 The manager of the racing team during this period, Lofty England, later became CEO of Jaguar in the early 1970s.Although the prototype XJ13 was built in the mid-1960s it was never raced, and the famous race was then left for many years.In 1982, a successful relationship with Tom Walkinshaw's TWR team commenced with the XJ-S competing in the European Touring Car Championship, which it won in 1984.