The Serengeti Vintage Cup races were held September 9th and 10th, 1989, at Watkins Glen.  I drove the Hertz car to this not to be missed event.  I got to the track, parked the car and forgot I drove it.  The focus was not on Shelby Mustangs, it was most definatly on the exotic mid-sixties automoile built by Ford that would end up blowing away the competition.  I was so mezmerized by the cars in attendance that I shot seven rolls of film in two days.  It was two days of nirvana.  Even to this day I can't get over the experiance of getting that close to all the GT40s.  They were everywhere through out the paddock and garages.  Everywhere you looked you would see another GT40 (Mark I, Mark II, and Mark III) or Mark IV.  They were all there and they were well turned out.  While all the cars at the reunion were impressive, a few cars stood out.  One in particular was Bib Stilwell's P/1061 which was fast and the class of the Mark I field.

This entry list was published in the official GT40 25th Anniversary program for the Serengeti Vintage Cup race.  There were a few errors in the list as is to be expected and which have been corrected (see comments colum).  The list data presented here has been checked against the 2008 SAAC World Registry of Cobras and GT40s.

Many thank to Greg Kolasa, SAAC GT40 Registar, for comfirming the identity of many of these.

Click on the underlined serial number for a photo of the indvidual cars.

 

Car No.

Model

Group

Driver

Color

Chassis No.

Comments

03

Prototype

5B

William Wonder

Maroon

GT/103

First GT40 to win a race (1965 Daytona 24 Hours) for Ford and Shelby American.

86

Prototype

Ex

Richard Cohen

White/Blue

GT/105

First GT40 to fitted with a 289 engine and then later a ZF transaxle.

08

Prototype

5B

Tom Congleton

White

GT/108

Prototype race car roadster.

49

Mk II

5A

Stanley Ross

Silver

P/1012

An original Shelby American MK II.   Back up car at 1966 LeMans.  Program lists as being painted blue.

1

Mk II

Ex

Gary Nufer

White/Blue

P/1015

1966 LeMans 2nd place with Ken Miles and Dennis Hulme.

18

Mk II

5A

Jacky Ickx

Blue

P/1016

1966 LeMans 3rd place with Ronnie Bucknum and Dick Hutcherson.


Mk I

Ex

Paul Reisman


P/1019

Production racing coupe.

9

Mk I

Ex

William Strakosch

Green

P/1021

Production racing coupe.

40

Mk I

5B

David Cohen

Red

P/1024

Production racing coupe.

60

Mk I

5B

Gene Schiavone

White

P/1026

Production racing coupe.

27

Mk I

5B

Jim Ladwig

Orange/Black

P/1027

Production racing coupe.

23

Mk I

5B

Thomas Armstrong

Red

P/1033

Production road coupe.


Mk I

GT

James Jaeger

Blue

P/1036

Production racing coupe.

2

Mk II

Display

George Stauffer

Black

P/1046

1966 LeMans 1st place, restoration underway.

11

Mk I

Ex

Miles Collier

Blue

P/1049

Production road coupe.  Ex Grady Davis, Gulf Oil Team car.

4

Mk I

Ex

James Kinsler

Red

P/1050

Production road coupe.

9

Mk I

5B

Chris MacAlister

Dark Blue/Orange

P/1051

Production road coupe.

54

Mk I

GT

Fran Kress

Blue

P/1054

Production road coupe.


Mk I

GT

Robert Ash

Red

P/1057

Production road coupe.

22

Mk I

Ex

Harvey Siegel

White

P/1058

Production road coupe.  Program lists as a MK II.

61

Mk I

5B

Brett MacKinnon

Yellow

P/1060

Production road coupe.

16

Mk I

5B

Bib Stillwell

Green

P/1061

Production road coupe.

72

Mk I

Ex

John Smolen

Green

P/1072

Production road coupe.

10

Mk I

Ex

Jamey Mazzotta

Blue

P/1074

Origanally built as Mirage M1/M10003.  JWA/Gulf Oil Team car.

6

Mk I

Ex

Brian Redman

Blue

P/1075

JWA/Gulf OilTeam car.  1968 and 1969 LeMans 1st place.

7

Mk I

5B

Marty Yacobian

Blue/Orange

P/1076

Production racing coupe.  JWA/Gulf Oil team car.

41

Mk I

5B

George Stauffer

Red

P/1083

Production racing coupe.

4

Mk I

5B

Martin Colvill

Blue/Orange

P/1084

Production racing coupe.  JWA/Gulf Oil team car.


Mk I

Ex

Peter DeSilva

Blue

P/1086

Production racing coupe built up from a MK III tub.  Last production GT40 chassis number.

3

Mk IIA

5A

Larry Parker

Red

XGT-3

3rd and last Alan Mann light weight MK II chassis.  Never raced by the factory.


Mk I

GT

Jack Launtz

Blue

AM-GT2

2nd of 5 light weight chassis built for Alan Mann Racing.  Ex Paul Hawkins.

14

Mirage

Ex

William Kontes

Blue/Orange

M1/M10001

Only surviving Mirage M1 in it's original configuration.

1

Mk IV

Ex

Nick Soprano

Yellow

J-3

Origionally build as a J-car, it was converted to MK IV specs and used for testing.  Never raced.

1

Mk IV

Ex

George Stauffer

Yellow

J-4

Origionally build as a J-car, J-4 was tested in Ford's wind tunnel to come up with the final shape of the MK IV.

1

Mk IV

5A

Stirling Moss

Red

J-6

Program lists as J-5.  4th place at LeMans in 1967.

1

Mk IV

Ex

George Gillett

Red

J-11

Built up from a spare MK IV chassis.  Completed by Brian Angliss/Autocraft, LTD.


Mk IV

GT

Rod Leach

White

J-12

Built up from a spare MK IV chassis.  Completed by Brian Angliss/Autocraft, LTD.


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