Jaguar D-Type

Starr Calvert racing our D-Type at the Rose Cup Races in Oregon on June 11, 1961. Sitting on the front row of the starting grid, XKD 558 was competing against Stan Burnett’s Chevrolet Special and Jerry Grant’s Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa (0704 TR).

Starr Calvert racing our D-Type at the Rose Cup Races in Oregon on June 11, 1961. Sitting on the front row of the starting grid, XKD 558 was competing against Stan Burnett’s Chevrolet Special and Jerry Grant’s Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa (0704 TR).

The D-Type is seen here racing at Westwood, where it raced multiple times in the late 1950s and consistently finished on the podium.

XKD 558 was originally supplied to Oxford Motors in Vancouver and spent some time in the Plimley Motors showroom, used for occasional sprint demonstrations.