The Jaguar XJR-7 is a

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race car, designed, developed, and built by Group 44, for Jaguar with the aim of competing, from 1985, in the

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. Jaguar XJR-7s contested until 1988, before Jaguar replaced it with the

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Wins/Victories

* 1986 3 Hours of Daytona * 1987 500 km of Riverside * 1987 West Palm Beach 3 Hours

Drivers

* Claude Ballot-Lena * Whitney Ganz *

Hurley Haywood Hurley Haywood (born May 4, 1948) is a retired American race car driver. Haywood has won multiple events, including five overall victories at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, three at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and two at the 12 Hours of Sebring. He is cre ...

* John Morton *

Brian Redman Brian Herman Thomas Redman (born 9 March 1937 in Burnley, Lancashire and educated at Rossall School, Fleetwood, Lancashire), is a retired British racing driver. Racing for Carl Haas and Jim Hall's Chaparral Cars, Brian Redman won the 1974, '7 ...

Chip Robinson Chip Robinson (born March 29, 1954, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a retired race car driver. He won the 1987 IMSA Camel GT series championship and the 1987 24 Hours of Daytona (with Al Holbert, Derek Bell, and Al Unser Jr. in a Porsche and t ...

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