Dave MacDonald: Cobra Man. the WILL to WIN

One of the most highly respected and well liked racing drivers, DaveMacDonald was born in El Monte, California. As a driver during theglory days of Corvette racing, MacDonald had a better win percentagethan any other Corvette racer. He was a fierce competitor which earnedhim the respect of everyone who drove against him. At the start of the1963 season, Carroll Shelby hired MacDonald away from Chevrolet todrive his Cobra Roadster. His first outing for Shelby American was atRiverside International Raceway where he drove a Cobra roadster inback-to-back victories. In the fall of 1963, MacDonald rose tonational prominence after driving a Shelby King Cobra to win the twobiggest and richest road races in the world, The Los Angeles TimesGrand Prix and the Monterey Pacific Grand Prix. Those were the firstwins for the Shelby King Cobra.On May 10, 1964, MacDonald won the United States Road RacingChampionship in Kent, Washington in a King Cobra . The victory puthim in a tie atop the USRRC Drivers' Championship standings with JimHall. This would be MacDonald's last race before his death three weekslater in the 1964 Indianapolis 500