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Originally Posted by AL427SBF
It was a sucker bet from the git-go. The ferrari numbers were out, the cobra numbers weren't. ET on the cobra was known by the owner only. ET on the ferrari was already publicized be in the neighborhood of 11.2 with an experienced driver. The lawyer got taken by an expert, and quite frankly with lawyers fees being what they are, I couldn't be happier  |
Not true at all. As I posted before, up to the day before the race, Dan had finally run a best ET of 11.25 or so and that was the last and fastest of three practice runs, smoking the tires right through first on a semi-prepped track. At the time the Ferrari had run faster in practice and there was a real concern that it would be even quicker on the prepped track.
A decision was made to go with a fresh track prep for the race and the track manager warned that fresh prep on that track had a history of breaking drag cars, let alone the Cobra's IRS.
The other unknown was whether or not Dan would be able, under pressure, to pedal the brutal little Cobra hard enough to win, which meant launching and shifting aggressively enough, in the zone between blowing out the tires and breaking driveline parts.
I was there and trust me - it was never a done deal. Up to the actual race the pressure and tension was so thick you could literally feel it in the air.