1988 Le Mans 24hr IMSA race-winner Daytona 24hr podiumChassis TWR-J12C-188 was the first pure XJR-9 built by TWR Jaguar for the 1988 season.Initially it went to IMSA, wearing Castrol colours as a factory Jaguar entry, scoring an overall podium first time out at the Daytona 24hr (drivers: Cheever, Watson, Dumfries).In May 1988 chassis 188 was returned to the UK to be prepared for Le Mans, as part of the monumental five-car factory effort at the legendary 24hr race, running as race number 21.

With an all-American driver lineup (Sullivan, Jones, Cobb), and 7-litres of V12, it was one of three Silk Cut XJR-9s to finish the race and was part of the hugely iconic trio of Jaguars in the photo finish - the number 2 winning overall, giving Jaguar its first Le Mans win since 1957.Back to America a month later to continue its IMSA campaign, it soon took pole and an overall race win in the Del Mar 2hrs (with 88 Daytona and World Sports Car Championship winner Martin Brundle and 88 Le Mans winner ...