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JEC Racing Awards We were delighted to attend the JEC racing awards dinner on 11th January, held at the Oxford Belfry in Thame. With everyone dressed to suit in black tie, this is the annual big night for racing and chance to catch up with friends and associates. The evening was compared by JEC member and former TWR, Williams, McLaren and Arrows commercial head Richard West and competition secretary Chris Robinson, with awards being presented by JEC board member and former chairman Peter Purdom, Mike Hawthorn collection and museum owner Nigel…

The Swallows publicity machine has been working overtime lately having been featured recently in the JEC magazine when editor Nigel Thorley visited us in Somerset to write an in-depth focus on our history, work and progress with Swallows Racing. This was followed closely by a piece from Exclusively Jaguar’s Letitca Mace interviewing Swallows head Gary Robinson at Jaguar Spares which featured in the JDC magazine. Hard on the heels of both we had a wonderful XKR 4.2 sales car on the front cover of Jaguar World and featured inside in a…

News Spring Track Day March will see us returning to the track with our Spring track day held in conjunction with partners at the JEC. This takes place at Castle Combe circuit on Friday 20th March. The day is a chance for you to experience your car on track and to explore its capabilities in a safe controlled environment. We have ARDS instructors available on the day to assist you and knowledgeable and experienced drivers from our JEC race championship also on hand to help. Track time can be booked either…

Swallows Racing’s Tom Robinson drives the Series Elite Project 8 I was delighted to be invited by Series Elite CEO Graeme Glew to drive the Jaguar SVO built Project 8 XE around Silverstone International circuit at the recent MotorsportDays.LIVE event. As I’m sure you can understand I jumped at the chance to get behind the wheel of such a well-regarded wild Jaguar!   The first thing you notice about the car is its resemblance of a steroidal version of Jaguar’s entry-level saloon combined with the Series Elite stylish new race livery the vehicle…

Our annual track day at Castle Combe with our partners the Jaguar Enthusiasts’ Club is always a highlight of our calendar. With persistent rain leading up to 15th October we anxiously checked the BBC weather site and pleasingly Tuesday looked fair, however for Gary and the team setting up the evening before it was pretty wet. The paddock quickly filled with a range of Jaguars, F-Types, XK8’s, XKR’s, E-Types, S-Types, XJ’s and a selection of race cars from the JEC Racing Saloon & GT Championships. The day was supported by a number…

A combination of a heavy workload and Friday traffic chaos meant a late evening arrival at Thruxton in Hampshire for the most ‘local’ round of the JEC Racing Saloon & GT Championship. With the gearbox finally sorted on Tom’s XJR after syncro issues at Anglesey, the mood in the Swallows camp was quietly optimistic. After all, Thruxton is the UK’s fastest circuit which suits the car, and this was where Tom had the best result of the season last year. QUALIFYING Glorious early Autumn sunshine greeted us for qualifying. Getting out…

Choose a short blast or book the whole day, either way this is a great place to stretch your cats legs in controlled conditions with other like minded individuals. The days aim is to allow owners on all budgets to attend without tying you down for a whole day. Packages start from 3 sessions of 15 minutes to a full day experience. This means you don’t have to commit the full day, with additional individual sessions available to book on the day once the bug has bitten you! As a Club…

Sadly, it’s been far too long since Jaguar last raced at the Le Mans 24 hour and with little prospect of that changing, we decided we needed an excuse to go. With the regulation changes coming in 2020 we felt 2019 was the year to go and wave the Swallows flag, literally. Jaguar may not have raced at the Circuit La Sarthe for many years however there is still a strong bond, love and affinity for Jaguar owners and enthusiasts with the old place. Our elected representatives for the 87th running were…

Our car of the month is this absolutely superb 2016 Jaguar XF-S with full dealer history. With 374 BHP on tap and reaching 60 MPH in just a shade over 5 seconds this is a practical car that still has the grin factor. The car comes full loaded and is presented in fantastic condition in Lunar Grey metallic paint and two tone ebony & glowing red leather, extended leather interior with silver carbon-fibre Inlays also included are satellite navigation, headlight power-wash, satin chrome side vents, gloss black extended side sills, gloss…