{"id":368526,"date":"2009-06-24T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=7205"},"modified":"2024-01-21T05:29:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T05:29:41","slug":"fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-car-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-car-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitch-Whitmore Le Mans Special \u2013 Car Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-main1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-799508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-main1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-main1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-main1-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-main1-100x80.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-main1-293x235.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>As a young American abroad, Indianapolis native John Fitch attended the last race held at Brooklands before WWII. After serving as a USAF fighter pilot during the war, Fitch became a sports cars advocate in the U.S. By 1949, he was racing his own MG TC. The next year, Fitch and illustrator Coby Whitmore teamed up to take the latter&#8217;s new Jaguar XK-120 racing. (Whitmore, incidentally, famously pioneered the &#8220;New School&#8221; style of commercial illustration that would predominate1950s advertising art.)<\/p>\n<p>Fitch sensed Whitmore&#8217;s XK-120 could perform significantly better than its factory configuration permitted. He set out to convert it to a &#8220;special&#8221; that would handle better, weigh less and have more power. The resulting Fitch-Whitmore Le Mans Special, cloaked in a new racing body, weighed in at 2100 lbs.\u2014800 lbs. less than the stock Jaguar.<\/p>\n<p>The subtly sculpted body was a <em>tour de force<\/em> of hand-beaten aluminum, crafted by Andy Salada at Fitch&#8217;s Sports &amp; Utility Motors in White Plains N.Y. Even the hood louvers were hand-formed. The windshield frame was cast aluminum, as was the grid-type grille, behind which the car&#8217;s headlamps were mounted.<\/p>\n<p>A set of Rudge-Whitworth spoke wheels, made by Borrani, enhanced stability by adding two inches to the track; while large Alfin finned brakes provided stopping power. Chassis tuning included resetting the front torsion bars to compensate for the car&#8217;s reduced weight, while the rear springs were recontoured to lower the car. The 3.4L DOHC Jaguar engine received a more aggressive camshaft.<\/p>\n<p>Whitmore originally envisioned the Special to be a Le Mans contender, but as the project proceeded, it became apparent the car was better suited for American road-course racing\u2014which was just then exploding in popularity. So, the Fitch-Whitmore Special&#8217;s first appearance\u2014with its aluminum body still <em>au naturel<\/em> \u2014was at Bridgehampton in May 1951. Fitch deftly steered the car to a class win, placing fourth overall.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_574552\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-574552\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-f.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-574552\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-f.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-f-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-f-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-f-293x221.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-574552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1952 Fitch-Whitmore Le Mans Special<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_574553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-574553\" style=\"width: 389px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-i.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-574553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-i.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-i.jpg 389w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-i-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-i-65x100.jpg 65w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-i-293x452.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-574553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interior of the 1952 Fitch-Whitmore Le Mans Special<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_574556\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-574556\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-s.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-574556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-s.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-s-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-s-100x85.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-s-293x250.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-574556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1952 Fitch-Whitmore Le Mans Special<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shortly after the Bridgehampton victory, Briggs Cunningham invited Fitch to drive a Cunningham C2 at Le Mans, beginning a long and extremely productive racing relationship between the two men. Even so, Fitch ran the Special again at Bridgehampton in 1952, finishing third overall; later that year, the car was sold.<\/p>\n<p>By 1955, a large American V8 had been stuffed into the car, throwing it severely out of balance and ending its days as a viable racer. Thankfully, the Fitch-Whitmore Special would eventually come to the attention of prominent collectors who appreciated its significance and ensured its survival. The car passed from the Joel Finn collection to the current owner in 1990. Vintage Racing Services, Inc. was then retained to restore the car to its original John Fitch design configuration, completing it in 1991. Sasco Motorports rebuilt the restored racecar&#8217;s 3.4L Jaguar DOHC engine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_574551\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-574551\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-e.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-574551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-e.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-e-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-e-100x80.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-e-293x234.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-574551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3.4L Jaguar DOHC engine powers the 1952 Fitch-Whitmore Le Mans Special<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_574557\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-574557\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-t.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-574557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-t.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-t.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-t-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-t-100x89.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-t-293x262.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-574557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rear of the 1952 Fitch-Whitmore Le Mans Special<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_574554\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-574554\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-l.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-574554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-l.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-l.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-l-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-l-100x76.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1952-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special-l-293x222.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-574554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1952 Fitch-Whitmore Le Mans Special<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A 2002 <em>Vintage Motorsport<\/em> article calls the Fitch-Whitmore LeMans Special, &#8220;\u2026one of the very finest early American pure road racers,&#8221; while also commending it as, &#8220;\u2026one of the breakthrough examples of early-American road-racing innovation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Fitch-Whitmore car&#8217;s next owner will have the privilege of writing the next chapter in the saga of this important, well-documented and absolutely unique automotive artifact from the dawning years of American road-course racing.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This 1952 Fitch-Whitmore Le Mans Special sold for $403,000 at Bonhams&#8217; Greenwich Concours d&#8217;Elegance auction held June 7th, 2009 at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park in Greenwich, Connecticut. Its pre-sale estimate was $290,000 &#8211; $325,000.<\/p>\n<p>[Source: Bonhams]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a young American abroad, Indianapolis native John Fitch attended the last race held at Brooklands before WWII. After serving as a USAF fighter pilot during the war, Fitch became a sports cars advocate in the U.S. By 1949, he was racing his own MG TC. The next year, Fitch and illustrator Coby Whitmore teamed up to take the latter&#8217;s new Jaguar XK-120 racing. (Whitmore, incidentally, famously pioneered the &#8220;New School&#8221; style of commercial illustration that would predominate1950s advertising art.) 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