Denis Welch Motorsport Powers 2016 Tour Auto Winner

BURTON ON TRENT, U.K. - April 27, 2016 - PRLog -- The 25^th edition of the Tour Auto took place 18^th-24^th April in France and was won by Jean Pierre Lajournade and co-driver Christophe Bouchet in his Jaguar E-Type 3.8.  Lajournade's win was his second consecutive win in a Jaguar E-Type.

The 13.2km Les Ferres/Roquestron special, saw the last battles in the 2016 Tour. The Ford GT 40 of Smith/Cottingham made it a clean sweep with a third stage win of the day, 15 seconds in front of Lajournade/Bouchet, eventually finishing out of the top 6 overall. His main rival, Caron in his Shelby Cobra, gave away 1m 23sec in the final stage taking the total difference to 3m 05s, sealing victory for the Parisian driver.

On winning Lajournade said "We were leaders from day one, but it was not straightforward. We had breakdowns that could cause us to lose the race but each time we were able to overcome the problem. We had a fantastic race in the eyes of everyone and received many congratulations."

Denis Welch Motorsport were pivotal to the success of the Jaguar in winning the Tour Auto. They not only sourced the original donor car but also had the privilege of supplying the running gear including the legendary XK engine, axle, gearbox and brakes, all of which take a great deal of punishment during the 5 day event through France.

The company has a constantly growing range of performance Jaguar E-Type parts which includes: engine, gearbox, suspension, cooling, electrical and more. The philosophy is to improve the quality and dependability of components supplied, without harming the heritage of the original cars. Many of the Jaguar parts on offer are CAD designed in-house and only available from Denis Welch Motorsport.

Managing Director, Jeremy Welch said "We're delighted to have worked closely with Jean Pierre Lajournade, supplying the high performance parts he needed to build a fantastic race car. Our customers have exacting standards and competition provides the ideal proving ground to demonstrate our quality and reliability under extreme conditions. This second consecutive Tour Auto win provides further evidence that serious competitors require the best performance parts available and choose Denis Welch Motorsport".

Overall Results

Position  Number  Drivers  Car
1  201  Jean Pierre LAJOURNADE / Christophe BOUCHET  Jaguar E Type 3.8
2  202  Ludovic CARON / Charles de VILLAUCOURT  Shelby Cobra 289
3  212  Damien KOHLER / Sylvie LABOISNE  Lotus Elan
4  231  Bertrand  PENLAE / Anne PENLAE  Porsche 911
5  223  Daniela ELLERBROCK / Jackie ROHWER  Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA
6  218  Ludovic LE BOEUF / Dimitri LE BOEUF  Jaguar E Type 3.8

The Tour Auto is one of the most important and historic competitions on the calendar and is open by invitation to vehicles built between 1951 to 1973 which participated in the original Tour de France Automobile. Cars compete in one of three types: competition, index of performance or regularity. The route covers some 2000km between Paris and Cannes and takes in a variety of road, track and hill climb challenges. For this special anniversary edition a night stage was also added for the first time.

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