Dick Smith`s 'Winningest' 427 Cobra

[nikbj68]

Now at the Riverside Raceway museum,
   see Sportscar Digest feature or click pic below:
   
   

[TLegate]

So glad to see it in a good home, though I do hope they give it a blast from time to time! Dick would hate to see it sit and rot. So sad that such a nice guy left the planet before his time.

[nikbj68]

...AND this was the 200mph car, The guy must have had nerves of Tungsten carbide!

[TLegate]

Nah, not 200 - close but no cigar!

[nikbj68]

Well, 198? damned close, wasn`t it?
   Still quite amazing, even if it was only over 180!!!

[A-Snake]

I had heard there was "the rest of the story", so to speak, that another timing light (Ford I believe) clocked Dick at the same time at 202. Fact or fiction...I have no idea.[]

[TLegate]

Not that I'd trust any timing device to be 100% accurate, but I'm happy to give Dick the benefit of the doubt! Lots to be amazed about though....like how does a car with the aerodynamics of a garden shed reach such speeds, plus I'd expect any 427 Cobra to reduce itself to its component parts at that velocity.