Raced a 02' Saleen, 01' cobra, and a freaky LS-1.

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I got to the track early like I usualy do and parked the cobra in the staging lane with ice on the intake. I then went walking around the track looking at all the cars and I notice there is a cobra identical to mine there......I knew I would race this guy for sure. I went solo on my first run and ran an aweful 14.29 @101mph. I decided to go and park the cobra til more cars showed up. There were lots of LS-1's and 5.0's pulling in so I knew it would be a fun night at the track. I just didnt know how fun .....I guy parks right beside me in what appears to be a 02' Saleen. I thought cool, He gets out and tells me nice car and I tell him the same. I ask him if it was the supercharged one and he said no it was the 285 HP version. I ask him what he had done to it and he named every GT performance mod there was. I said damn what do you run, He replied I run a 13.0 @104 in San Angelo. I told him well you will run about 3 tenths off at this track due to the elevation. I ask him if he was gonna run and he said he might he wasnt sure. About that time my brother showed up and I beat him twice but not by much. I decided to go back and offer to pay the guy in the Saleens 20 dollar entry fee just so I could run him. When I was walking up to the guy I got a good look at his car from the back and the back bumper said Mustang and not Saleen. My poser alarm went off.........I ask the guy so have you decided and he said yeah man Im gonna run it. I got tired of waiting for him to run so I went and raced a guy in a freaky LS-1....I won the first race I beat him 14.19 @98.9mph to a 14.23 @100. He wanted to go again and I beat him 14.18 @ 98.6 to a 14.23 @105 ........I dont know how he ran 105mph and only 14.23, but he did, he did it more than once that night.

Finaly I see the guy in the "Saleen" go to the staging lanes I jumped in my car and followed him. We lined them up and he red lit so he had me off the line. I was surprised to see that I was pulling him. I hit 2nd and past him up then I nailed third and had him by like 4 cars in the 1/4. I beat him 13.96 to a 14.7 @94mph I also pulled my best 60ft ever in the cobra a 2.12. He ran 4 times and lost all 4 times.

I had been watching the 01 cobra that night and he was running 14.4's @97. Not much of a challenge but I thought it would be cool to race my identical car. We lined them up and I took him off the line and we were side by side through 1st then a powershifted 2nd and pulled him by half a car then I shifted 3rd way cleaner than he did and jumped another car. I won 14.18 to a 14.36.

Why are my times so slow you ask. The altitude density was 5000ft it is usually 3000ft. So the conditions sucked @ss.

My best time in the cobra is a 13.8 @3000ft. The guy in the LS-1 did beat me once cause my car popped out of 1st gear. Other than that one loss I whooped @ss all night.

This trip to the track marks the retirement of the cobra from the track. I feel I have achieved the best 1/4 mile that the car is capable of wich was a 13.8 @3000ft. Which would be a 13.4 @sealevel. I am keeping the car stock so I dont see a point in taking it to the track anymore.

My 5.0 is fixed and track ready and should run low 13's......Cant wait.

Later,
Sorry for the length