#2 XJR-9 1988 LM Questions!

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#2 XJR-9 1988 LM Questions!

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Can anyone point me in the right direction of the Story of these photos. The two of them was taked on the LeMans 24hs 1988.

I have 3 mayor questions:

1_ In wich part of the race the #2 XJR-9 lost a wheel cover/skirt ? And why?
2_ What are those "yellow" shadow things, tape? Dirt?
3_ And last, I see Silver-tape above the right wheel cover/skirt, What is the tape holding?

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Based on photos from Getty Images (which offers much higher resolutions, the below image is resized for f1m), it appears that #2 would be tape with a yellow tint to the color:

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1) a) Don't know when. b) probably got knocked off by another car or fasteners failed so could not be replaced efficiently without replacing the whole rear deck, or they ran out of replacement covers.
2) Dirty clear tape to cover seams and reinforce body work connection.
3) cracked body work(?)
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Re: #2 XJR-9 1988 LM Questions!

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Great! I always thought it had done the whole race with naked wheel... :D
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