Owner: Roger Willbanks
1962 AC 260/289 Factory Competition Cobra CSX 2026. First Cobra ever to win a race, First Championship Winning Cobra (SCCA A-Production National Championship for 1963), First overall Cobra win USRRC secured Shelby American's First Manufacturer's Championship.

This factory competition Cobra was Carroll Shelby's first successful race car. It has been restored to its original factory team configuration when it ran in the 1963 Daytona FIA race, Shelby's first entry into world championship racing competition. The last of only four factory team 260 Cobras built, CSX2026 displays many rare and original competition features, including its return to the belived original 260 engine with original cylinder heads and four Weber 481IDM carburetors mounted to a prototype intake manifold, 12:1 pistons and roller camshaft, Nassau style exhaust headers, a Spalding "Flamethrower" ignition system, 37 gallon fuel tank with quick filler, forward braced roll bar, competition windshield kit, cutaway driver's door, alloy brake calipers, pin-drive "Daytona" Halibrand alloy wheels and much more!


Race History:
Feb 2, 1963 Riverside Pre. 1st OA #? Dave MacDonald
Feb 3, 1963 Riverside Main 1st OA #? Dave MacDonald
Significance: Cobra's first ever race win.
(note: only 260 Cobra factory team win)
Feb 11, 1963 Daytona FIA 4th OA #? Dave MacDonald
Significance: First Top 5 Cobra finish in International racing competition.
March 2, 1963 Dodger Stadium Pre. 1st OA #? Dave McDonald
March 3, 1963 Dodger Stadium Pre. 1st OA #? Dave McDonald
Significance: First 289 Cobra Win!
(note: 289 engine debut for the first time)
March 23, 1963 Sebring 12hrs FIA DNF #? Dave MacDonald
Glenn "Fireball" Roberts
Significance: First Cobra international endurance race and only race for "Fireball" Roberts in a Cobra
April, 1963 Marlboro 5th AP #? Bob Johnson
April, 1963 Danville DNF #? Bob Johnson
May, 1963 Cumberland 1st AP #? Bob Johnson
May, 1963 Bridgehampton 1st AP #? Bob Johnson
May, 1963 Pensacola USRRC DNF #? Bob Johnson
June, 1963 Mosport 2nd GT #? Bob Johnson
June, 1963 Lime Rock 3rd AP #? Bob Johnson
June, 1963 Road America 1st AP #? Bob Johnson
June, 1963 Watkins Glen USRRC 1st OA #? Bob Johnson
Significance: First Cobra overall win in the USRRC help secure '63 Manufacturer's Championship
July, 1963 Lake Garnet 1st AP #? Bob Johnson
July, 1963 Indianapolis 9th OA #? Bob Johnson
Sept, 1963 Thompson 1st AP #? Bob Johnson
Significance: First Championship winning Cobra wins the SCCA A-Production National Championship
Sept, 1963 Bridgehamption FIA DNF #? Bob Johnson
Significance: Backed up the factory team and ran in teh Top 10 until breaking a rear spring - This Cobra competed in every FIA race that Shelby ran in 1963.
Sept, 1963 Mid Ohio USRRC DNF #? Bob Johnson
Sept, 1963 Mosport DNF #? Bob Johnson