by Tom Walkinshaw Racing, will be represented by models ranging from the 1985 XJR-6 to the XJR-16 of 1993. The cars won Le Mans twice: in 1988, Jan Lammers, Andy Wallace and Johnny Dumfries won in the XJR-9 and two years later
Martin Brundle, Price Cobb and John Nielsen won in an XJR-12. The 1988 win was the first for Jaguar since the Ecurie Ecosse D-type win in 1957.
Across the era of the XJRS, Jaguar used V12, 3.5-litre V6 turbo and 3.5-litre V8 engines, so Goodwood visitors will be in for a magnificent sight and sound. It is hoped to bring some famous drivers back to their period cars, including Andy
Wallace who continues to work with Jaguar on its motorsport heritage.
“We won’t give away the exact cars just yet, but expect to see some of the most iconic liveries, including Silk Cut, Bud Light and Castrol,” said a Goodwood spokesman.
The TWR Jaguar demonstration sessions will sit alongside sessions for Lotus 72 Formula 1 cars and other F1 cars from the early 1970s.