...for my 1/18 scale Shelby Cobra replica in the model car contest!
Sorry, not for my Challenger.
A little background on the car:
I really like a company called Factory Five Racing. They make Shelby Cobra replicas. The owner, Dave Smith, raced one in 1997 in a nation wide kit car competition called "The Run and Gun". In a practice session, Dave flipped his car, but several hours later returned to the race after using duct tape, electrical tape, and mechanic's wire and other repairs where they won top honors as "King of the Hill" in the Run and Gun race. His # 51 Cobra race car was my inspiration to make a 1/18 scale diecast model.
He was slated to be at the World of Wheel last week so I wanted to see if I could get his autograph. There was also a model car contest so I thought since I had a model, I might enter it. My son Joshua was the one who really wanted me to do it as I didn't want to deal with the hassle of coming back to pick it up, admission back to the show, parking. The model car people gave me 2 free passes to get back in the car show.
I was surprised when I found out that I not only won 1 trophy, but 2 trophies, 1 for Best Diecast and 1 for Best of Show out of 78 cars! They liked mine because it was what they called a "documented replica". It was not only a model of a documented real car, but a of a real race car with racing history.
What made it all worth while was the smile it brought on my son's face-priceless.
Here are some pics of the actual car then the model:
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