This Jaguar XJ220-C LM would have won its class at the 1993 Le Mans 24. Unfortunately, it wouldn’t go down in the record books as a victor, because ACO officials disqualified it.
During testing for the race, officials questioned the legality of the Jaguar’s exhaust, which had no cata…
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Kind of a jerk move to have them race the entire 24 hours before ruling judgment.
My tin foil hat theory is the final judgment call would have been different had the car not placed so well.
Not the first picayune mistake the ACO lawyers have made. Their non-car record goes back to the '50s.