[TERRY M KRYSTOFIAK]

THE AFTER MARKET COBRAS TAKE AIM AT SC DASHES, ROLL BAR AND SIDE PIPES. THE FACT IS ALMOST ALL 427'S WERE STREET CARS WITH NO ROLL BARS AND SIDE PIPES, ALSO NOT ALL "427'S" LEFT SHELBY AMERICAN WITH 427 ENGINES...ALOT OF 428'S. SMALL BLOCK CSX2000 SERIES WHEN EQUIPED WITH A ROLL BAR HAD THE BRACE ACROSS THE PASSENGER SEAT. THE CANNONBALL PICTURE WAS A CLASSIC...BUT NOT MANY KNOW THAT RICK KOPEC HEAD OF THE NATIONAL SAAC CLUB RAN THE "RACE" IN A BORROWED GT350. HE RECOUNTED THE ADVENTURE IN AN OLD SHELBY AMERICAN MARQUE. A FRIEND MARTY LANGTOM AND HIS WIFE RAN ALSO, AND TO THIS DAY STILL SHARE A LAUGH OR TWO. MARTY ALSO HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST TO ROLL HIS CSX COBRA AT THUNDERHILL TURN 5, THEREBY PROMPTING A NOR CAL TECH REQUIREMENT ROLL BAR FOR OPEN CARS AT NOR-CAL EVENTS.