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Peter Lumsden (racing driver)

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229:(vehicle number 49 FXN), one of only 12 built at the time. On its debut in the 1963 Nurburgring 1000 km, Lumsden crashed 49 FXN badly and was fortunate to escape with his life. The car was returned to the Jaguar factory to be rebuilt and subsequently underwent extensive aerodynamic revision under Dr Samir Klat of 192:. This was a measure of Lumsden & Sargent's standing as drivers as these cars were provided exclusively to influential motor sport teams and drivers as a result of supply problems at the Jaguar factory. In late September 1961 a fifth place in the Molyslip Trophy at 249:, Lumsden shared Peter Sutcliffe's Ferrari 250GTO to win the 3-litre GT class. At the end of the 1965 season Peter Lumsden joined Peter Sargent in racing retirement and 49 FXN was sold and in due course became one of the most sought after 154:
in the Aston Martin DBR1/300 but the two Peters finished a respectable 8th overall, 1st in the 1500 cc GT class, 2nd in the newly instigated Index of Thermal Efficiency and 5th in the Index of Performance.
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E-type. With little more than an hour of the race remaining, 898 BYR was several laps ahead of the Cunningham car when the gearbox became stuck in fourth gear and they could only tour round to the finish.
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during the Le Mans test weekend but failed to complete the race itself due to gearbox failure. Lumsden's best result of his few races in the car that year was eighth overall, fifth in class, in the
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and John Wagstaff. Driving solo, Peter Lumsden then won the 1300 CC GT class of the 1960 RAC Tourist Trophy at Goodwood, finishing ninth overall behind various Ferraris and Aston Martins plus
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In 1960 Lumsden began his partnership with co-driver Peter Sargent at the Nürburgring 1000 Ks, finishing second in the 1300 cc GT class to the Team Elite entry for
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A chartered accountant by qualification, when Lumsden left the London Stock Exchange he took up farming near Dover. In 1995 he was appointed a
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later that year, Lumsden driving solo had to settle for second in class to Les Leston's Elite DAD 10, whilst finishing eighth overall.
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1000 km round of the World Sports Car Championship with co-driver Peter Riley, the pair took part in the prestigious
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In 1961 Lumsden and his now permanent co-driver Peter Sargent were able to acquire one of the earliest (898 BYR)
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but no longer competitive against the new generation of Cobras and Ferrari 250GT0s. For his last visit to the
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In Lumsden & Riley's final season in the Elite in 1961 they again produced a 1300 cc GT class win in the
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where the two Peters finished fifth overall, and second in the 4-litre GT class behind the Roy Salvadori/
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Porter, Philip (1989). Jaguar E-Type: the definitive history. G T Foulis & Co Ltd.
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Jaguar Lightweight E-type: The autobiography of 49 FXN. Porter Press (Great Cars)
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extensively in 1959. After winning the 1300 cc GT class in the
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of all time, known as 49 FXN or the Lumsden/Sargent car.
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in his final season in 1965. He was the younger son of
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Index

CBE
Le Mans
Nürburgring
Silverstone
Goodwood
Brands Hatch
Lieutenant-General Herbert Lumsden
Jack Lumsden
Lotus-Climax Mk IX
Goodwood
Lotus Eleven
Lotus Elite
Elite
Nürburgring
Le Mans 24 Hours
Carroll Shelby
Roy Salvadori
Alan Stacey
Graham Hill's
Graham Warner's
Nürburgring
TT
E-Types
Jaguar
Snetterton
Mike Parkes
Roy Salvadori
Innes Ireland
Le Mans
Briggs Cunningham

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