Funny, some history books document that Mann (a Brit) didn't want the American drivers sent by SAI to europe winning or finishing ahead of the Englishmen in Europe during 1965 when Mann helped out in europe.
Looks like Henry II's partiality to wanting lhis own countrymen to finish ahead of others wasn't confined to Henry II. Hmmmm.
In the end, while there were some less then stellar finishes for the Shelby American drivers in 1965 fact is in the end, overall they won the World Manufacturer's Title and fact is Shelby and SAI correctly and rightfully get the headline billing at the end of the Cobra story as the legend in the "Cobra" saga. Brits get second billing with AC ending up a footnote in automotive history.
Oops. What now.
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