We can guarantee that seeing Shelby Cobras tearing up the track and laying waste to Ferraris and Corvettes sold a lot of cars, and this is the tale of what is known as the winningest Cobra of all time ...

Monster motors were the order of the day in the late 1960s, and GM's 427 was a part of that class. The drawback to a big-block's burly output was, and still is, the increased weight of the engine.