Team Shelby – Pacific Coast Region can now confirm some really exciting news!
Working with Tim McGrane, Executive Director of the Blackhawk Automotive Museum in Danville, we have been able to arrange for CSX2299 – one of the original 6 Shelby Daytona Coupes – to be present for designer Peter Brock’s presentation at the 2A CSMC at BAM on May 9th.
Here is a video clip of No.13 followed by a brief description of its historical significance.
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CSX-2299 (blue No. 13 Daytona Coupe): Shelby wanted to race Cobras in Europe in 1964, but the Cobra roadsters hit an aerodynamic “wall” at about 150 mph and were unsuitable for the long, high-speed European circuits. Shelby had designer Pete Brock pen a fastback coupe body. Brock’s handiwork allowed the cars to go 20 mph faster just based on more efficient aerodynamics. Six coupes were built, and they were nicknamed the “Daytona Coupe.” CSX-2299 was the second one built, and it had the best racing record of the six examples. It finished first in the GT class and fourth overall in its debut race at Le Mans with Dan Gurney and Bob Bondurant (handing Ferrari its first defeat in the GT class at Le Mans since the class was established in 1959), and took the same result in the season-ending Tourist Trophy at Goodwood in England with Gurney. It also took first in GT and second overall in the 1965 24 Hours of Daytona (Jo Schlesser/Hal Keck) and first in GT/fourth overall in the 1965 12 Hours of Sebring (Bondurant/Schlesser), helping Shelby become the first (and, to date, only) American manufacturer to win the FIA GT World Manufacturers Championship. CSX-2299 is considered the most valuable Cobra in existence.
This rare appearance is made possible by the generous donations of Miller Motorsports, Reliable Carriers and AIG Insurance. We hope you can join us to enjoy this very special addition to the Memorial Classic!
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