# Jaguar XKR GT2 heading for the Alms **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [April 17, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jaguar-xkr-gt2-heading-for-the-alms/66354 "2009-04-17T14:54:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fiend540](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jaguar-xkr-gt2-heading-for-the-alms/66354/1 "2009-04-17T14:54:20Z")
Car looks ok, I’m betting it will have a hard time beating the vettes/porsches/ferraris but atleast it’s another car out there. :tup: [http://www.americanlemans.com/index\_news.php?n=12831](http://www.americanlemans.com/index_news.php?n=12831) [http://www.planetlemans.com/2009/04/17/rocketsports-racing-unveils-alms-gt2-program/](http://www.planetlemans.com/2009/04/17/rocketsports-racing-unveils-alms-gt2-program/) [http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74550](http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74550) > Jaguar is set to return to the Le Mans 24 Hours next year with a XKR GT2 contender developed in the US by Paul Gentilozzi’s Rocketsports team. Rocketsports announced today in Long Beach that it will join the ultra-competitive GT2 class of the American Le Mans Series in the middle of this season. That will be precursor to a full programme in 2010 that should put a Jaguar back on the grid at Le Mans for the first time since 1995. > … > “The plan for 2010 is definitely to compete at Le Mans. To get there you have to have a relationship with the Automobile Club de l’Ouest [the race organisers] and that is something we are already developing with as we work with as we work towards joining the ALMS in the summer.” > Rocketsports is entering the ALMS with technical and marketing support from Jaguar. Gentilozzi, whose company won four Trans-Am titles under the banner of the British sportscar manufacturer, stressed that there was no commercial support. > … > Gentilozzi, 59, expects to race the new Jaguar in what he is billing as a development year. > “We are developing the car this year,” he said, “and I feel I’m best for that job.” > The second, undisclosed driver was described by Gentilozzi as “very experienced and a world class guy”. > “For 2010, we will only have drivers we know who can win,” he said. “We expect to have at least one European, hopefully a British guy.” > Gentilozzi said the first XKR would begin testing in June. It should race for the first time in either the Lime Rock ALMS round in July or at Mid-Ohio in August. ---
**Author:** ![Mixmastermike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mixmastermike/32/7314_2.png) [@Mixmastermike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mixmastermike)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jaguar-xkr-gt2-heading-for-the-alms/66354/2 "2009-04-17T15:01:14Z")
After all the new teams get comfortable this year. The GT2 class is going to be some of the best racing around next season ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jaguar-xkr-gt2-heading-for-the-alms/66354/3 "2009-04-17T15:38:24Z")
Are the wheels staggered in size, like the rear a smaller diameter than the front? ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jaguar-xkr-gt2-heading-for-the-alms/66354/4 "2009-04-17T16:11:19Z")
the car looks okay? I think it looks tittys. ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jaguar-xkr-gt2-heading-for-the-alms/66354/5 "2009-04-17T16:11:38Z")
> [@66impalass](#): > > Are the wheels staggered in size, like the rear a smaller diameter than the front? it appears that way… ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jaguar-xkr-gt2-heading-for-the-alms/66354/6 "2009-04-17T17:12:00Z")
I am curious to the benefit for that on this race car application ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jaguar-xkr-gt2-heading-for-the-alms/66354/7 "2009-04-17T17:35:36Z")
wheels look the same, tires look taller on the back? ---
**Author:** ![fiend540](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jaguar-xkr-gt2-heading-for-the-alms/66354/8 "2009-04-17T20:28:13Z")
> [@sedlmeier101](#): > > the car looks okay? > I think it looks tittys. It doesn’t look nearly as good as the other gt2 cars and I’m not a fan of the paint scheme. ---
**Author:** ![99Ls1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/99ls1/32/5344_2.png) [@99Ls1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/99Ls1)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jaguar-xkr-gt2-heading-for-the-alms/66354/9 "2009-04-17T21:38:42Z")
looks like shit. something out of the first fast and furious.