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Remember Paul Gentilozzi, the legend who took a near-stock Jag XKR to a massive 225mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats late last year?
Well, he also runs a race team in US. It's called Rocketsports, and this is its latest weapon: a Jag XKR that's set to run in the ALMS GT2 division this summer.
Looks pretty tidy, no? The Jag racer will be powered by a race-prepped version of the 5.0-litre V8 that has just hit production in the XKR and XFR and, like all GT2 cars, will be based around the same chassis as the production car, though strengthened with a steel roll cage.
The GT2 XKR will start testing this June, and Gentilozzi says he expects it to compete in its first race this July. Sadly that's too late for this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans, but could we see the Jag duking it out with the F430s and Porsche 911s down the Mulsanne next year? Here's hoping.
In the meantime, here’s Jeremy powersliding an old XKR on the Pendine Sands:
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StigsIrishCousn commented on this article
at 04:03 pm on 20 April 2009
Aside from the naff American flag on the mirrors that is a fantastic looking car. It's interesting that Rocketsports have taken such a shine to Jaguar instead of some American muscle but it just shows that Jags are fast as well as having that golf club status too.
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Mo'Speed commented on this article
at 04:38 pm on 20 April 2009
This looks like it's been styled with some cues to 'kits from Need For Speed Carbon Collectors Edition, in which the XK features...
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 10:12 pm on 20 April 2009
If the black bits were yellow, it would look a bit like the Lister Storm LM you got on old GT games. As it is, what a car!
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 10:14 pm on 20 April 2009
Mo'Speed, I think NFS Carbon could well have influenced others aswell. I remember a boss had an old-style (then-current style) Lexus IS with double-decker exhausts...
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JamesC commented on this article
at 10:11 am on 21 April 2009
Very nice. The XKR is a lovely looking motor anyway, and the paintwork on this is really, really striking. A great job all round. Apart from those mirrors. Eew.
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