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FINISHING LINES

ONE OF the most entertaining races to ever feature a Jaguar wasn’t at Le Mans, Sebring, or Daytona but a humble saloon event at Silverstone. In a display of precision driving, for 20 laps two brave drivers diced side-by-side in a pair of 3.4 saloons.

By 1958, Mike Hawthorn had become one of the UK’s leading drivers in both Grand Prix and endurance racing. Not only had he won

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