Jaguar XJR-7

The Jaguar XJR-7 was an IMSA GTP sports prototype race car designed, developed and built by Group 44 for Jaguar, to compete from 1985 in the IMSA GT Championship. It succeeded the XJR-5 and contested races until 1988, when Jaguar replaced it with the XJR-9. It was designed by Lee Dykstra, ran a Hewland five-speed manual gearbox and measured 4,750 mm long and 1,980 mm wide on a 2,760 mm wheelbase. It made its debut at the 1985 3 Hours of Daytona, and its wins were the 1986 3 Hours of Daytona, the 1987 500 km of Riverside and the 1987 West Palm Beach 3 Hours. Its drivers included Bob Tullius, Brian Redman, Hurley Haywood, John Morton, Chip Robinson and Vern Schuppan.