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Originally Posted by Historybuff
Never quite got the reason Shelby ran them. Was it because as he says
"the guys in the shop wanted to go road racing? One would think the cobra road racers would satisfy that need. Or was it because he was left out of the '64 Ford GT progam (which would make sense except the King Cobras started in '63)
any opinions
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It does seem odd that they took on that additional challenge. Cobras were cleaning up in the GT category. The king cobras allowed them to race in the end of seasons west coast pro series which had decent size purses, winning one race would pay for the car. It also let them run with the big modifieds in the USRRC series. And Shelby had the team to make them winners, it was really a no-brainer. At 1400# and around 400HP they were fast, at the USRRC race at greenwood in July 64, Ed Leslie in the then tired car above lapped Ken Miles in a cobra twice in a 55 lap race.
Chuck