As the 38th annual vintage racecar weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca rolled to a close, the circuit’s general manager, Gillian Campbell, announced that Cobra will be the featured marque for the 2012 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, scheduled for next August 17–19.
Created by Carroll Shelby in 1962 when he installed Ford’s new small-block V8 engine in an AC Ace chassis, the car quickly became a front-runner in races around the globe, and beat Ferrari to the World Manufacturers Championship in 1965, the first and only American marque ever to do so.
Shelby himself was honored at Monterey in 1997, but this will be the first time the car will be featured on its own. Look for further coverage from this year’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion in Vintage Racecar, and for more information visit www.mazdaraceway.com.
