GTC60 Shelby Cobra 289 Competition

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Used at THR from 2021 to 2025

Brand: GTC60 Legends
Country: USA
Class: GT 5000
Year: 1965
Author: ks / Pitone /Team WSC Legends
Version: 1.3
Power: 306 hp
Torque: 424 Nm
Weight: 857 kg
Top speed: 260 km/h
Acceleration: 4.3s 0-100
Power / weight: 2.8 kg/hp

Combining the power of Ford’s short-stroke V8 with the nibleness of AC’s sporting chassis, the Cobra was the first largely successful English-American hybrid. The whole project was motivated by legendary driver Carol Shelby, who refined and raced the car with funds from Ford.In what some have called a desperate move, AC Cars accepted a deal to modify their Ace chassis to accept Ford’s V8 engine. They shipped bare chassis to Shelby American where they were initially fitted Ford’s 260 cu in. engine. The V8 worked well within the spacious engine bay, so much so, Shelby moved to the 289 unit in 1964, and the massive 427 with a new, stronger chassis in 1965.Since development was relatively simple, the Cobra started winning races from its onset. It had a tremendously good power to weight ratio that bettered with both the 289 and 427 engines. In a short time, the Cobra built up an impressive racing record and a purposeful 427 Coupe won the GT Championship in 1964 and placed fourth at Le Mans in the same year.The Shelby Cobra 289 Competition models were team-specification roadsters built by Shelby, which raced as factory-sponsored entries in the early-mid-1960s. As a factory-specification competition car the 289 Competition Cobra came directly from the Shelby factory with a bonnet scoop, a chrome roll bar, 6½-inch Halibrand front wheels (8½-inch at the rear), flared wings, Koni shocks, front and rear sway bars, competition brakes all around, quick-jack points, side pipes, dual long-range fuel tanks, a Monza snap-open fuel cap, a racing seat, a Sun tachometer, a fuel-pressure gauge, a differential cooler, an engine oil cooler, an electric Stewart-Warner fuel pump, and an aluminium Harrison header tank. At its heart of the roadster was a full race-specification 289 V8 that had 4 Weber carburettors and a 12:1 compression ratio.

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Championships9

Events22

Race sessions27

Drivers24

Years active2021–2025

Starts49

Wins3

Race laps1,056

Race distance4,067 km

Race time32.0 h

Driver	Starts	Wins	Race laps	Used skin	Events
Jessie Lamure	8	1	230	33_Hotwheels_Covidman	8 events BridgehamptonUS GTC TOURSkin: 33_Hotwheels_Covidman2025 Watkins GlenUS GTC TOURSkin: 33_Hotwheels_Covidman2025 Watkins GlenUS GTC TOUR - Practice RacesSkin: 33_Hotwheels_Covidman2025 Paramount RanchUS GTC TOURSkin: 33_Hotwheels_Covidman2025 StardustUS GTC TOUR - Practice RacesSkin: 33_Hotwheels_Covidman2025 RiversideUS GTC TOURSkin: 33_Hotwheels_Covidman2025 Main Event RaceUS GTC Tour at Willow Springs - Fun EventSkin: 33_Hotwheels_Covidman2025 Willow Springs - Big Willow Real – Saturday Practice RacesUS GTC Tour at Willow Springs - Fun EventSkin: 33_Hotwheels_Covidman2025
Salvador Jurado	3	1	46	10_blackcompetition	2 events Main Event RaceUS GTC Tour at Willow Springs - Fun EventSkin: 10_blackcompetition2025 Willow Springs - Big Willow Real – Saturday Practice RacesUS GTC Tour at Willow Springs - Fun EventSkin: 10_blackcompetition2025
Flashor	2	1	20	—	1 events WKDY – willow_springs-big_willowWKDY 20232023
Marko Ristic	4	0	76	1964_36greencompetition	2 events Laguna SecaUS GTC TOUR - Practice RacesSkin: 1964_362025 StardustUS GTC TOUR - Practice RacesSkin: greencompetition2025
Raffaele Izzo	3	0	79	1963_coventry_motorsport	2 events Main Event RaceUS GTC Tour at Willow Springs - Fun EventSkin: 1963_coventry_motorsport2025 Willow Springs - Big Willow Real – Saturday Practice RacesUS GTC Tour at Willow Springs - Fun EventSkin: 1963_coventry_motorsport2025
Stefan Roess	3	0	60	38_TerlinguaRacing_Deutschlandring	2 events Deutschlandring THR3rd THR Endurance - 4-Stunden-Rennen DeutschlandringSkin: 38_TerlinguaRacing_Deutschlandring2023 Deutschlandring THR3rd THR Endurance - 4-Stunden-Rennen Deutschlandring – Practice RacesSkin: 38_TerlinguaRacing_Deutschlandring2023
Angus Stewart	3	0	36	1963_30_fictive	2 events Laguna SecaUS GTC TOURSkin: 1963_30_fictive2025 StardustUS GTC TOUR - Practice RacesSkin: 1963_30_fictive2025
Raimo Pettersson	2	0	72	stuffedmagpieyellowcompetition1	2 events RiversideUS GTC TOURSkin: stuffedmagpie2025 Main Event RaceUS GTC Tour at Willow Springs - Fun EventSkin: yellowcompetition12025
Carlo Pedersoli	2	0	50	00_Carlo	2 events Fonteny 150 kmACL GTC 60s Championship IISkin: 00_Carlo2023 THR Tourist TrophyACL GTC 60s Championship IISkin: 00_Carlo2023
Axel	2	0	20	—	1 events WKDY – willow_springs-big_willow_realWKDY 20242024
Ingroover	2	0	20	—	1 events WKDY – willow_springs-big_willow_realWKDY 20242024
Kari Uotila	2	0	20	—	1 events WKDY – willow_springs-big_willowWKDY 20232023
Adam Jaeger	2	0	19	—	1 events WKDY – willow_springs-big_willowWKDY 20232023
Lukashencrow	2	0	10	—	1 events WKDY – sebring_60sWKDY 20232023
Daniel Taberner	1	0	47	taberner83	1 events Laguna SecaUS GTC TOURSkin: taberner832025
Arthur	1	0	43	1963_coventry_motorsport38_TerlinguaRacing_Deutschlandring	2 events 60s Watkins GlenACL GTC Championship ISkin: 1963_coventry_motorsport2021 Deutschlandring THR3rd THR Endurance - 4-Stunden-Rennen DeutschlandringSkin: 38_TerlinguaRacing_Deutschlandring2023
Kent LeFredge	1	0	40	5150_Hotwheels_Kentlefredge	1 events Main Event RaceUS GTC Tour at Willow Springs - Fun EventSkin: 5150_Hotwheels_Kentlefredge2025
Mark Johnson	1	0	40	blue_44	1 events Main Event RaceUS GTC Tour at Willow Springs - Fun EventSkin: blue_442025
Alex Plunkett	1	0	36	Plunkett_79	1 events Monaco 1966 family edition_[THR]ACL GTC Championship ISkin: Plunkett_792021
Seppo	1	0	32	stuffedmagpie5	1 events RiversideUS GTC TOURSkin: stuffedmagpie52025
Grzegorz M.	1	0	29	marshmallow	1 events 4thgpmexico 67ACL GTC Championship ISkin: marshmallow2022
Nat Stevenson	1	0	29	1973_feinstein_racing	1 events 4thgpmexico 67ACL GTC Championship ISkin: 1973_feinstein_racing2022
Vices	1	0	2	—	1 events WKDY – willow_springs-big_willowWKDY 20232023
Grantourer	0	0	0	—	—