[Turk]

Pat,
You don;t have all your facts. I thought I saw Evan on the drag strip with his car. So there. What do you have to say about that?

Coyled,
I agreed with everything in your post, until the last paragraph where you attemopted to do the math of safety based on street vs.track.

It is true there were probably more injuries on the street by Cobra owners than those who were on the track.

Street drivers:In jeans or shorts, baseball cap.
Track drivers:Helmet and driving suits.

Street: Lane markings with traffic coming at you .
Track: All vehicles travelling the same direction with lanes well protected.

Street cars: Casual driving, with maybe a two point seat belts.
Track cars: Five point harnesses, properly inflated tires on cars that have been freshly tech inspected.

Street cars: 48,542
Track Cars:358

Days driven:
Street cars: 7 days a week
Track cars: On specific days of the month of some months of the yer.

Miles driven:
Street cars:3,565,449 miles
Track cars: 5337 miles


I made these up, but I think you get my point. During the same period of time, all Cobras now in the hands of collectors and displayed in museums had ZERO fatalities.

The point is of course there would be more incidents, accidents, and injuries, as well as deaths on the street. There always is.
It probably is because they are driven, not trailered or displayed and there are a hell of a lot more of them doing that to inflate the numbers.

I doubt any racer on the track was ever drunk while driving, or they were driving a stolen car, or that they were trying to get away from the police.

TURK

They ARE indeed dangerous, and most of us know it, and still drive them.