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Old 10-18-2011, 02:51 PM
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Default Shelby cobra racing film + more from the early 60s

Unknown 60s Sports Car Race - YouTube


FINALLY GOT THE FIRST 6 MINUTES UP OF THE SHELBY COBRAS AND MORE FROM 1963/4
There are more films just type in Tim Lopata to see 3 other parts if you havent seen them.

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Thanks for the post Tim. I also enjoyed the Riverside, NASCAR footage.

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Thanks for this, very cool.
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Enjoyed the film, great example of how bad the old corvettes handled and how quick the cobras were, maybe it was Apples and Oranges...fun times.
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Fantastic footage, thanks for sharing it.
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Love this one also....bad crash.

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That is Dick Guldstrand in the corvette that takes a bad turnover.Incredible but he did survive.
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Wasn't that Allen Grant getting bumped off course in the yellow Cobra? Does that make this the 'constipated bull' race?
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I could sit here all day and watch this stuff....thanks
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Tim, I have been informed the location is, Cumberland Municipal Airport race track. 1.6 miles.
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Tim, I have been informed the location is, Cumberland Municipal Airport race track. 1.6 miles.

Thanks !!!
Someone posted in the video it was the may 64 race.

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Thanks !!!
Someone posted in the video it was the may 64 race.
That was me...
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VERY cool stuff!
Thanks for the share.
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That was me...
Thanks thats the only track I couldn't ID.
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