Peter Brock has become a blogger! Sometimes referred to as the Energizer Bunny, Brock continues to delight us with his designs, insights and stories.
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May 15, 2019
Why didn’t your Type 65 design have a ring spoiler? There’s none shown on your clay model.
Bob won 5 out of the 7 races the the Coup….Alan Mann just didn’t understand car drivers desire to win. Also true of management, e.g. Ford at ’66 Le Mans……
That win made very proud for the American team especially with an American driver.
Your design was a real winner and proved it. Let’s do it again!
That was indeed a proud day for America !
We need something on that scale today
Jim sitz
Bondo’s Independence Day win was icing on the Daytona effort cake.
Ken Miles quote made my day: “This thing’s a rocket ship.”
As always, great to hear the “story-behind-the-story”; keep them coming!
Happy Independence Day to Bob Bondurant, Peter, Gayle and BRE Team !
Mr. Brock it was a pleasure to meet you and John Morton at Z Con in Atlanta last year. Thanks for signing my helmet which I have proudly displayed in my office. Congrats on your the 54th year of a timeless design.
I met Peter at Saratoga. He showed me a picture of the coupe and said he wanted a longer tail for the coupe and would have made it faster yet. He didn’t think it would of passed specs but the officials never checked it so he would have gotten away with a longer one.
Enthusiasts in the USA should be proud and appreciative of what Pete Brock and the Shelby American Team accomplished.
The Cobra Daytona Coupe and Shelby American are the ONLY American automobile manufacturer to win the World GT Manufacturers Championship!
If ifs and buts were candy and nuts it would always be Christmas. So, here’s my ifs for my Christmas. If Shelby would have permitted the coupe to continue at Daytona, it would have likely won class and maybe even overall. It was seven laps ahead when the fire occurred. That would have added enough points to beat Ferrari in 64.
Knew Pete at Menlo Atherton high school, 1955,
Great synopsis Peter. Happy July 4th to you and Gayle!
Another great and informative post, Peter. Many thanks! I love reading about the history of this car from your perspective!
The HEADY days of racing. A beautiful car designed by the “master”. Peter Brock knew about drag on a car especially if it had a long tail. He had studied aerodynamics [from the German papers] as far back as 1957 while working on the C2 Corvette. Thank goodness Shelby did not change this concept,