{"id":459826,"date":"2002-10-01T05:00:51","date_gmt":"2002-10-01T12:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=109344"},"modified":"2024-03-17T16:22:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T16:22:17","slug":"product-reviews-121","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-121\/","title":{"rendered":"[Book Review] Jaguar at Le Mans"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Jaguar at Le Mans &#8211; Every Race, Car and Driver 1950-1995<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">By Paul Parker<\/h3>\n<p>In large part, the success of Jaguar as a car company can clearly be traced back to one race \u2013 Le Mans. Starting in 1950, Sir William Lyons\u2019 Jaguars began competing at Le Sarthe and establishing their reputation as a fast and dependable sports car. As a result of the pivotal role that Le Mans has played in the success and development of Jaguar, author Paul Parker has chosen to chronicle this rich history in Jaguar at Le Mans, a book that examines every Jaguar car and driver that has ever competed in the 24-Hours of Le Mans.<\/p>\n<p>Organized in chronological order, each chapter examines the Jaguar racing exploits of a particular year starting with the first campaign in 1950, where a team of three XK120s were sent. Though the XK120 fought with weak brakes that first year, a 12th and 15th place finish overall opened the team\u2019s eyes up to the fact that if they could transplant the 120\u2019s mechanicals into a lighter-weight, purpose- built machine, Jaguar could become a serious contender for overall victory.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/10\/PR200210-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-819683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/10\/PR200210-p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/10\/PR200210-p1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/10\/PR200210-p1-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/10\/PR200210-p1-1024x930.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/10\/PR200210-p1-100x91.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/10\/PR200210-p1-770x699.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/10\/PR200210-p1-293x266.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The following year, in 1951, Jaguar returned with the now famous C-type and the new car won the 24-Hour classic with Peter Walker and Peter Whitehead driving. Jaguars would go on to win Le Mans four more times in \u201953, \u201955, \u201956 and \u201957 and after years of varying success in the hands of privateers, would return with factory entries again in the \u201980s, claiming another two overall victories in 1988 and 1990.<\/p>\n<p>In Jaguar at Le Mans, Parker has done an excellent job of telling the tale of each year\u2019s campaign, both in terms of the history of what happened, as well as taking an in-depth look at the personalities that took part. Parker\u2019s interesting narrative is complemented by ample photography from a number of respected sources including the Ludvigsen collection. This 208-page book is the first to cover all of Jaguar\u2019s Le Mans history in one treatise and will not disappoint those interested in either the racing history of the Jaguar marque or Le Mans history in general. Available from Classic Motorbooks for $44.95 (US). To order call (800) 826-6600 or online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motorbooks.com\">www.motorbooks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jaguar at Le Mans &#8211; Every Race, Car and Driver 1950-1995 By Paul Parker In large part, the success of Jaguar as a car company can clearly be traced back to one race \u2013 Le Mans. Starting in 1950, Sir William Lyons\u2019 Jaguars began competing at Le Sarthe and establishing their reputation as a fast and dependable sports car. As a result of the pivotal role that Le Mans has played in the success and development of Jaguar, author Paul [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":819682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11339],"tags":[2942,17152,415,19935,17940,3297],"class_list":["post-459826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-product","tag-car-books","tag-car-culture","tag-jaguar","tag-jaguar-featured","tag-product-reviews","tag-products"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>[Book Review] Jaguar at Le Mans<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Casey Annis of Vintage Racecar reviews a book about Jaguar at Le Mans\u2014Every Race, Car and Driver 1950-1995\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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