Formula D Behind the Scenes: Round Six Las Vegas

Formula D Behind the Scenes: Round Six Las Vegas

Formula D Behind the Scenes: Round Six Las Vegas

By Justin Banner

Being able to come in on the Thursday of a Formula Drift weekend kind of gives you the ability to see things just before the track is actually set up. There is a lighter side that does come out just before these guys get serious and start trying to eliminate each other. Thursday is mostly a setup day, from setting up the exhibits for the vendors to the teams getting rigs, parts, and tools in order for the weekend.
 

Also, coming in a day early lets me go around the track and do some stuff that I wouldn’t be able to during the busy weekend.  Like take a look inside the Shelby Museum.
It’s also where stock Ford Mustangs transform into GT350s and GTSs.  The GT500 Mustang gets turned into the Super Snake, a supercar for the masses if there ever was one.
I could not get a factory tour, as you had to be there at 10:30am to take one, but I did tour the museum, which had various Shelby vehicles on display from the original GT40…
Wild looking built motors…
To the various Mustangs and AC Cobras that Carrol Shelby built in his career.  They even had the Chrysler cars that he had a hand in like the Dodge Omni GLH, Shelby Daytona, and even his own ground-up creation…
The Shelby Series 1!  A car I only got to see in pictures originally, I finally got to see in real life!
A stunning car in real life that really did capture the Cobra in a more modern package of its time.
Maybe one day, I will get to drive one, even if it is only the Kit Car version.
Yes, I do love the looks of this car!

 

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