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 |
First GT40 to fitted with a 289 engine and then later a ZF transaxle. |
|
08 |
Prototype |
5B |
Tom Congleton |
White |
Prototype race car roadster. |
|
49 |
Mk II |
5A |
Stanley Ross |
Silver |
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 |
1966 LeMans 2nd place with Ken Miles and Dennis Hulme. |
|
18 |
Mk II |
5A |
Jacky Ickx |
Blue |
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 |
Production racing coupe. |
|
40 |
Mk I |
5B |
David Cohen |
Red |
Production racing coupe. |
|
60 |
Mk I |
5B |
Gene Schiavone |
White |
Production racing coupe. |
|
27 |
Mk I |
5B |
Jim Ladwig |
Orange/Black |
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 |
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 |
Production road coupe. |
|
54 |
Mk I |
GT |
Fran Kress |
Blue |
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 |
Production road coupe. |
|
16 |
Mk I |
5B |
Bib Stillwell |
Green |
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 |
Production racing coupe. JWA/Gulf Oil team car. |
|
41 |
Mk I |
5B |
George Stauffer |
Red |
Production racing coupe. |
|
4 |
Mk I |
5B |
Martin Colvill |
Blue/Orange |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Program lists as J-5. 4th place at LeMans in 1967. |
|
1 |
Mk IV |
Ex |
George Gillett |
Red |
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. |