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Cobra Ned

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The 2019 Tour Auto was not kind to CSX 2349
« on: May 04, 2019, 09:47:59 PM »
CSX 2349 had a difficult day on the 2019 Tour Auto. It arrived at a righd-hand corner too quickly, was unable to make the turn, and skidded off the road, landing in a tree some 25 feet off the ground. It was said both passengers were OK.

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Re: The 2019 Tour Auto was not kind to CSX 2349
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2019, 10:38:29 PM »
Holy Cow - good occupants are OK, hopefully the car will be put back as it was.

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Re: The 2019 Tour Auto was not kind to CSX 2349
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2019, 11:58:13 AM »
The end of this video 5'10" to 5'13"  :'(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlrK-BPOEV8

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Re: The 2019 Tour Auto was not kind to CSX 2349
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2019, 01:27:57 PM »
It hurt me to watch the end of the video, but thanks for posting it.

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Re: The 2019 Tour Auto was not kind to CSX 2349
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2019, 01:36:42 PM »

That was painful to watch. I imagine retrieving 2349 from the trees was quite a job, glad no-one was injured.

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Re: The 2019 Tour Auto was not kind to CSX 2349
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2019, 01:54:44 PM »
Yikes!!
I was pushing on my imaginary brake pedal, watching that!
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Re: The 2019 Tour Auto was not kind to CSX 2349
« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2019, 12:20:30 AM »
Glad everybody was ok! Huge respect for the driver for driving the way as intended. The king would be proud! I’d rather see someone push the car too much vs keeping it as a garage queen never to see the light of day

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Re: The 2019 Tour Auto was not kind to CSX 2349
« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2019, 05:00:20 AM »
I was surprised to see just how many authentic Cobra's are actually being raced in that video.
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Re: The 2019 Tour Auto was not kind to CSX 2349
« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2019, 10:02:36 AM »
I was surprised to see just how many authentic Cobra's are actually being raced in that video.

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Re: The 2019 Tour Auto was not kind to CSX 2349
« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2019, 10:48:32 AM »
Hmmm, I wonder how many were original Cobras and how many were Kobras built just to race?

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Re: The 2019 Tour Auto was not kind to CSX 2349
« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2019, 11:04:51 AM »
I was surprised to see just how many authentic Cobra's are actually being raced in that video.

On the 2019 Auto Tour, six Shelby cobra 289 (from 1963, 1964 and 1965) competed in the competition  ;)

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Re: The 2019 Tour Auto was not kind to CSX 2349
« Reply #11 on: May 06, 2019, 01:26:09 PM »
Holy Cow - good occupants are OK, hopefully the car will be put back as it was.

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+1, but still "Ouch".
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