{"id":492769,"date":"2012-12-01T04:00:35","date_gmt":"2012-12-01T04:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=22716"},"modified":"2024-02-28T13:44:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T13:44:37","slug":"scottish-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/scottish-speed\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Speed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ecurie Ecosse is a private racing organization based in Scotland that\u2019s probably best known for having twice won Le Mans overall with Jaguar D-Types, while also giving early support to a pair of local youngsters named Jim Clark and Jackie Stewart. Those are not the legendary squad\u2019s sole accomplishments, however, as this month\u2019s Racecar Profile looks at the Buick-powered Tojeiro sports car the team campaigned in the mid-1960s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/HD201212-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-526788 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/HD201212-p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/HD201212-p1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/HD201212-p1-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/HD201212-p1-1024x842.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/HD201212-p1-100x82.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/HD201212-p1-770x633.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/HD201212-p1-293x241.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>Founded in 1951 by accountant David Murray and ace race wrench Walter \u201cWilkie\u201d Wilkinson, the team was an offshoot of Merchiston Motors in Edinburgh, where Wilkinson\u2019s presence drew in the customers. Wilkinson directed the preparation of the Jags that won Le Mans in \u201956 and \u201957, and later went on to help Graham Hill win the F1 World Championship with BRM.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While most readers will likely want to click on the \u201cMemories\u201d link in the bar across the top of the home page to delve into the team\u2019s history, the site offers other options as well. Among them are \u201cEcurie Ecosse 2012\u201d which provides updates about the team\u2019s current programs in the British GT Championship, \u201cNews and Views,\u201d a \u201cGallery\u201d featuring photos from the \u201950s to the present day and \u201cMerchandise,\u201d where team gear is available for purchase. Take a look and learn more about one of racing\u2019s more significant teams.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecurieecosse.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ecurieecosse.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ecurie Ecosse is a private racing organization based in Scotland that\u2019s probably best known for having twice won Le Mans overall with Jaguar D-Types, while also giving early support to a pair of local youngsters named Jim Clark and Jackie Stewart. Those are not the legendary squad\u2019s sole accomplishments, however, as this month\u2019s Racecar Profile looks at the Buick-powered Tojeiro sports car the team campaigned in the mid-1960s. Founded in 1951 by accountant David Murray and ace race wrench Walter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":526788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[17152,17164],"class_list":["post-492769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","tag-car-culture","tag-websites-we-love"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Scottish Speed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Scottish Speed\" \/>\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\/scottish-speed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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