The second car to be displayed on VR’s NEC Classic Motor Show stand can now be revealed, it’s the IMSA Jaguar XJR10. Resplendent in the white, green and red colors of Castrol, the 1990 contender will join the 1927 3-litre Invicta. Both designer Tony Southgate and driver Andy Wallace have been invited to join the VR team on the stand — details of their appearance will be announced nearer the date. VR’s European Editor Mike Jiggle said, “The Jaguar marque has a tremendous history in sportscar racing from the early 1950s with ‘Lofty’ England through to the Tom Walkinshaw years. Many have seen examples of the Le Mans cars but, thanks to Phil Stott Motorsport, we’re able to bring you the IMSA car — rarely seen in the UK. This week we’ve completed the lineup of display vehicles, and in the coming weeks we’ll reveal all. They’re all stunning examples and, individually, meet the criteria of the show’s theme: Heroes and Heroines of Road and Track.”
Another Jaguar on display at the NEC Classic Car Show will be Donald Campbell’s Jaguar XK150. Practical Classics magazine will showcase Campbell’s 1958 Jag at the event — a car that Donald used daily while breaking numerous speed records on land and water. This contribution to the show’s “Heroes and Heroines” theme comes almost exactly 50 years since Campbell’s tragic death while trying to reach 300mph on water. The show falls on a weekend marking exactly five decades to the week since Donald first took Bluebird K7 out onto Lake Coniston for trials. Just under two months later he was killed when the jet boat flipped over.
Practical Classics recently reunited Donald Campbell’s daughter Gina with his old XK150. She remembers him driving it. “It’s such a beautiful car. And what a wonderful event for the car to be at.” noted Gina, who added, “I am always so humbled and flattered by the amount of energy and not inconsiderable expense people go to in order to perpetuate the memory of the Campbell name. It’s so good of David (Stone, the current owner) to agree to show the car.”
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