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Hi David. Thanks very much. He and I do know each other really, really well. We're unfailingly honest with each other, and also have a ton of friends in common. I absolutely would agree re that risk if this were a different situation, but it's like you racing against someone who is virtually your best friend.
So you ask, why would he make this bet? I think he believed at the time he could win. He owned a 430 (wrecked it) and feels like the Cobra is faster. Some of that is just the incredible feel I'm sure you get in a Cobra accelerating and at speed in an open cockpit. But he just didn't know anything about the 458 at the time, and how much better on every level it is than the 430. Now he's stuck and can't back down.
-Tom
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