Cobra Safety and HP

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None of us were there, so we don't know for sure what exactly happend. How fast do you have to be going to roll a cobra several times? Faster than you should be going, thats how fast. Richard is correct. I know that if I had spent more time and money on chassis prep and driver, my cobra would be faster on the road course with less power. Yes, if richard designed, drove, and sorted all cobra's and they had 300hp or less, they would be much more driver controllable then the cobra's on the road today. The bottom line is, cobra's are not well set up vehicles. They don't come from a factory that tests them under various conditions. Go drive a 911, viper, zo6 or m5. Almost anyone on this forum could go fast the first time out on a road course and not wreck these cars. They are very forgiving. Go hop in somebody elses cobra and try to go fast the first time out on a road course, and you have a 50/50 shot at some landscaping adventures. So, go fast in your cobra on the street and when it does something that you are not expecting, I hope you can catch it before the tree/curb/car/person/ditch/lightpole. The track is a better venue to find out what the cobra will do when you brake late, turn late, apply too much throttle, skid, etc.. The reason we all like to drive these things fast is the thrill we get when that little bit of dopamine is released from our brain. I have always said when asked at the track after driving the cobra(358, 660hp), how was it? answer, " Its like taking drugs". These cars are irrational choices to begin with. why not add the power, the inexperienced driver and hey lets do it on the street too just for good measure. A recipe for disaster. I get my buzz on the track so I am less tempted to need a"fix" on the street. I have read posts on this forum for 3 years and have seen a high number of deadly accidents. How many guys have been killed or hurt on the track in that time frame? None that I am aware of. Scott.