{"id":491951,"date":"2011-08-01T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T19:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=33281"},"modified":"2024-12-02T19:36:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T19:36:36","slug":"v12-jaguar-e-type","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/v12-jaguar-e-type\/","title":{"rendered":"Automotive Art &#8211; Chris Phillips&#8217; V12 Jaguar E-Type"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Jaguar E-Type Artwork<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Chris Phillips captures the quiet elegance of Group 44\u2019s championship-winning Jaguar XKE\u2008V12.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The successor to Jaguar\u2019s iconic E-Type was not scheduled to debut until the 1976 model year, and\u00a0before this happened Jaguar needed to move its\u00a0remaining stocks of the V12-engined E-Type. \u201cRace on Sunday, sell on Monday\u201d had always been a favorite\u00a0American axiom, so in 1974 Jaguar U.S. sales chief Michael Dale contracted successful race-preparation gurus Joe Huffaker and Bob Tullius to build two cars for SCCA class B-Production racing on the West Coast and East Coast, respectively. Lee Mueller drove the Huffaker car to victories at Seattle, Wash., Ontario, Calif., and Portland, Ore., while Tullius in the Group 44 machine scored wins at Summit Point, W.Va., Gainesville, Fla., Bryar, N.H., and Nelson Ledges, Ohio.\u00a0As a result, both drivers won their respective Regional Championships and appeared at Road Atlanta in Georgia for the national finals. Unfortunately, Mueller suffered a flat tire, but Tullius finished less than a second behind the B-Production-winning Corvette.\u00a0It had been an auspicious beginning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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