Elvis Presley and the White 427 Cobra

[imaracingmom]

Originally Posted by spinout11

It drove good. On the strait of BIR I was clocked at 172 MPH It was very smooth, but it sat high off the road. In one photo it looked like a 4x4 Did not corner very well though. In the five years of racing it I was in the grass at least 4 times. It sure was fun. I'm working on another thunder boomer now. Kellison convertible with a Jaguar frame and a Chevy motor.

Was telling my 33 year old son about this car a couple of days ago. He did not believe me that I had been going to BIR since the 70's. I grew up in St. Louis Park. Some friends of mine were crew for you at BIR and I tagged along a few times. My son didn't believe me that I had met somebody who raced the car in that Elvis movie. It was my first experience watching road course racing, as most of my interest was in stock car racing and drag racing back then.

We are former racers and huge motorsports fans. One of the current owners of BIR passed away about a week ago and my son was at the memorial last night. People were talking about the history of the track and my son mentioned the story from good old Mom about the Spinout car. Glad to find this and show him it is a real story.

Wish my old photo albums hadn't been destroyed. Had some great pictures of you and the crew at the track! Really glad I found this thread, sure brings back lots of memories.