{"id":496955,"date":"2017-09-13T11:09:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T18:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=50859"},"modified":"2024-03-17T22:32:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T22:32:30","slug":"shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\/","title":{"rendered":"Shelsley Walsh to Honor 70 Years of Jaguar XK"},"content":{"rendered":"

London\u2019s 1948 Earls Court Motor Show was the coming-out party for the iconic Jaguar XK 120, and the 70th<\/sup> anniversary of the occasion will be celebrated with XK70 at next year\u2019s Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb, scheduled for June 9-10, 2018.<\/p>\n

As the XK engine was exceptionally successful in motor racing, powering Jaguar\u2019s subsequent C-Types and D-Types to five Le Mans wins in the ’50s, motor sport will be a strong theme at XK70. A number of drivers with well-known histories in Jaguars will be in attendance, including Peter Sutcliffe, Peter Lumsden and Peter Sargent. Also on hand will be Finnish research engineer Sami Klatt, who developed Lumsden and Sargent\u2019s low-drag Lightweight E-Type for Le Mans glory.<\/p>\n

Appropriately, that very car will also be at Shelsley, along with its current owner, who is travelling over from New York especially for the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had 600 XKs at our XK60 event in 2008. Our aim is to exceed that and reach 700 for XK70,\u201d stated International Jaguar XK Club founder Philip Porter.<\/p>\n

All XK 120s, 140s and 150s are eligible, together with their derivatives, the C-Types and D-Types, plus XK-engined cars and all Jaguar sports cars. For further information please visit www.shelsleywalsh.com<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

London\u2019s 1948 Earls Court Motor Show was the coming-out party for the iconic Jaguar XK 120, and the 70th anniversary of the occasion will be celebrated with XK70 at next year\u2019s Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb, scheduled for June 9-10, 2018. As the XK engine was exceptionally successful in motor racing, powering Jaguar\u2019s subsequent C-Types and D-Types to five Le Mans wins in the ’50s, motor sport will be a strong theme at XK70. A number of drivers with well-known histories in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":569577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,562,13063],"tags":[11468,432,17768,15234,415,17774,17686],"class_list":["post-496955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-jaguar","category-vintage-car-racing","tag-vscc","tag-events","tag-event-shelsley-walsh-classic-nostalgia","tag-events-vintage-racing","tag-jaguar","tag-racetrack-shelsley-walsh","tag-vintage-race-vscc-shelsley-walsh-hill-climb"],"yoast_head":"\nShelsley Walsh to Honor 70 Years of Jaguar XK<\/title>\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\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shelsley Walsh to Honor 70 Years of Jaguar XK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"London\u2019s 1948 Earls Court Motor Show was the coming-out party for the iconic Jaguar XK 120, and the 70th anniversary of the occasion will be celebrated with XK70 at next year\u2019s Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb, scheduled for June 9-10, 2018. As the XK engine was exceptionally successful in motor racing, powering Jaguar\u2019s subsequent C-Types and D-Types to five Le Mans wins in the ’50s, motor sport will be a strong theme at XK70. A number of drivers with well-known histories in […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\/\" \/>\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:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-13T18:09:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-17T22:32:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Jag-XK-70th-at-Shelsley-Walsh.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"719\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Zimmermann\" \/>\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=\"John Zimmermann\" \/>\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\\\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"John Zimmermann\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/96b206a07dacd5614967544b2c3b0e35\"},\"headline\":\"Shelsley Walsh to Honor 70 Years of Jaguar XK\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-13T18:09:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-17T22:32:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":208,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/Jag-XK-70th-at-Shelsley-Walsh.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"(VSCC) Vintage Sports Car Club\",\"Event (Car Events & Shows)\",\"Event (Shelsley Walsh Classic Nostalgia)\",\"Event (Vintage Races)\",\"Jaguar\",\"Racetrack (Shelsley Walsh)\",\"Vintage Race (Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb)\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Car Events & Shows\",\"Jaguar\",\"Vintage Races & Rallies\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\\\/\",\"name\":\"Shelsley Walsh to Honor 70 Years of Jaguar XK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/Jag-XK-70th-at-Shelsley-Walsh.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-13T18:09:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-17T22:32:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/96b206a07dacd5614967544b2c3b0e35\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/Jag-XK-70th-at-Shelsley-Walsh.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/Jag-XK-70th-at-Shelsley-Walsh.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":719},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Shelsley Walsh to Honor 70 Years of Jaguar XK\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Supercars.net\",\"description\":\"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/96b206a07dacd5614967544b2c3b0e35\",\"name\":\"John Zimmermann\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/DNFD62DX0AA8wcD-293x293.jpeg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/DNFD62DX0AA8wcD-293x293.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/DNFD62DX0AA8wcD-293x293.jpeg\",\"caption\":\"John Zimmermann\"},\"description\":\"John Zimmermann was exposed to racing at birth. His father worked for famed race car builder Kurtis Kraft, and later as a mechanic at Indianapolis and on the Championship Trail for drivers such as Rex Mays, Ted Horn, and Troy Ruttman. John has written about racing for more than 25 years, first at RACECAR before helping found both On Track and RACER, overseeing the latter for a dozen years. He was also motorsports editor at AutoWeek and editor of SportsCar, and his book The Atlantic Championship celebrates the first 25 years of Formula Atlantic. His freelance work has appeared in Road & Track, Motor Sport, Autosport, and Vintage Motorsport, among others.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/john_zimmermann-2\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Shelsley Walsh to Honor 70 Years of Jaguar XK","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Shelsley Walsh to Honor 70 Years of Jaguar XK","og_description":"London\u2019s 1948 Earls Court Motor Show was the coming-out party for the iconic Jaguar XK 120, and the 70th anniversary of the occasion will be celebrated with XK70 at next year\u2019s Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb, scheduled for June 9-10, 2018. As the XK engine was exceptionally successful in motor racing, powering Jaguar\u2019s subsequent C-Types and D-Types to five Le Mans wins in the ’50s, motor sport will be a strong theme at XK70. A number of drivers with well-known histories in […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\/","og_site_name":"Supercars.net","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/","article_published_time":"2017-09-13T18:09:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-03-17T22:32:30+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":719,"url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Jag-XK-70th-at-Shelsley-Walsh.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"John Zimmermann","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@supercars_net","twitter_site":"@supercars_net","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"John Zimmermann","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\/"},"author":{"name":"John Zimmermann","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/96b206a07dacd5614967544b2c3b0e35"},"headline":"Shelsley Walsh to Honor 70 Years of Jaguar XK","datePublished":"2017-09-13T18:09:03+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-17T22:32:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\/"},"wordCount":208,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Jag-XK-70th-at-Shelsley-Walsh.jpg","keywords":["(VSCC) Vintage Sports Car Club","Event (Car Events & Shows)","Event (Shelsley Walsh Classic Nostalgia)","Event (Vintage Races)","Jaguar","Racetrack (Shelsley Walsh)","Vintage Race (Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb)"],"articleSection":["Car Events & Shows","Jaguar","Vintage Races & Rallies"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\/","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\/","name":"Shelsley Walsh to Honor 70 Years of Jaguar XK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Jag-XK-70th-at-Shelsley-Walsh.jpg","datePublished":"2017-09-13T18:09:03+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-17T22:32:30+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/96b206a07dacd5614967544b2c3b0e35"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Jag-XK-70th-at-Shelsley-Walsh.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Jag-XK-70th-at-Shelsley-Walsh.jpg","width":1080,"height":719},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/shelsley-walsh-honor-70-years-jaguar-xk\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Shelsley Walsh to Honor 70 Years of Jaguar XK"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/","name":"Supercars.net","description":"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/96b206a07dacd5614967544b2c3b0e35","name":"John Zimmermann","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DNFD62DX0AA8wcD-293x293.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DNFD62DX0AA8wcD-293x293.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DNFD62DX0AA8wcD-293x293.jpeg","caption":"John Zimmermann"},"description":"John Zimmermann was exposed to racing at birth. His father worked for famed race car builder Kurtis Kraft, and later as a mechanic at Indianapolis and on the Championship Trail for drivers such as Rex Mays, Ted Horn, and Troy Ruttman. John has written about racing for more than 25 years, first at RACECAR before helping found both On Track and RACER, overseeing the latter for a dozen years. He was also motorsports editor at AutoWeek and editor of SportsCar, and his book The Atlantic Championship celebrates the first 25 years of Formula Atlantic. His freelance work has appeared in Road & Track, Motor Sport, Autosport, and Vintage Motorsport, among others.","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/author\/john_zimmermann-2\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}