Live From the NMCA Milan Cobra Jet Shootout

[rocknrolla]

We are down to the finals in all three classes.



In the semi final round of 2.3 liter supercharger class, Don Fezell singled with a 9.37



In the other run, Evan Smith left on Carl Tasca to take the win with a 9.41.

[rocknrolla]

Finals in the 3 Cobra Jet classes are complete - good close racing in each


CIC Cobra Jet - Flat out and no break out
Charlie Downing in his K/S 4.6 modular Cobra Jet runs a 11.02 to win vs. Anthony Bongiovanni in his SS/CA Cobra Jet


2.3 Supercharger Cobra Jet - heads up
Evan Smith driving Anthony Bongiovanni's AA/SA Cobra Jet ran a stout 9.35 to hold off Don Fezel in his AA/S Cobra Jet that ran a 9.36. Good close racing!


4.0 Supercharger Cobra Jet - heads up
Blaine Ramey won with an 8.80 while Ben Cole left early and ran a 8.90.


Ford Racing's George Goddu congratulates Charlie Downing on his CIC Cobra Jet Showdown class win


Ford Racing's George Goddu congratulates Blaine Ramey on his 4.0L Supercharger class Cobra Jet Showdown class win


Ford Racing's George Goddu congratulates driver Evan Smith and car owner Anthony Bongiovanni on the 2.3L Supercharger class Cobra Jet Showdown class win

The winners of the 4.0 and 2.3 supercharger classes will return and run for the title of King Cobra Jet. They will be handicapped off their quickest run in eliminations. Also - the 2 quickest CJs - Carl Tasca and Randy Hopkins will run a match race during this final.


Stay tuned for more photos and videos to be posted later.

[davidhuff]

Thanks for the great reporting!

This is a great event of true performance based drag racing, thank you for your posts!

[rocknrolla]

To prepare for the 2.3L vs 4.0L supercharger showdown race, Evan Smith and the Bongiovanni crew cooled down the Cobra Jet modular engines with bags of ice and fans


Evan Smith topped Blaine Ramey in the 2.3L vs 4.0L supercharger showdown with a 9.34 et at 143.69 mph


In Saturday's Cobra Jet match race, #2 qualifier Randy Hopkins faced #1 qualifier Carl Tasca. Both cars launched hard but tasca went red and shut off at 600 feet. Hopkins took the win with a 8.37 et at 147 mph

[Jesse Kershaw]

Thank you to all the racers and fans that came out for this event. It went exceptionally well and couldn't have happened without them.

Car owners and Cobra Jet fans came from around the world. We had a gentleman from Australia there who owns a 2010 Cobra Jet.

It's been an exciting opportunity for me to work with the racers and sanctioning bodies to try and inject support and excitement into the sport. Sponsors are coming on, money is being spent, and promotions are helping them realize the potential there is in "stock" style racing.

In addition to our Cobra Jet supporters I want to thank Charlie Westcott Jr. for coming out and participating in a couple match races. It was great to see the cars line up.

[troublemaker427]

It was a great event. We had a blast watching the CJ cars. Congrats to Jesse and Ford Racing for putting together such an awesome group of cars. I hope you have plans to do it again next year with even more cars showing up.

My only complaint is you didn't have an event shirt with the cool event logo on it for sale!!!