{"id":491480,"date":"2010-09-01T11:00:50","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=39344"},"modified":"2024-03-17T12:36:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T12:36:53","slug":"fast-exposure-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/fast-exposure-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorsport Moment &#8211; A Great Idea, That Failed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Jaguar at the 1952 Le Mans 24 Hours<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Where: <\/strong>Le Mans, France<strong>\u00a0\/\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Date: <\/strong>1952<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A great idea that failed. Jaguar created special streamlined bodywork for its\u00a0C-Types for the 1952 Le Mans 24 Hours in an effort to increase top speed. Unfortunately, the new shape did not allow sufficient engine cooling and all three entries retired. While they were still running, Tony Rolt swept through Dunlop Curve in the car he shared with Duncan Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Photo courtesy of: <\/strong>THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION<\/li>\n<li><strong>Address: <\/strong>PO Box 8204, Stamford, CT 06905 USA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tel: <\/strong>(203) 461-9804<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fax: <\/strong>(203) 968-2970<\/li>\n<li><strong>E-mail:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:info@klemcoll.com\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">info@klemcoll.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Web site: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.klemcoll.com\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">www.klemcoll.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Blog:<\/strong> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/klemcoll.wordpress.com\/\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">klemcoll.wordpress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jaguar at the 1952 Le Mans 24 Hours Where: Le Mans, France\u00a0\/\u00a0Date: 1952 A great idea that failed. Jaguar created special streamlined bodywork for its\u00a0C-Types for the 1952 Le Mans 24 Hours in an effort to increase top speed. Unfortunately, the new shape did not allow sufficient engine cooling and all three entries retired. While they were still running, Tony Rolt swept through Dunlop Curve in the car he shared with Duncan Hamilton. Details: Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":641479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[562,261,12314,8907],"tags":[415,19935,11753,13683,548,17167,1148],"class_list":["post-491480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jaguar","category-motorsport-racing","category-fast-exposure","category-pictures-videos","tag-jaguar","tag-jaguar-featured","tag-jaguar-c-type","tag-fast-exposure","tag-motorsport","tag-motorsport-moments","tag-24-hours-of-le-mans"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Motorsport Moment - A Great Idea, That Failed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jaguar created special streamlined bodywork for its C-Types for the 1952 Le Mans 24 Hours\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/fast-exposure-14\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Motorsport Moment - A Great Idea, That Failed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jaguar created special streamlined bodywork for its C-Types for the 1952 Le Mans 24 Hours\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/fast-exposure-14\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/steve.natale1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-09-01T11:00:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-17T12:36:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Jaguar-at-the-1952-Le-Mans-24-Hours.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"702\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"460\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Steve Natale\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Steve Natale\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/fast-exposure-14\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/fast-exposure-14\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Steve Natale\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/237befa83e8e5937247db55880b8cc49\"},\"headline\":\"Motorsport Moment &#8211; 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