It's confession time, boys and girls...

[BevanWright]

I have had my Cobra up to 190 mph at an airbase here during a days racing. We used to have access to the Ohakea airbase for racing, but unfortunately the defense force have stopped the access.

The Cobra has a 3:1 diff. 1:1 top gear, 17 inch wheels, and I cant remember the revs now, but it was sitting on the rev-limiter for about a third of the straight. I dont have a working speedo, so had to rely on mathematics to calculate it - but it was just over 190mph.

I decided to make a flat-bottom for the car, and an air-damn. The car already had an aeroscreen and a closed in passengers side. Unfortunately tho - this was when we lost access to the airbase - so I never got to go back and top the 200mph mark (probably just as well, as the Cobra may have turned into an aeroplane!).

Although not quite so hairy as the road stories, I was racing against all sorts of cars, and there were about 30 or 40 in the race. Some of the cars (Mini Coopers) were only reaching around 110mph, so there was a vast speed difference, and doing a 190mph slalom around them was pretty exciting! The spin at 100mph or so off down a runway at one point was pretty scary as well (and didnt do great things for tyre wear).

Now I am married with kids - and the car doesnt get used so much, but gee it was fun!

To Mr Mustang - a Cobra with full race 454 eats 140mph for breakfast!