Jaguar XJR-7 explained

Jaguar XJR-7
Successor:	Jaguar XJR-9
Layout:	Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout
Class:	Racing car
Body Style:	2-door coupé
Transmission:	Hewland 5-speed manual
Production:	1985 - 1987
Designer:	Lee Dykstra
Length:	4,750 mm (187 in)
Width:	1,980 mm (78 in)
Height:	1,040 mm (40.9 in)
Wheelbase:	2,760 mm (108.7 in)^[1]

The Jaguar XJR-7 is a IMSA GTP sports prototype race car, designed, developed, and built by Group 44, for Jaguar with the aim of competing, from 1985, in the IMSA GT Championship. Jaguar XJR-7s contested until 1988, before Jaguar replaced it with the Jaguar XJR-9.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Wins/Victories

• 1986 3 Hours of Daytona^{[7] [8]}
• 1987 500 km of Riverside^{[9] [10]}
• 1987 West Palm Beach 3 Hours^{[11] [12]}

Drivers

• • • Claude Ballot-Lena Whitney Ganz Hurley Haywood
• John Morton
• Brian Redman
  • Chip Robinson Vern Schuppan
• Bob Tullius

See also

• Jaguar XJR Sportscars

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1985 - 1987 Jaguar XJR-7 - Images, Specifications and Information. Ultimatecarpage.com.
2. Web site: Jaguar XJR-7. 19 June 2022.
3. Web site: Jaguar XJR-7. 1 March 2016. supercars.net. Nick D. 2024-05-09.
4. Web site: Orange Coast Magazine. 19 July 1986. Emmis Communications. Google Books. 2024-05-09.
5. Web site: Tampa Bay Magazine. 19 February 1987. Tampa Bay Publications, Inc.. Google Books. 2024-05-09.
6. Web site: 1985 - 1987 Jaguar XJR-7 - Images, Specifications and Information . 2024-11-02 . Ultimatecarpage.com.
7. Web site: » Jaguar XJR7. speedreaders.info. Ted West. 2024-05-09.
8. Web site: IMSA 1986. 19 June 2022. classicscars.com.
9. Web site: 1986 Jaguar XJR-7. conceptcarz.com. 2024-05-09.
10. Book: Sports Sponsorship and Brand Development: The Subaru and Jaguar Stories. M.. Beck-Burridge. J.. Walton. 7 November 2001. Springer. 9780230508224 . Google Books. 2024-05-09.
11. Web site: Jaguar XJR-7. 19 June 2022. racingsportscars.com.
12. Web site: IMSA 1987. 19 June 2022. classicscars.com.