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 |
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