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54 AUTOSPORT.COM 25 JULY 2019MINI CHALLENGEMini Challenge Cooper Pro
champion Kyle Reid joined
the JCW category at Brands
Hatch last weekend, ahead
of a planned campaign in
the championship in 2020.
Reid, whose performance
last year also clinched the
Sunoco 240 Challenge and
a prize drive at Daytona in
January, hired a JCW machine
from Joe Tanner for the Mini
Festival, and has ordered his
own example for 2020.
“It’s different from what
I’m used to,” said the offshoreSunoco winner Reid samples JCW Mini at Brands
ECURIE ECOSSE’S NEW PROJECT The revived Ecurie Ecosse racing team, which won the Le Mans 24 Hours with Jaguar D-types in 1956-57, has
revealed that it is creating a new road-legal track car. Inspired by the Jaguar XJ13 sportscar, the Scottish outfit has now revived the 1966 project by
building the LM69. The original XJ13 was the marque’s first mid-engined model, but it never raced after lengthy delays to the development meant it
would have been uncompetitive against the seven-litre Ford Mk2, which won at Le Mans in 1966. The new car, of which only 25 will be built, complies
with the 1969 FIA homologation regulations and will be officially launched at Hampton Court Palace across 6-8 September.oil worker. “The only similarity
between this and the other
Mini is the badge. You can’t
really take anything from the
other to help you with this.“Next year I’ll do as many
rounds as I can. Last year was
a one-off for me – my work
got behind me to pursue my
dream – but next year I’mgoing to try and do five rounds.
“The standard in this series
is so high. Coming from the
Mini Coopers and winning
every weekend, people expect
you to win, so it’s quite
daunting. You put a bit of
pressure on yourself, but
I need to remember there’s
no pressure – I don’t have
a championship to win.”
Reid qualified 17th of
the 28 entries but failed to
finish any of the three races
after driveshaft failure, a
seat-mounting breakage
and a first-lap incident.
MARK PAULSON