Cobra Jets at the U.S. Nationals

[38P]

" [An] all-Cobra Jet powered Super Stock final on Labor Day and a victory in the Factory Stock Showdown on Friday for the third year in a row.

Nick Morris won the Super Stock U.S. Nationals in his 1998 Mustang powered by a 2010 Cobra Jet engine, defeating Gary Richards’ 2010 Cobra Jet when Richards red lighted on the start."

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"Of the 128 cars that qualified in the Stock and Super Stock classes at the U.S. Nationals, 14 of the top 37 were Cobra Jets. Eight of them took home class trophies, including:

Drew Skillman, 2012 Cobra Jet, AA/SA, Ray Skillman Ford, Axalta, Valvoline Max Life
Joe Shipp, 2012 Cobra Jet, AAA/SA, Ray Skillman Ford, Axalta, Valvoline Max Life
Charles Downing, 2010 Cobra Jet, G/S, Downing Farms
Brad Zaskowski, 2014 Cobra Jet, D/S, Downing Farms
Anthony Bongiovanni, 2008 Cobra Jet, SS/BA, Micro Strategies
Gary Richards, 2010 Cobra Jet, SS/EA, PC Richards and Sons Electronics
Randy Hopkins, 2014 Cobra Jet, SSA/A, Varsity Ford
Brett Candies, 2012 Cobra Jet, SS/BA, Candies Family Racing

In addition to Brett Candies’ win in SS/BA, P.B. Candies, the other son of legendary Nitro team owner Paul Candies, became the quickest Super Stock driver in history piloting his SS/AAA 2010 Cobra Jet to a blistering 7.859/170.02.

The Candies’ success at the U.S. Nationals follows their wins at last week’s NMCA Cobra Jet Showdown where P.B. won the Super Stock Class and Brett won the Index class."

http://racing.ford.com/series/drag-racing/news/articles/2014/08/cobra-jets-dominate-u-s--nationals.html

[RockJustRock]

And for those who get their news from somewhere other than the Ford Fanboy site on Monday the Stock ELIMINATOR title was contested between two COPO Camaros. Chrysler also used the event to reveal their Supercharged Hemi option for the 2015 Drag Pack Challenger. Not quite a total domination I'd say.

In other words Ford did basically just O.K. at the U.S. Nationals.

[RockJustRock]

In fact in any discussion of the new factory drag race cars it is important to remember Dodge re-invented the concept in 2006 when the new generation Challenger was still just a prototype and was the first to produce a run of vehicles in 2010. Although Chrysler may be late to the game with a killer supercharged package, Ford and Chevy were late to the game PERIOD, even after being given a 4 year warning.