Saturday was my first attempt in the 04 Cobra at a real auto-cross event.  The venue was the Amery Airport in Amery Wisconsin.  This is a unique course in that after the typical weaves and twisties of the Auto-cross itself, the final corner opens up onto a 1/3 mile straight away for a High Speed run.  Talk about a situation absolutely built for these cars.

Here is a video of my final run of the day, it was my best time (34.72) on the auto-cross but I clipped a couple cones just enough to tip them over causing 4 seconds in penalties (2 per cone).

Best speed on the straight away was my 2nd run at 123mph.

This event was BY FAR the most fun I've had at an event with my cobra, I put it way up above drag racing.  Will be interesting later this summer if I have the same feeling after being on the road course at Mid America Motorplex.

Well, the Orange Beastie made its appears at the Car Craft Magazine Summer Nationals on the Minnesota State Fairgrounds this past weekend.  This year was a bit more exciting as I was competing in the Real Street Eliminator competition.  Did pretty good on the dyno (444hp), the auto-cross (11.804 seconds) and the launch/stop box (5.1 seconds).  Not sure where I stand overall, as the Magazine Editor elected to NOT announce a winner. 

Here is a picture from the auto-cross event 

There was MUCH controversy over the fact that the Car Craft personnel elected to add at least 3 (some say 4) ADDITIONAL CARS to our class, expanding the field from the agreed upon 6 to now 9 (or 10 depending on who you talk to).

Normally, this wouldn't have caused much of a stir, but they made a big deal about the pre-selection process, and being ONE OF the 6 selected vehicles.  Then all of a sudden on the FIRST DAY OF THE SHOW they add in more cars.

And the controversy doesn't end there, one of the cars added was a C4 corvette completely outfitted for racing, including SLICKS as tires (aka... not street legal).  For some reason this was allowed.  Issue #2, a late model black Vette (not sure of the year or body style) was added, with Nitrous in the hatch... again, not street legal... but it was allowed to run.  These 2 cars finished 1 / 2, or possibly 1 / 3 in the standings.  All depends on how the 09 Viper SRT-10 (also in my class) did in the Launch/Stop box, and how the Vettes did on the dyno (I didn't see their dyno runs).

Anyway, it was a fun competition, but when the heavy hitters like that show up, feel like I brought a stick to a gun fight.

We'll see I guess.

The really cool news, is I was interviewed by an online magazine, they often appear on cable TVs SPEED channel as well... V8TV

If I get wind of when it's airing (if it does), I'll post up.  The guy that was doing the video-taping is the guy that normally hosts the show, and he was ALL OVER my car with video... so... again... we'll see.