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Old 10-30-2008, 09:37 AM
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Default Few Quibbles at First Read

Though at first glance it appears well researched, I spotted a couple errors.
The AC428 was called the AC428 not the "AC Frua" though Frua designed it and built the bodywork.
I doubt Ken Miles called the 427 prototype The Turd. That was the practice of the guys in the shop to knock everything that was coming along that was new, just as they called the Cobra Daytona prototype The Turd.
And again myseriously, this writer, who mis-spells the word "Challenger" brings back that pesky CSX0001 serial number for the first Cobra which Shelby says is CSX2000.
Finally the part about Shelby finishing the event in Nevada with the twin Paxton--I knew a guy who participated in these wing-dings and he told me personally that when Shelby blew up the twin Paxton and parked it by the side of the road, he was happy to hitch a ride in this guy's Lamborghini as he had important bidness in Elko.

Overall, though, it's good that NASCAR pays attention to the sporty car guys
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