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scca will classify a cobra in GT1 or possibly SP depending upon your scca regions tech inspector and rules. they will require you to have all modern safety equipment including a full cage, firesystem, kill switch, fuel cell, etc.
cranky is right to suggest that you will have a very difficult time competing in either class. GT1 is home to the modern TransAm racers and SP is home to the road-race setup winston cup cars and any other hard to classify purpose built racecars.
I wouldnt say that you cant win, but you certainly would have your work cut out for you.
Depending upon your skill level and your desire, you could be competitive and win but you will be driving the hell out of the car and at the edge at all times. Mostly hoping the other cars breakdown, have lesser skilled drivers, poor setup, or make driving mistakes.
I would however suggest you open track your Cobra with some of the better clubs and drivers education groups.
SCCA is a very tough group to race with if you arent interested in trading paint. If you really want to race regularly I would suggest you buy a purpose built racecar and race that. Choose a sanctioning body that has a large number of track days in your area and meets YOUR ideas of what racing you want to get involved in. Ie historics, porsche club, bmw club, scca, etc.
Otherwise I would stick with the open trackers/drivers ed. You get much more track time with these groups anyway.
-dan
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