[cobrakalis]

Shelby pretty much won the 1965 World Championship with the Daytona Coupe. Shelby thought the Cobra had the aerodynamics of a " shoebox. "The Cobra would hit a aerodynamic brick wall at around 150-160mph. I know Dick Smith was clocked at Daytona at 198mph. Correct me if I'm wrong, especially at courses like LeMans. The shape of the Daytona Coupe looks a little like one of its rivals, a Ferrari 250 GTO. I believe the Daytona Coupe had success at Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring , Bridgehampton, the Tourist Trophy, Reims and a 1964 win a Lemans in the GT class, driven by Dan Gurney and Bob Bondurant. I agree the Cobra is a better looking car than the Daytona Coupe, but the Daytona Coupe was a more aerodynamicaly advanced car, that could push 200mph on the Lemans Mulsanne straight, which the Cobra had difficulty doing. Than of course came the GT-40.


Gary