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I love it when there is a good, stiff off-shore wind blowing to rip the water right off the tops of the waves.

My favorite place on the coast, Pescadero State Beach. Between Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz, California.

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In 1953, the Jaguar C-Type cemented its place in motorsport history by dominating the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The car that introduced disc brakes to the world, finished 1st, 2nd, 4th and 9th and set a new average speed record of 105.84mph, the first time a 100mph average had ever been broken, thanks to its 220bhp engine with triple Weber carburetors and aerodynamic lightweight body.
The first three cars produced in 1951 were almost immediately sent to the 24 Hours of Le Mans to be tested against the competition. Two of the C-Types failed to finish, but the third car driven by Peter Walker and Peter Whitehead won the endurance race outright, making the C-Type the first British car to win the event in some two decades, setting several speed and distance records in the process. In 1952, C-Type customer car deliveries began, and the twin SU carburetors were upsized slightly, while the car's bodywork and cooling system were also revised. Jaguar's factory motorsports team again ran three cars at the 1952 Le Mans, but all retired with mechanical issues.
In 1953, Jaguar again built three new factory racers with further weight reduction thanks to thinner aluminum bodywork, lending them an unofficial "lightweight" designation. Triple Weber carburetors and higher-lift cams helped bump power to 220 hp, while the rear suspension was slightly revised and Dunlop disc brakes (a rarity in '53) replaced the previous drum units. The factory "lightweight" C-Types finished first, second, and fourth at the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans. In the end, some 53 C-Types were built before the model was replaced by the even more specialized Jaguar D-Type for the 1954 racing season. Despite the arrival of the D-Type, a C-Type fielded by privateer team Ecurie Francorchamps finished fourth overall in the 1954 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The Jaguar C-Type was really the brand's first all-new postwar race car and as such, it was driven by many of the luminaries of the period including the late Sir Stirling Moss and American Formula 1 champion Phil Hill. Hill said of the C-Type, "I was just in awe of the C-Type when I first stepped into it. When I look back on it now, it makes me smile. The steering was light-almost scary light. It was the first car I ever drove that had a really precise feel about it-it really felt like a racing car." Just three of the special 1953 "lightweight" cars were ever built, though some cars were later modified to lightweight specification.

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Smiles for Saturday

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