GT racing legend Paul Gentilozzi is taking a break from a gruelling development programme to feature the XKR in the largest dedicated trade motorsport exhibition in Europe. The racecar will be on display at the Jaguar sport cars stand alongside a production model XKR, XFR, and the fastest Jaguar ever – the Bonneville XFR prototype, which Paul drove to 225.675 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats in 2008.
Rocketsports Racing officially announced a GT2 program for the American Le Mans Series that will see the East Lansing, Michigan-based team reunite with the Jaguar sport cars brand by entering a Jaguar XKR for a partial season in 2009 with a full-season championship effort in 2010. Jaguar asked the Michigan-based RSR team to help create a race car to compete in GT2 racing in 2010. The Jaguar sport cars engineering and design teams, based in Coventry, have jointly developed the car from a standard road-going XKR with the RSR team. It is the first and only chance for the public to see the stunning new 2010 Jaguar Sport Cars XKR GT2 in the metal before it heads back to the US to compete in the entire 2010 American Le Mans Series (ALMS) in North America.
“It has been difficult to be out of competitive racing for nearly a year,” said RSR team owner Paul Gentilozzi. “We are most fortunate to be able to return to what we know, winning sportscar championships."
RSR will be entering the ALMS with Jaguar as a technical and marketing partner. Jaguar has provided vital engineering, information and support to assist the team in the homologation and construction process. Construction of the Jaguar XKR is near completion at the RSR facility. A parallel engine development process is also underway for the new AJ-133 direct injected 5-liter normally aspirated engine. The company’s plan is to begin testing and development in June and enter the ALMS series mid-summer. RSR will be building at least three XKR’s this year and will have cars available for customer use in 2010.
The Jaguar recreation vehicles XKR GT2 racer competing at Le Mans is being run by using JaguarRSR, and stocks most of the fundamental additives and technology with the street-going XKR. Jointly evolved by way of Jaguar's engineering and design businesses and the RSR crew, the racer functions the street vehicle's light-weight aluminium frame shape and a tuned version of its 5.Zero-litre supercharged AJ133 V8 engine developing in extra of 500 horsepower.
After taking centre level at the automobile display, the JaguarRSR XKR GT will visit 'domestic' by way of making stops at Jaguar headquarter sites in Whitley and Castle Bromwich in the UK. 'It will be relatively thrilling to take the JaguarRSR XKR GT lower back to the group at Jaguar who labored so hard to make this dream a fact,' added Gentilozzi. 'A picture can be really worth 1000 words, but seeing this car in man or woman is valuable.'
2010 Jaguar Sport Cars XKR GT2
The competition automobile uses the usual Jaguar XKR light-weight aluminium monocoque together with additional metal reinforcements and safety structure evolved via RSR. The 5.0-litre V-8 engine boasts 550 horsepower at 7000 rpm and a most speed of 180mph.
The JaguarRSR XKR GT made its racing debut at some point of the Petit Le Mans event at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia, in September 2009. The car took its first green flag within the American Le Mans Series season finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in October and is about for a full-season championship attempt in 2010. Jaguar has massive enjoy within the 24H Le Man races, so we assume them to perform well and convey precise delight of the million fans.
2010 Jaguar Sport Cars XKR GT2
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