Jaguar Victory Lap
Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 45-200mmWe were at the annual Monterey Motorsports Reunion last weekend. This year's featured car was the Jaguar XKE. My favorite cars are the IMSA GTP and World Championship cars. I think the 1984 Jaguar XJR-5 (lead car) is one of the best looking of the Sports Prototype class. Jaguar placed first and second in their class race. The 2nd car is a 1985 Jaguar XJR-7. These cars are running 12 cylinder, 600+ hp engines, and it was thrilling to watch them at speed. This picture was taken during their victory lap, at the top of the "Corkscrew" section of Laguna Seca.
I have the arduous task of editing down hundreds of shots to a reasonably small set.
--Warren
Labels: Auto Racing, Jaguar, Laguna Seca, Panasonic DMC-G1
posted by Warren T. at 7:30 AM
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2 Comments:
Warren,
Nice capture. I'd love to see some full speed action shots. The XKE was my favorite shot growing up as a teenager. Hope to see some of the featured car shots.
**Dolph
Thanks Dolph. Interestingly, there were not that many full-race E-types out there. I was standing at the wrong spot for the one race that featured them, and I managed to get a shot or two through a chain-link fence. There were many other Jags though, from XK120s, C and D types, to these monster GTP cars. --WT
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