This got me thinking about one of my absolute most favorite cars. Sometimes just called the Daytona Coupe. Designed by Pete Brock specifically to go 185 mph on the Mulsanne Straight at Le Mans, the Daytona Coupe exceeded all expectations. Not only did it go 196 mph on the infamous straight, but it won Le [...]
When people think about American racing, they often think first of Carroll Shelby. And why not? His Cobra and Daytona Coupes were totally dominant during the first half of the 1960s. Shelby stuck real men like Ken Miles, Bob Bondurant, Dan Gurney, Phil Hill and Jack Sears at the various helms and even managed to [...]
It’s just a Shelby kinda day. Word is Shelby Distribution is planning on once again selling the fabled Daytona Coupe, only this incarnation is from Superformance and sports an aluminum body. Since they’re coming straight from the man himself (and Pete Brock), the cars will be listed in the Shelby Registry and will feature an [...]
I have loved the Shelby AC Cobra since before I could talk. I kid you not. My favorite Hot Wheel to drool on was a ’66 427, so the news that rally varga Lisa Klassen just had her turn behind the wheel of the electric HST EVx Shelby Cobra was almost too much to handle. [...]
Attention Cheesehead race fans: It’s not too late to scurry on over to Elkhart Lake and catch the triumphant return of Shelby Cobras to factory racing. The 2008 Kohler International Challenge, one of the largest SVRA national vintage car racing events, with several dozen classes in ten groups. Shelby Automotive, partnered with Ford and Brian [...]
What happens when you give the ultimate Mustang guys the ultimate Mustang to play with for a week? They ‘test’ the living crap out of the car. One of 1,500 Shelby Mustang GT500KRs on the planet, Mustang 5.0 decided to dyno their loaner beast before handing the keys over to Ford. So, how’d the KR [...]
Design studies are a dime per dozen. However, some have teeth. Or in this case, venomous fangs. You’re looking at Jamie Martin’s reconceptualiztion of the AC Shelby Cobra. He’s calling it the Cobra Venom V8 and as you may have guessed, it’s got a V8 under that slick, Morgan meets BMW Z3 meets GT40 skin. [...]
Our dear pals over at 0-60mag.com were given the chance to goof off professionally evaluate the Mustang GT, Bullitt, GT500 and GT500KR at the Miller Motorsports Park. Third party sources assured me it was the most fun ever had by any one in Utah. Last week Levy told you his thoughts on the King [...]
My recent drive in the 2008 Ford Mustang GT500KR took me back some… The original KR Mustang was a 1968 Mustang fastback breathed on by Ford racing guru Carroll Shelby. It was the ultimate iteration of the sixties pony car that today commands big bucks from the baby boomers who remember it from their teens. [...]
Flying into Utah, I’m pretty psyched about getting to give the new KR a go. I have some history with the OG KR, and am a big fan of the regular and somewhat uncouth Shelby GT500, probably because it is so. My first taste is a quick run out of downtown Salt Lake City up [...]
