This is the June 2024 edition of Driving Notes, the Jaguar Drivers' Club mid-month newsletter and updates.
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Join us at Whittlebury Park for JDC National Day
Our National Day takes place on Sunday 14th July at Whittlebury Park, Northamptonshire, where all our Areas & Registers come together to showcase their vehicles and marvel at the Register Concours entries vying for a place in the final of the coveted Champion of Champions title. All entries much register in advance with entries closing shortly. Find more info on how to enter here www.jaguardriver.co.uk/events/2024/national-weekend
Entry is £15 per car at all its passengers. At present this will be CASH ONLY on the gate. We will advise if this changes
On Saturday 13th July, we have a Gala Dinner at Whittlebury Hall Hotel. Book a Dinner, Bed & Breakfast package direct with the hotel but you must let the JDC Office know so we can add your names to the list of those attending the Gala Dinner on the Saturday evening. Deadline for bookings is 10th July. Contact Whittlebury Park Hotel 01327 857857 or book online www.whittlebury.com
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| Jaguar has launched the F-Pace 90th Anniversary Edition, marking nine decades of innovation and internal combustion engine production. With ‘subtle badging, with R-Dynamic exterior cues', options including diamond-turned alloy wheels, privacy glass, a panoramic roof and with sports seats inside. |
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| What do a 1953 XK120 OTS and a 1958 240 Mk1 have in common? They’re both taking part in the gruelling Peking to Paris Motor Challenge. Both crews, one from Britain and the other from Belgium, have just passed the halfway mark on the 14,250km journey across seven countries in 37 days. |
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20% off Yorkshire Elegance tickets
Join us and a breathtaking line-up of concours Jaguars at Yorkshire Elegance, held 16-17 July at Grantley Hall. JDC members can get 20% off general admission, VIP hospitality and entry packages for one or two days by using the code JDC20 when booking tickets here:
Book tickets here - https://www.yorkshireelegance.com/tickets-packages/
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| David Bates shared this picture of a fantastic line up of Jaguars seen at the home of Nick Mason, Middlewick House. |
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| JDC member Paul McDonald was just one of the entrants on this year’s London to Brighton Classic Car Run, in his 1969 E-Type Soft Top. |
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| Richard Watkins from the F-Type Register shared this picture of driving through the spectacular Yorkshire moors. |
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Welcome new members
Please join us in welcoming these new members who have joined us in the past month to the JDC.
Darron Hare
Helen Payne
David Gosling & Family
Keith Vinten & Family
Peter Whelan
Mark Ellis & Family
Charlie Vaughan
Alan Scotchford & Family
Geoff Innes
Keith Stephenson
Bernie McCabe
Lawrence England
Alan Carlisle
William Jenner-Jones
Stephen Marchant
Richard Poulden
Steve Quick
Richard Sawyer
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David Sawczuk
Sebastian Turner
Ivor Oloyo
Paul Samidas
Stuart Fenty
Gary Beresford & Family
Peter Kitley
Reginald Shone
Mark Jones
Mark Trimble
Bill Wilson
Simon Calgie
Laurence Gordon
Steve Johnson & Family
Harry Jackson
Garry Ward & Family
Joanne Wardman-Smith
Ralph Ricks
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John Maguire
Martin Law
Geoff Futcher
Philip Parnell
Gary Brown
Christopher Russ & Family
Jim Lindsay & Family
Roger Scholes & Family
Peter Warren
Scott Morgan
Michael Cannings
John Wood
Andrew Smith & Family
Michael Walford Brooker
Charles Waddington
Ian Lightburn
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Fun for all the family at Silverstone Festival, 23-25 August
This year’s Silverstone Festival is a fantastic mix of high octane motorsport, stunning car displays, chart topping music and family fun – with a brilliant discount for JDC members and free entry for children under 16 years.
As well as three-days of superb historic motorsport, visitors can enjoy music performances from Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Busted and Olly Murs. There’s Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat Farm Shop, the Wheeler Dealers Car Clinic and free fairground rides for everyone.
Plus if you come in your Jaguar, you can park right in the heart of the Festival with a stunning view of the circuit – instead of trekking to the car park.
Exclusive Display Package Code - Tax Exempt Classics pre-1984: 027CCDP24, Non-Tax Exempt 1984+: 028CCDP24
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Registers gather at Waddesdon Manor
A trio of Registers are holding their own gathering at Waddesdon manor on Sunday 30th June. The Classic S-Type/420 Register, Mk10/420G Register and Modern S-Type Register will be displaying their cars at the stunning National Trust property. Tickets are free for National Trust members or £20 otherwise.
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Join us for NEC Classics’ 40th Anniversary
The NEC Classic Motor Show will mark its 40th anniversary this November and you’re invited to join us at the celebrations. The JDC will be exhibiting in Hall 1 and has been given a unique code for us to share with our members and their families. This gives you the best discount that the show has to offer but is only available on advance bookings. Find more details here: www.jaguardriver.co.uk/events/2024/lancaster-classic-motor-show
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