Derek Bell -- '65
Cobra Daytona Coupe / Mac Archer -- '65 427 Cobra
On the last lap Mac catches Bell.
For a brief, very dramatic moment, the cars were side-by-side; then Bell
squirted down the corkscrew ahead.
I thought Bell had second place secured
(Walton was way ahead in his yellow Ferrari 250LM), but Mac stayed
close to the blue coupe on the downhill side of the course, then
pulled up even braking for Turn 11. The two cars slid around
the corner, then powered up the last straight. Mac's 7000cc's
of big block Ford power were just enough to nose the red car past the blue
car at the finish line. |