20 April 2009 - 14:00
Green and Black’s…
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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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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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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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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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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too good 2 resist just like aston martin (which i like best) probably becoz they r sis companies
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The XKR is a Cool!
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it an XFR that was taken to 225mph at Bonneville? ;)
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@ morton027: according to the old news it was a XFR, slightly tweaked as stated. It's just lovely to hear someone uses jags for his passion, i simply love those cars!
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paint job is a tad ugly and i don't like the mirrors
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What's wrong with the mirrors. It may be a British car, but it's an American team. A lot of Saleen S7Rs, Vipers, and a few C6Rs have raced for non-American teams, and they all had the team's national flag on them.
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StigsIrishCousn, RocketSports had been running and winning with Jags in the american TransAm series for a number of years so this comes as little surprise. I believe Gentilozzi ran in a jag at Le Mans a number of years ago as well.
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StigsIrishCousn commented on this article
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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