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Jaguar XK120
Engine: Jaguar 3800cc
Configuration: front engine, rear-wheel drive
Driver: John Pearson
Class: Modified Sports Cars, Over 3000cc
Date taken:1973 in paddock, Aintree
Image Copyright: Alan Levy
Despite the E -type being the Jaguar to race in Modsports, John Pearson had a very successful time in the outdated XK120. The reason for this success was two-fold: a lightweight, fibreglass body, he was known as John 'Plastic' Pearson for this reason, and highly modified suspension which had Lola components. A 3800cc, straight six engine, common to the E-type, provided somewhere in the region of 280-300bhp. The car is seen here at one of the prestigious, Blue Circle Modsport Championship rounds of 1973. His greatest rival throughout that year being Brian Hough in his TVR, the class championship going jointly to both.
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Jaguar XK140
Engine: Jaguar 3400cc
Configuration: front engine, rear-wheel drive
Driver: Trevor Groom
Class: HSCC Historic Road Sports Championship
Date taken:2005 at Complex, Croft Circuit
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