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Old 03-27-2012, 08:00 PM
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I found this site that appears to have the races, dates and results. It looks like Daytonas won most of the points, with 289 roadsters scoring some, too. But I'll be damned if I can figure out just what the definitive list of events and countries should be. Can anyone else make heads or tails out of this?

World Championship 1965

It looks like if we limit the list to races where the Daytonas finished highest, we get:
Daytona, USA
Sebring, USA
Monza, Italy
Spa, Belguim
Nurburgring, Germany
LeMans, France
Reims, France
Pergusa, Italy

Maybe we should use the Daytona-only list just through Reims, since that was when they reportedly had enough points to ensure the win. Not sure why SA entered a Daytona in the next race - maybe just to ensure the win after what happened in '64?

If we include all the races where Cobras, both 289 roadster and Daytona, scored points, we get:
Daytona, USA
Sebring, USA
Monza, Italy
Oulton Park, England
Spa, Belguim
Nurburgring, Germany
Rossfeld, Germany (Hillclimb)
LeMans, France
Reims, France
Pergusa, Italy
Ollon Villars, Switzerland (Hillclimb)
Bridgehampton, USA

I suppose there's some merit to the above post about using a Daytona on the front of the shirt if we only include the races where it competed.

Then again, we could use a 289 roadster and still be technically accurate. The roadsters did score some points, and the championship went to Shelby-American, not to just the Coupes.

I don't want to get too caught up in all this, but I really like the idea of a list of the races for the championship, and we should at least get the list right.
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