31/05/2026
Brilliant fun had ‘Brands Britannia’ over the May Bank Holiday Weekend with the
Tom was sharing the car this weekend with our very own JLR Technicians - , who made his debut at Donington Park in March.
For the Jaguar Championship races - they completed 1 each, Luke on Sunday & Tom on Monday, then for the Modern Classics race on Monday they entered as a 2 driver team.
The XJS was repaired following the ‘off’ at the .official Sprint course with behind the wheel. No time for paint, but the car was ready to go and on form.
Luke qualified 7th and had a good race working his way through the field and had good battle with Ieuan Spooner and finished 4th overall and 3rd in class
Tom had to start the XJS from the back of the grid on Monday’s race and he carved his way through the field to 4th place and had James Ramm in 3rd place in his sights. But unfortunately a fuelling issue developed and Tom had to retire.
With the fuelling issue sorted for the 40 minute modern classics race, the pair were optimistic having qualified, 5th overall, 2nd in class and the quickest Jaguar.
Tom had a great start and by Druids on the 1st lap was up to 2nd place, and would continue to hold position until the safety car came out 10 minutes into the race.
With the pit window open and the safety car taking cars through the pit lane to make track cleanup more efficient, Tom decided to hand the car over to Luke, but this was before the scheduled 20 minute switchover, meaning the pit stop took longer than planned.
Luke had a good stint despite the longer pit stop & unfortunate ‘stop go penalty’ for passing a car before the control line at the restart following the safety car.
They crossed the line 10th overall, still managed a spot on the podium finishing 3rd in class.
A great weekend, with all the Jaguar racing community in the paddock - even legendary Jaguar Racer came to support!
