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Feb. 28, 1965
The writing was on the wall for Ferrari right from the first race of 1965. Each of the four Daytona Coupes entered by Shelby easily out-qualified the lone Ferrari GTO. In fact, the only cars faster were the Shelby-prepared Ford GT40s driven by Bondurant/Ginther and Miles/Ruby, and a pair of Ferrari prototype class racers.
Day and night, the Ford-powered cars displayed exceptional reliability and speed. Between the GT40s and Cobra Daytona Coupes, Shelby owned the race from start to finish.
Jo Schlesser and Hal Keck, in Cobra Daytona chassis CSX 2299 bearing the number 13, drove a perfect race. In the final hours they passed the Cobra of Muther/Timanus to take first in class and second overall. By the time the checkered flag fell, the Shelby team had swept the first four places - GT40, Cobra, GT40, Cobra. The three Daytona Coupes also swept the GT class podium. Only one Coupe failed to finish the grueling 24-hour classic.
And so the Shelby Steamroller began...
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EXOTO COBRA DAYTONA |
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1964-65 World Sportscar Championship, The Anniversary Trophy Bundle, Exoto Cobra Daytona |
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1965 Le Mans 24 Hours, The 1965 Le Mans Collection, Exoto Cobra Daytona |
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1964 Tour de France, The 1964 Tour de France Collection, Exoto Cobra Daytona Coupe |
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1965 World Sportscar Championship, The Concept To Victory Bundle, Exoto Cobra Daytona |
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Winner, 1964 Le Mans 24 Hours, Bondurant/Gurney, 60th Anniversary / Trophy Silver |
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1965 Reims 12 Hours, Bondurant/Schlesser, 50th Anniversary / Trophy Gold |
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Winner, 1965 Daytona 24 Hours, Signatures Edition, Exoto Cobra Daytona |
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1965 Le Mans 24 Hours, Sutcliffe/Harper, "The Filipinetti Coupe"; Daytime running |
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1965 Le Mans 24 Hours, Sutcliffe/Harper, "The Filipinetti Coupe"; Daytime running, Finish Line Plus |
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1965 Le Mans 24 Hours, Gurney/Grant |
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1965 Le Mans 24 Hours, Grant/Gurney, Exoto Cobra Daytona, Finish Line Plus |
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1965 Le Mans 24 Hours, Johnson/Payne |
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1965 Le Mans 24 Hours, Johnson/Payne, Finish Line Plus |
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Winner, 1964 Tourist Trophy (Goodwood), Dan Gurney* |
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1965 Le Mans 24 Hours, Thompson/Sears |
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1965 Le Mans 24 Hours, Sears/Thompson, Finish Line Plus |
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1965 Le Mans 24 Hours, Schlesser/Grant |
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1965 Le Mans 24 Hours, Grant/Schlesser, Finish Line Plus |
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Winner, 1965 Nurburgring 1000 km, Bondurant/Neerpasch, Exoto Cobra Daytona |
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Winner, 1965 Monza 1000 km, Bondurant/Grant, Exoto Cobra Daytona |
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Winner, 1965 Daytona 24 Hours, Schlesser/Keck, Exoto Cobra Daytona |
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1964 Tour de France, Simon/Dupeyron |
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1964 Tour de France, Simon/Dupeyron, Exoto Cobra Daytona, Finish Line Plus |
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1964 Tour de France, Bondurant/Neerpasch, Finish Line Plus |
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1964 Tour de France, de Saint-Auban/Trintignant |
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1964 Tour de France, de Saint-Auban/Trintignant, Finish Line Plus |
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1964, Rolling Wood Trellis |
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Winner, 1965 Nurburgring 1000 km, Bondurant/Neerpasch, Finish Line Plus |
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1964 Exoto Cobra Daytona: 1964 World Sportscar Championship, Neerpasch/Bondurant, Bob Bondurant Signature Edition |
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