Quarter mile times for Cobra?

[Thieleng]

At the Shelby Fest in Las Vegas in 08 I ran my SPF with street tires. This is the first time I ever legally raced a car on a real drag strip (Did the usual stupid stuff in High School). The engine was a Roush 427IR and I ran the quarter at 12.1 with a reaction time of 0.1. Walking on the track my driving shoes would stick to the asphalt and even with that I had a problem hooking up the car from 1st through 3rd gear. The time would have been better but I let up 100 feet from the finish due to confusion on the finish line. Without this error I should have been in the low to medium 11's according to the track officials. I raced with a fire suit and a helmet but I was not sanctioned to have any other safety equipment. This event was kind of a "fun" day to try out the cars and was not an official sanctioned drag race event. I had a ball doing it but I did have a handfull trying to feather the wheel spin to keep the car hooked up, I also did not go through the water to "light up" the tires as I felt it was worthless running street tires. The track timer said my car was the fastest at the event and it did inflate my ego somewhat. I guess the bottom line is that if you can control the beast have some fun but be aware of the nuances of the Cobra as you can get bit.