Image via www.autopics.com.au thanks to the Shannons Club
Bob Jane’s Jaguar Mk 2 won the Australian Touring Car Championship for two consecutive years in 1962 and 1963. It became known as the fastest Jaguar saloon in the world when it clocked 151 miles per hour during a mighty run down Conrod Straight – a feat that would not be surpassed for nearly a decade.
That record would only fall in 1972 when Ford’s legendary 3.8-litre V8 Falcon GT-HO Phase III nudged ahead by three miles per hour. And despite the break-neck pace of motorsport innovation, the Jaguar didn’t seem in any rush to slow down, staying competitive all the way through until 1965.
During that time it won seventy races, setting new lap records at every circuit it competed on.
It was only the arrival of Ford’s Mustangs that signalled the end of the mighty Mk 2’s racing career, with Bob Jane switching to a V8 Mustang in 1965.
Its story is one of the classics, tied to one of Australia’s motor racing greats in the form of Bob Jane, and you can enjoy it over at the Shannons Club in Jaguar Mk 2: Bob Jane’s 4.1 litre 151 mph Super Cat!
Image via www.autopics.com.au thanks to the Shannons Club
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