JEC Saloon Challenge at Donington Park.

European Motorsport XJ6s June 19th 2005.

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Just as at Oulton in May, the June appearance of the European Motorsport Jaguar XJs at Donington Park took place on another day of searing temperatures. Jim's rebuilt Series 1 made its post-rebuild appearance after a slight fracas at Oulton (see Oulton Park report), and Howards XJ40 sported a very trick looking exhaust manifold that took a week to have made. The classic Jags featured at Donington along with various other Jaguar races (XJS, XK Championship and the JEC Powered by Jaguar series), plus two rounds of the Porsche Cup and Porsche Open championships. [Donington report]

	Bonnet up, cooling the engine after qualifying at a very hot Donington Park. All the panelwork forward of the screen is new			Series 1, XJ40, and Series 2 Jaguars lined up in the paddock area mid morning
	Wings, bonnet, crossmembers and all had to be replaced following the shunt at Oulton Park			The XJ40 takes a breather. This is the first year Howard has run an XJ40, previously he had a Series 2
	European Motorsport shared the paddock with a display of cars and memorabilia from the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust (JDHT)			The XJ40 is in its first season with EMS and is in the early stages of development work
	Underbonnet access on the Jaguar XJ40 is very tight, this convoluted tubular manifold took careful designing			Rear view of the Series One, with ex-Group 44 V12 E-Type alongside
	The outside air temperature plus the usual underbonnet heat from the XK/AJ6 engines takes some cooling down			All 3 cars lined up in the paddock but only 2 would actually get to the race .. report to follow soon!
	The XK engine in the S1 has a much more straightforward tubular manifold setup, note the triple SU carbs			Simons Series Two hitting the pit straight, photo'd from behind a mass of catch fencing and barriers :-(
	JDHT had been invited along to display some classic racing Jaguars, this E-Type S3 being one of them			Seen here is the ex-Bob Tullius/Quaker State Group 44 V12 'XK-E' that raced in the US during the early 1970s
	This V12 ran at Goodwood some years back, the noise of the unsilenced V12 was fantastic			The ex-TWR XJS car, as driven by Win Percy and Tom Walkinshaw in the early 1980s
	This XK120 registration NUB 120 is the ex-Ian Appleyard car and still wears its original number and rally plates			Appleyard took this car to rally successes on the Alpine in 1950 and in 1951, also winning the Tulip rally of the same year
	The XK180 was built a few years ago as a design study by Jaguar cars - no plans to build it though			Unlike many show cars, this one runs and was demonstrated at Goodwoods Festival of Speed a while back