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The Shelby Daytona Coupe (also referred to as the Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe, incorrectly) is an American sports-coupé. It is related to the Shelby Cobra roadster, loosely based on its chassis and drive-train developed and built as an advanced evolution.
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The Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupé was a result of incredible talent, dedication, experience and a tiny bit of luck. Read on to learn more about its incredible story.
The first and only American made car to win the World Manufacturer’s Championship for Grand Touring Racecars, the Daytona Coupe transformed American road racing. Originally referred to as the "Daytona Car," the coupe officially earned its name while being built for the Daytona race.
As the story goes, the truck carrying CSX2286, the one-off Daytona Coupe built special for the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans race, was involved in an accident on the way to the track. Carroll Shelby’s “secret weapon,” as the car would become known, was badly damaged and would not be able to race.
The Shelby Daytona Coupe is great simply because it was built out of the pure drive to win the FIA World Championship.
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During 1964 and 1965, CSX2299 had run in 10 of the 25 races that the Daytona Coupes participated in, more than any other example. It scored four GT class wins, plus three second places and two DNFs, setting lap records at five of its races.
The Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe’s extraordinary story includes beating Ferrari, bursting up in flames, and spending three decades in a storage unit.
After winning the 1963 British Saloon Car Championship for Willment in a Ford Galaxie, in 1964 he raced Willment’s Cobra, CSX2131, a.k.a. 39PH. To gain straight-line speed, that roadster had been fitted with a sweptback hardtop; the results may have prompted Willment to build a true coupe.