Vintage racing has exploded in popularity over the last two decades. It tends to be mostly a playground for the financially well healed however. Take this week’s photo for example. I shot it in October of 2005 at the annual Chrysler Classic Speed Festival in Coronado, California.
An original 427 Cobra with a documented racing history can easily be worth over one million dollars. And yet, here we have three of them being placed at risk on the race track. And if you think the owners are just puttering around out there in expensive toys, take a look at the attitude of each car. They are all leaning hard into the corner. Note especially that there is daylight under the right front tire of the lead car.
In spite of the potential for damaging a valuable piece of racing history, these guys are driving their cars to the very limit, just as they should.
Tags: cobra, racing, sports cars, vintage racing
