Cobra Chassis Race Challenge

[Bruce Robles]

I just went to the JBL site to see if it is the same car I thought it was, and it is. What is the big deal if this "Ringer" of a car out handles and is faster then a 50 year old and 30 year old chassis designs of orginal 289 and 427 Cobras, and all of other manufactures who built cars as replicas out of donner production cars? It damn well should be.
The JBL is a race car period. Its a great feat of engineering and should easily be the best in all quarters. The statement " the tire size maybe an issue" is absolutly absurd, it is absolutly an issue. It has all the goodies that a modern day race cars have with tube chassis, rocker arm suspension, adjustable sway bars front and rear, real 4 piston and vented brakes, the works.
It is not designed in the true spirit of a Cobra or the replica industry. It is what it is, in a class of it's own. I'm not surprised at the times it is said to have lapped Willow Springs after seeing it. Nice car but not fair in the spirit of what this competition about. It would be like running a production Mustang, Jag, or Corvette against a Trans-Am car.
Any race driver would be able to look and say who the winner would be just by comparing JBL's car to the rest. Now mind you, I don't know if there are anymore "modifieds" out there to the degree of the JBL, that would show up.
You might have to run a pure stock and a modified production stock type deal now. And address stock street suspension/donner car type's from purpose built motorsports suspension, tire size etc.
And maybe front and rear weight distribution rather than engine size should be considered. If most have small blocks then run them. But I agree with Buzz too, that Shelby's should not have to build a special 351 car. After all thc cars you all are trying to mimic are thiers. An I'd bet if the availabilty of 427 FE engines was the same as 351's, you would be running them if you wanted some sort off originality.
Again, I thought the deal was best handling car not the fastest car.