Those who are avid followers of British motorsport and motor racing in general should be familiar with the nameplate of the Jaguar XJR. It is a professional racing legend of the 90s, developed by the British car manufacturer together with Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) for the Group C World Sports Car Championship and the IMSA Camel GTP.
In this year’s Goodwood Hillclimb, one of the XJR racing cars made an appearance with Don Law Racing’s Justin Law at the helm – a nostalgic spectacle that aims to repeat what Law did over a decade ago at the same event.
But that didn’t happen – at least not completely – as Law encountered an unfortunate crash during the timed shootout. As of this writing, there are no details yet regarding the details of the crash at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, except for the live video we have embedded at the top of this page. You can catch the accident after racing the Porsche 962C (Alex Ames).
In the footage, it looks like Law lost control of part of the climb, spun around and hit the haystack. The race car suffered extensive damage, but from the cabin footage, Law looks thankfully unharmed.
As a reminder, Law made a scorching rise in 2009 inside a Jaguar XJR-8/9 with a V12 engine of 7 liters, setting a record time of 44.19.
Law was on the verge of setting a new Goodwood Hill Climb record with an XJR-12D – a direct development of the Le Mans-winning XJR-9. According to documentation released by Goodwood, Law recorded a 46.9 second run on Friday for his first run.
It would have been another epic climb for Law had it not been for the unfortunate crash, but at least he’s relatively unscathed and can come back next year for another try.
Those who are avid followers of British motorsport and motor racing in general should be familiar with the nameplate of the Jaguar XJR. It is a professional racing legend of the 90s, developed by the British car manufacturer together with Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) for the Group C World Sports Car Championship and the IMSA Camel GTP.
In this year’s Goodwood Hillclimb, one of the XJR racing cars made an appearance with Don Law Racing’s Justin Law at the helm – a nostalgic spectacle that aims to repeat what Law did over a decade ago at the same event.
But that didn’t happen – at least not completely – as Law encountered an unfortunate crash during the timed shootout. As of this writing, there are no details yet regarding the details of the crash at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, except for the live video we have embedded at the top of this page. You can catch the accident after racing the Porsche 962C (Alex Ames).
In the footage, it looks like Law lost control of part of the climb, spun around and hit the haystack. The race car suffered extensive damage, but from the cabin footage, Law looks thankfully unharmed.
As a reminder, Law made a scorching rise in 2009 inside a Jaguar XJR-8/9 with a V12 engine of 7 liters, setting a record time of 44.19.
Law was on the verge of setting a new Goodwood Hill Climb record with an XJR-12D – a direct development of the Le Mans-winning XJR-9. According to documentation released by Goodwood, Law recorded a 46.9 second run on Friday for his first run.
It would have been another epic climb for Law had it not been for the unfortunate crash, but at least he’s relatively unscathed and can come back next year for another try.