I had a 66 427 AC Cobra in my youth. Nothing built at the time could touch it in a drag race or a road race. My GF talked me into trading it on a Mustang..Wish I had kept the Cobra and traded girlfriends...

a real 1965 cobra costs more than the Ferrari, the drag strip, and the flag girl combined.

the cobra has been kicking ass and taking names for years.

old man Shelby is smiling in his grave

Amazing how fast the Cobra is. I know a Master mechanic who built 1,000 HP drag engines and he said the Cobra was the fast production car he ever drove.

I was actually there at the first Cobra vs. Ferrari international race at the Nürburgring circuit in 1964. The favorites in the Sports Car class were the three factory 250 GTO Ferraris, but Carrol Shelby , along with the cooperation of Ford had three (maybe it was two, I'm getting old) original race-prepared Cobras with the 289 V8 entered. I remember sneaking into the pit area, and seeing the Cobras up close (I was 17 at the time) and those 4 2-barrel sidedraft Weber setups were impressive! Long story short, all the Cobras fell out of the race due to mechanical troubles, but while they were running, WOW! I specifically remember one of the Cobras leave the pits at the same time as one of the Ferraris, with the Cobra following the Ferrari into the hairpin at the end of the pit straight, and then when they both came out of the corner to accelerate up the hill behind the pits, that Cobra passed the Ferrari like he was tied to a stump! By the time the Cobra went out of sight, he was at least 200 ft. ahead of the Ferrari! Things like that stay with you all your life, and it made me so proud to be an American!

Carol Shelby is a Legend for a reason, even from the grave he is Kickin ass. Apart from Steve Jobs, no-one in modern times can make that claim!!!

Hey Little Cobra don't you know you're gonna shut em down!

I good to see American Muscle is alive and well! Thumb Up!

THE COBRA IS AN ALL-TIME WINNER

That was AWESOME!!!! and that SC 427 Shelby Cobra sounded AWESOME doing it. apparently that track was Las Vegas, it really looked like Firebird Raceway just outside of Boise Idaho. I have been to Firebird Raceway but it's been a long time ago.

KZfaq decides "here watch this we think you will like it" top of the recomended list 8 years later. Anyone else watching December 2019?

Cobra's gonna run out of fuel waiting for the Ferrari to stage (lol)!

50 years and the Cobra still can’t be touched

A couple of comments for the curious, yes this is almost certainly either a Shelby continuation car or, given the bare aluminum body, a Kirkham replica (Kirkham supplies some of the bodies/chassis for Shelby American now) Somebody mentioned that the dash layout isn't 'original', it is in fact correct for a 427 SC car of which very few were made. This car is setup as a 427SC so it is obviously using the SC dash layout for that reason. Also, the same poster mentioned that the steering wheel doesn't say AC citing that as an error. That is not an error, only the 289 Cobra models were supplied with steering wheels that read AC on the button from Shelby. All big block cars except one were supplied with a steering wheel that had one of two Cobra designs in it, the one on this car reflects one of those designs and is correct in that regard.

132/mph is pretty impressive.

Yay Cobra! A beautiful shiny beast that is!

American muscle at a fraction of the cost....gotta love it.

this race was a $380,000 bet between Dan Bilzerian (AC Cobra) and Tom Goldstein (458 Italia)

Do you have any idea how impressive it is that "Manual", "RWD", "Front Engine", "N/A", car w/o a top @that can pull a 10.74 quarter mile😱😱😵😵😍😍😎😎

Cobra sound insane!

I have always been a Cobra fan. I wonder who would win on a track with corners, since that is what both cars were designed for.

Cobra is like 10 times more exciting than that computer with wheels

Carroll Shelby designed the Cobra in direct response to Ferrari and other Italian manufacturers. His design won several races in the 1960s against Ferrari and others. Shelby still rules today.

What ever you do.. do not follow Dan Blizarian on Facebook. You will be clinically depressed for the rest of your life.

In the immortal word of Chuck Berry's "Maybelline," "Nothing outruns my V-8 Ford."

Best part is the victory and it's pretty funny to watch an Alpha collect his winnings ))

A 289 Cobra won the world championship in the 60s. They weren't allowed to race the 427 because they hadn't build enough.

Ford baby! Proud to be an American

The first time I saw a Cobra and Ferrari racing each other was in the movie "Gumball Rally" from 1976. As far as I remember it was a stalemate.

The thing with the Cobra & replicas is there is 1,000 different ways they can be built. I would take a well built Cobra over a Ferrari any day but this only means this particular Cobra is faster than the Ferrari. A cheap kit that uses a 5.0 Mustang as a donor is a hot car for the money but is a far cry from a real Cobra. A quality aluminium bodied replica with a 427 & the proper parts is very close to an original. That's what I like about the current Cobra replicas. Originals are so rare & expensive an original is not practical to go have fun with, even if you have the money but you can buy or build a replica to fit virtually any budget. You can go with something that uses a 5.0 Mustang donor for less than a new Toyota up to an aluminium bodied 427 that is a near clone, rivet for rivet, of an original.

There are books out there that detail the history of the Cobra and a Cobra registry for the real ones. All told, there were just less than a thousand original Cobras made in several body styes and chassis styles during the orginal run made by the original AC Cars. Anything after that is either a continution model or a replica All orginals had hand formed aluminum bodies. Original motors were 260 cid Fords later moving up to 289 cid then 427/428 cid motors. Everything was origally designed for road racing. The first models were modified AC Ace's.

geez 10.74 @ 132, that cobra is fast! looks awesome in chrome too

Apparently they had some random modern Ferrari available to race against a someone's random Cobra replicar and all they could come up with is renting a drag strip for a day instead of an actual road course.

From the looks of the 'burnout', I'm guessing the Ferrari driver is wearing his Ferrari shoes and puts 100 miles a year on the car. But pretty damn good for 247 cubic inches vs 427!

The Cobra driver blew his trial run by losing traction at launch, a mistake he didn't repeat during the actual race.

Who would have thought that a 2017 Ford GT with a 3.5 liter twin turbo V6 would run right with this 427 Cobra! Time is a changing!

That was a close race, both drivers had almost identical reaction times but i always put my money on the vintage cobra..

There,s just no substitute for cubic inches. A. 427 Cobra will go from 0-100-0 in under 13 seconds. And do it all day long

funny how 1960s technology and "no replacement for displacement" formula beats all the math and technology of today's supercars when it comes down to a straight quarter mile.

Came here after reading Dan Bilzerian's autobiography 'The Setup' (the guy in the Cobra). This race was for $300k if I remember correctly

Love that shiny aluminum....I love shiny things...i usually put them in my shiny box...shiny...shiny...shiny

the guy driving the cobra is granny shifting

It is funny how the Cobra hooks up considering the independent rear suspension was not designed for drag racing.

Good set up on that cobra

It's hard to out run a Cobra

Thats no Factory Five Cobra, thats the "Kirkham" companys car, out of Provo Utah..for $300k..you better get a burner

Is the drag strip slightly downhill or is that just the camera angle?

With the Cobra's light weight and huge engine, I'm not surprised.

Which one to choose.... i'll take the flag girl!

Since neither car was built for the drag strip. A better test would be take them to a road course like Laguna Seca.

The Ferrari is so much more than just a straight line machine. Drag racing doesn't do it justice.

Is this recorded on VHS?

I thought that strip looked familiar, I lived in Las Vegas 1970 til 2005, lots of changes over those years too.

LOVE that Cobra! Wish it was mine!!!!

old American muscle is the coolest and and just looks TUFF even if that cobra lost it would look good losing.......

Damm cobra took off and never looked back im not a car guy i came here from the Bad Boys Scene when they chased down dude on the Cobra driving a Porsche

Cobra is so quick through 1 and 2. Torque.

"Hey little Cobra getting ready to strike"

cobra owner is Dan Bilzerian. so no wonder how it wins!

Nice race, but where is the chick with the Daisy Dukes and long legs from the thumbnail?

Sounds so good!

Oh shit that was Dan Bilzerian in his Kirkham car 👍

There are only 4 gears. The fifth is taking the girls HOME. Regards from Germany. 🙂❤☺👌🤓

ironically, it's the 289's that held all the records from the AC to the Daytona. Not until Lemans did the 427 make a record.

The cobra had tires made for a drag strip... It was also not stock.

Seeing 2 of my all time faviorates down the drag strip is just so elating it puts a smile on my face irrespective of who wins Its crazy how the loghtweight rudimentary shelby cobra is always able to gap almost anything

It doesn’t even count if he were to loose friends because he has one of the baddest of all cars made because it still holds his own, I always wanted one but always wrong time wrong money but I do have Shelby’s book on the Cobra and it is signed by him so I still have a piece of this cars past

Looks like a kirkham cobra image if it had all wheel drive

Forget the elapsed time, look at the trap speeds. That’ll give you an idea of the horsepower being developed by each vehicle. There’s about 75-100hp difference between the cobra and the Ferrari.

That Cobra looks like the 800 HP, Poland-Built, Shelby-licensed beauty a neighbor kept for a friend who sells them. I saw it turned around in the neighborhood and then loaded onto a trailer for delivery. I should have offered to drive it to the buyer.

That looks like the strip at Las Vegas International Raceway, with the expressway seeming to cross the strip at the end.

Oh shit. That was Dan Blezarian driving the Kirkham Cobra.

Dad has a 64 cobra with the 289. It would run that Ferrari as well.

You just can't beat old school muscles cars love to see that

The Ferrari sounded a bit limp wristed compared to that Cobra!!!

Wow those crobas are quick

Yeah buddy. The old rattling bucket of bolts is still whoopin ass.

Can't wait to have my cobra.

That cobra sounds like its going so slow down the track. Like its got huge time inbetween shifts and low rpms

Dan Bilzerian and Tom Goldstein were the racers. They had 385,000 on that race. The king of Instagram won. XD Dan obviously knew what he was doing, getting his tired hot and sticky while Goldstein went cold like a moron...

Sadly the greens have banned all combustion cars from European roads from 2030 on in Germany they even reduced gas stations to only one per city from 2025 on now they ar trying to forbid trade with used combustion cars and classics :-(

Has the Cobra engine been modified?

Drag racing is for men who wear drag. Real racing involves more than just putting the foot on the floor and changing up the gears.

It's not too difficult to predict the outcome of a quarter mile race where one car out weighs the other car by at least 800 to 1000 pounds.

Damn that cobra in chrome looks awesome.

What’s up with the body finish (or lack of) on the Cobra??!!

GVW, incredible horsepower, short wheel base.....Shelby Cobra. Not to mention it's handling and suspension!

Is that Dan Bilzerian in that Cobra? Wholly Fack!

Cobra goes hard!

Imagine the cobra didn't have barn door aerodynamics then it would easy be a 9 second car

The Cobra Kit car got ready t strike

That's Dan Bilzerian in the chroma cobra

figures it was gambler / playboy Dan Bilzerian driving the Cobra lololol

I’d personally warm the tires up more 👌

I started drawing Social Security before these clowns started this race!

EVERYTHING is better in a Cobra…

I love the engine notes. The Ferrari probably red lines 4000rpm higher than the FE. But just can't match the BBF torque.

Love how the cobra just gets on with it ..and the winner gets the flag lady happy days .think I would sooner the cobra going to be a lot less hassle I think ...

And the Cobra probably could have shaved another couple of tenths if he had power shifted. Sounds like it was driven by my grandmother.