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Ford Racing's much anticipated Cobra Jet appears at NHRA Winternationals.





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It is a day that will be long remembered as Ford Racing's latest project, Cobra Jet, took to the NHRA national event circuit for the first time. The 2008 Mustang Cobra Jet has been hyped for months, and now the racers got their first glimpse at the rear taillights during the 2009 NHRA season opener at Pomona.

The hype was flying as many long-time Stock Eliminators competitors cried foul over the severely underrated combination. Four cars were entered and the competitors claimed to be either in A/Stock or AA/Stock. Of the four racers, two ran stick-shifts and two were auto-equipped.

John Calvert qualified number two overall with a 10.08, qualifying is based on how much lower than the class index your car runs. The quickest Cobra Jet ran 10.04 and it was driven by Jim Waldo. His run was good for 56th in the field. The final two entries belonged to Gary Stinett (10.18 and 10th qualifier) and Jimmy Ronzello (10.07 and 61st qualifier).

I owe a big thanks to Rob Kinnan of Hot Rod Magazine for hooking me up with a photo. He was on hand covering the Cobra Jet action for Hot Rod and the mag even fielded a car of its own.


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6 of them..WOW...to bad nationals got rained out...
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6 of them..WOW...to bad nationals got rained out...
I thought the post said "4"?
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Oh yeah, they must be "underrated". They were running low 10's? Wow, that's alot faster than I anticipated.
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I thought the post said "4"?
4 actually entered ,don't know why the other's didn't.
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4 actually entered ,don't know why the other's didn't.
Cool! Good find, George!
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John Calvert Brent Hajek Cobra Jet Stock Qualifying R1 NHRA Pomona Winters



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Awesome video, that Hajek Cobra in the first video had a killer launch. Do you know what time it ran?
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Whoa baby!!


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Awesome video, that Hajek Cobra in the first video had a killer launch. Do you know what time it ran?
I believe it was about a 10:41 . The top CJ's were 10.04's . They are definitely leaving well.
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The Cobra Jet won stock eliminator at the NHRA Winternationals in Pomona! John Calvert A/S 10.136 for the win. Now that's startin' to cook!




"One of the highlights of the 2009 Winternationals was the competition debut of the Ford Mustang Cobra Jet package cars, which were designed specifically for NHRA racing. Four of the new Fords debuted in Pomona, all of which were owned by noted collector Brent Hajek. In a scene reminiscent of the debut of the original Cobra Jet Mustangs in 1968 (when Al Joniec captured the Pomona title) former national champion John Calvert wheeled the new A/Stock entry to a final-round victory against Division 6 racer Tom Gaynor, who fouled."

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Nice update Dan , Thanks !
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Me thinks that with a little work/tweaking that these will be low 9/high 8 cars.
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Me thinks that with a little work/tweaking that these will be low 9/high 8 cars.
High to mid 9's but not low 9's to 8's. IMO
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High to mid 9's but not low 9's to 8's. IMO
+1 ...the TVS is good, but not 1000HP-good. Maybe with a 3.0TVS (which doesn't exist -lol)?
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Here's a couple of other CJ vids that might be of interest...

Brian Wolfe with Brent Hajek commenting on the program and first CJ runs

Calvert Racing CJ test launches
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