SILVERSTONE CLASSIC 2011, a set on Flickr.
BIGGEST E-TYPE JAGUAR BIRTHDAYPARTY AT SILVERSTONE CLASSIC
In celebration of the golden anniversary of Britain’s best-loved sports car, the Silverstone Classic has been a mecca for the E-type Jaguar today (Saturday 23 July).
The whole Silverstone Classic weekend has a strong E-type element, as the event marks the car’s official 50th birthday celebration for the leading Jaguar clubs. Indeed, the date of the Classic ties in perfectly with the E-type story, as the first UK customer car was delivered in July 1961.
In the leading 50th anniversary event for the iconic sports car, over 1000 E-types were on site and more than 800 took part in a special parade on the full 3.6-mile Grand Prix circuit, forming a mammoth E-type traffic jam (pictured). The final number of cars in the parade will be notified to Guinness World Records and the outcome will be confirmed shortly.
Supporting the headlining E-type activities, thousands of classic cars from hundreds of marques packed into Silverstone, with many other Jaguars on show including C-types, D-types, XK120s, XK140s, XK150s and more recent performance models like the XKR.
On-track, a record grid of 52 racing E-types contested a round of the E-type Challenge, the special race series created for 2011 to mark the anniversary year. The race was won by Jon Minshaw with a classy performance to stay ahead of Alex Buncombe and Graeme Dodd.
“This weekend is a fantastic celebration of the E-type,” said Event Director, Nick Wigley. “Cars from all over the world have come to Silverstone to make the Silverstone Classic the biggest and best anniversary event for the E-type.”
The action continued at Silverstone throughout Sunday, with another race for the E-type Challenge, as well as a full day of racing for other historic and classic categories.
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