blogging about cars

Monday, February 19, 2007

Jaguar XKR GT3 and some NASCAR

A british firm called Apex Motorsport has prepared the Jaguar XKR for FIA GT3 racing. This is not a factory program however. The car has a 4,2 litre supercharged V8, and a modified aluminium bodywork (so not much change comparing to the stock XKR). Further details will be revealed at the FIA GT3 official track tests (first of which takes place at Monza on February 22).

The NASCAR season has started with the Daytona 500. The race was won by Kevin Harvick, who passed Mark Martin on the last lap. Jeff Gordon took 3rd and the top rookie was avid Ragan, who finnished 5th. The race featured many accidents, but noone was seriously hurt. Former Formula One driver, Juan-Pablo Montoya was 19th, and rather unhappy, with such a start of the season.

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