[Art Hughes]

Interesting reading the whole thread. Didn't do that last time here.
I had posted earlier that I was trying to establish the exact year that Bob Johnson ran his Cobra road racer at a drag strip.
I will go with summer of 1961. If I am wrong, only option is 1962.
Fresh out of High School, Jan, 1960, went to work at a British car dealer. The head Tech/Service manager, Bernie Decker, was a long time friend of Johnson, and wrenched on his road race cars, which I believe was only on Bob's Formula BMC Junior. ( saw it on my first visit to Johnson'd shop, hanging on the wall) Don't remember if Decker wrenched on Johnson's Corvette.
Tom Gratoex (sp) was Johnsons Cobra wench, and also friends with my boss. I was young and dumb, and thought only drag racing was a real auto sport, and whined about it so often to Decker, that a Cobra at the drags would be a real hoot, so Decker made it happen. They put MG TC wire wheels and top on the Cobra. We went to West Salem, Ohio, Draway 42.
Can't remember any details about the races, why I don't know.
I tried several emails to the strip, and finally they answered that no records exsist from that time frame.
The day it was at the drag strip, still had the road race #33 on it's doors. That can be seen in the only picture I have of it, taken that day. Berine Decker died several years ago, so no help there, and Bob Johnson suffered a stroke, and is in a nursing home. Don't know his condition, except was told he is paralyzed on one sode.