What if Chevrolet had said yes to Zora Arkus-Duntov and built 1100 Grand sports ?

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by BT SNAKE

Rodney,ated
I think it has to be said that the GS were not classed with the Cobras as they were not production certified with 125 units.

Here is a blurb found at Mongoose Motorsports...


Early on, the Grand Sports showed brilliantly at times while racing. When they ran head to head against the Cobras, they showed that they were both faster and better handlers than Shelby's snakes. The Cobras, having met the 125 minimum were certified as production cars while the Grand Sports were not. That was an important distinction. Since it wasn't classed as a production car pursuant to FIA racing rules, the Grand Sport had to compete in the prototype class where it ran against the likes of Chaparral, Porsche RS-60, and "Birdcage" Maseratis. The Grand Sport wasn't competitive against those full blown racers.

I'm guessing that when they refer to cobra's, they are referring to small block cars, not the turd or the big block cars.

As you may remember, the 427 cobra also had to initially compete in the proto class as well, due to the same reasons. I'm guessing that the Cheetah had a higher potential than the GS vette, but again, it had to compete in the proto class, and as we know, a fire at the shop put the end to its production.