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Originally Posted by Alfa02

Thank you 427SSSS, for bringing up the "Trolls" My story isn't maybe as neat as the Phil story. But years ago, I was 9yo, at Pacific Raceway's when a "Alan Green" Cheetah lost it's door, coming out turn 9. and landed in the pits, I ran to get it, and wouldn't hand it back to anyone but the (Driver) who turned out to be (Allen Grant). Fast forward some 30+years, and I'm at the Vintage Races (Pacific Raceways) and parked next to me, (A bigger motorhome then mine ) is all be damned Allen Grant. I asked him if he remembered that story, and he said, you're that kid !!! Now fast forward to today, Allen & I are close friends (So Trolls if I'm bragging TOO BAD,) and we see each other quite often, he still has a house in the PNW, To me he's #1-my good friend, 2-I guess some kind of Cobra Icon . There is more to the story, about me meeting my 2nd wife, at Allen pits that day, and us marrying some 25+years later Thank you for letting me share, Cheers Tom

Tom, great story! We (slightly) older Cobra enthusiasts are fortunate in that it wasn’t that long ago that, if you hung around the paddock at a vintage event or two, you could meet (and possibly befriend) someone who either worked at Shelby American in the heyday or was involved with a privateer Cobra effort. Sadly we seem to be at a tipping point right now with drivers and crew members from that era, where they’re starting to pass away. I’ve been very lucky the last 20 years to have attended enough vintage events to have met many of the folks I idolized growing up (those that survived what was often a lethal time to be racing, that is). I wonder how many people will be brought into the “club” from watching the Ford vs. Ferrari movie that hits theaters this week; I wish those folks had the opportunities I’ve had to meet the people portrayed in the film in the flesh.