May 26, 1963 Pensacola Florida - Dave MacDonald and the Shelby American team at the USRRC. Ken Miles (97) on the pole,
Holbert (96) in the middle and MacDonald (98) on the outside for a Cobra front row sweep. Bob Johnson in an independant Cobra
is behind them accompanied by a slew of Ferrari's, Stingray's and Jags.

Lap 15 and Dave MacDonald's Cobra is running 2nd behind teammate Bob Holbert. The Cobra that Dave ran here at Pensacola is
Cobra CSX2128, the same car that appeared on the cover of the Rip Chords album in the 1960's. The album contained the hit song
"Hey Little Cobra", which was written by Carol Connors. Two little known facts. The Rip Chords were not actually a "real" group. All
songs on the album were performed through a colaborativly effort by the Beach Boys and Jan & Dean. "Hey Little Cobra" lyricist
Carol Connors' real name was Annette Kleinbard.

Ken Miles after an early off road excursion has his Cobra Roadster back in 3rd ahead of Mike Gammino's Ferrari 250 GTO

Jack Ryan's Porsche leads Ed Rahal's Jaguar through a turn

Holbert out in front of Roger Penske's Ferrari 250 GTO. Penske would go on to win the race with Gammino 2nd and Ed Cantrell 3rd
for a Ferrari sweep. MacDonald, Holbert, Miles & Johnson all dnf'd with various mechanical failures. Bad day in Cobraland

Articles recapping the May 26, 1963 USRRC at Pensacola

The mighty Cobra Roadster knocked Ferrari off its perch and wound up winning the 1963 USRRC Championship! Photo Pete Brock

2011 Shelby Hauler with Dave's image on the side. Hauler travels the country transporting various Shelby vehicles to auto shows

The MacDonald family at the Pomona Fairgrounds for the Shelby-Ford-Cobra 50yr Anniversary Reunion in 2012