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I to like the Jesus story. Trying to compare a Cobra to much more modern, well prepared track cars is kind of like comparing apples and hand grenades.
The apples, like the NSX, 360, Porsche or like cars have much more modern suspensions, are much easier to drive, and take a totally different technique. Properly set up with the right driver they are very quick. It also depends on the track design as to how quick compared to other cars.
The grenades, Cobras, are pure beast. With the 90" wheel base, generally older suspensions designs, and lack of modern design, (there are always exceptions), they are very hard to drive quickly. Those like Ken Miles, Dick Smith, Bondo, And Don Roberts have had the intestinal fortitude to do things with these cars that most would never concider trying. There are times and tracks where a modern car will beat a well prepared Cobra, but there are also times the a Cobra will hand a modern car it's lunch.
Whick is better, I don't know. The finese of the modern cars are fun but I really like having 500-600hp and matching torque in a car that you have to drive sideways through the turns to go really quickly. It's all for the fun anyway. The important part is to have fun and keep it off the walls.
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