SCCA Grand Touring 1 (GT1) Cobra

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I am reposting this with a new title to hopefully get some responses. I am checking on the viability of doing a cobra race car build in SCCA. I know that the car will be up against some serious modern race car designs and may not be as competitive as other cars, but it would be fun and if I can keep the cost down it might be worth it.

I was looking at the Factory Five Challenge car website and it stated that the Challenge Cars roll cage is built to SCCA specs and the car could qualify under the GT1 category. Looking at the SCCA General Competition Rules (GCR) for Grand Touring cars it states that these cars are "custom made cars that are highly modified replicas of production cars." The GCR then goes on to list a variety of production cars that would qualify for this category and lists the Shelby Cobra with a 90" wheelbase as one of the cars. The cars can differ significantly from the production car under the skin, but must have the outward appearance of the production car that it replicates.

Has anyone built a replica to race in the SCCA GT1 category? If anyone has, how competitive was the car and what did you select as a drive train and replica model? Now that I have my SCCA full competition license I am considering trying to race a cobra in road race competition without being bound by the Factory Five Challenge series rules. Besides, the Challenge series does not race on any tracks close to me.

Thanks.

Jim