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800 Horsepower Shelby GT500 Super Snake Prudhomme Edition Unveiled Page 2

 
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Shelby Prudhomme

By the mid-1960s, Carroll Shelby and Don Prudhomme were both at the top of their respective games. Prudhomme was one of the winningest Top Fuel drag racers in the country. Shelby was a racer-turned-builder of Cobras, GT40s and Mustangs who won endurance and road racing championships worldwide. His company even offered drag racing packages for privateers to compete in their Cobra or Shelby Mustang on the strip.

"The Snake" and the Cobra's creator teamed in 1968 for an NHRA ride. Prudhomme's Ford Cammer-powered rail made its debut as "Shelby's Super Snake at the 1968 Winternationals. He won the race and drove the rest of the season under the Shelby banner.

Don "The Snake" Prudhomme's successful racing career included winning the NHRA funny car championship four times. He was the first funny car driver to exceed 250 mph. In 1994, he began managing his own racing team, which won the Top Fuel championship in 2002 and 2003. Prudhomme was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1991 and the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2000.

"It's been a great opportunity to work with Carroll and the Shelby Autos team on this amazing program," added Prudhomme. "I'm honored that Carroll gave me this honor to build a car that's true to his legacy and my efforts to move them across the finish line first. The car can be tuned to deliver over 800 horsepower on race gas, which should pretty fast. It's a well sorted out package that is capable of dusting the competition in the Shelby way."

The Prudhomme Edition Shelby GT500 Super Snake is intended to be truly a road and track car.

"The thing I really think is cool about this car is that you can drive it both on the track and on the street," added Prudhomme. "It reminds me of how drag racing used to be back in the day when we would drive our cars to the drag strip, race them, and drive them home at the end of the day. That's maybe the neatest thing about this car."






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  1. By  Jonathan McGrew Posted: 2/6/2009 8:27am PST

    "Can't beat 800hp"

    I love that Carol can pull these bits of the past out and reinvent them into a modern piece of society that will be sought after. V8 with a supercharger, if I could I would have one in my garage.
     
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  2. By  jim k Posted: 2/6/2009 9:00pm PST

    "Nothing to laugh about"

    At first glance I loved it. On closer inspection maybe bit to cartoonish. I reconsidered my first impression - they really went to a new level with that intake and that grille...and that's when I realized they hit the styling bulls eye. It captures and blends the 60's era of Funny Car design oh so perfectly. It really is a bit funny looking! But in a way only a racer could love? I bet the exhaust note will put a smile on your face a quarter mile wide:-)
     
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  3. By Anthony Posted: 9/28/2009 12:38pm PDT

    If this is an 800hp. y is an 600 and some hp car beating the shit out of it?
     
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  4. By  jon Posted: 10/8/2009 11:44am PDT

    nice mustang
     
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