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09-07-2011, 12:02 PM
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The 2012 Monterey Motorsports Reunion (http://autoblog.com/tag/monterey motorsports reunion) will certainly be a loud one. The featured marque will be the Shelby Cobra (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/08/22/2012-monterey-motorsports-reunion-to-feature-50th-anniversary-of/), which will celebrate 50 years of exciting existence. Ahead of next year's festivities, one man decided to get a taste of on-track action a bit early. That man is Jim Farley, and if his name sounds familiar, that's because his day job is Group Vice President, Global Marketing, Sales and Service (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/15/fords-jim-farley-reportedly-promoted-to-global-marketing-post/) at Ford Motor Company (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/).
A well-liked, well-known car guy, Farley got to push a U.S. Road Racing Championship Cobra around Laguna Seca during California's recent Monterey Historics weekend. The rare, open-top racer had a few cameras, a lap timer and a g-meter strapped to it, which is good news for the rest of us. The Cobra produces sounds that would make modern race cars shriek in terror, and Farley does a good job of pushing it around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Click past the jump (http://www.mnfords.com/2011/09/07/ford-marketing-vp-farley-pushes-real-shelby-cobra-around-laguna/#continued) to check it out.Continue reading Ford marketing VP Farley pushes real Shelby Cobra around Laguna Seca (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/09/07/ford-marketing-vp-farley-pushes-real-shelby-cobra-around-laguna/)
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The 2012 Monterey Motorsports Reunion (http://autoblog.com/tag/monterey motorsports reunion) will certainly be a loud one. The featured marque will be the Shelby Cobra (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/08/22/2012-monterey-motorsports-reunion-to-feature-50th-anniversary-of/), which will celebrate 50 years of exciting existence. Ahead of next year's festivities, one man decided to get a taste of on-track action a bit early. That man is Jim Farley, and if his name sounds familiar, that's because his day job is Group Vice President, Global Marketing, Sales and Service (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/15/fords-jim-farley-reportedly-promoted-to-global-marketing-post/) at Ford Motor Company (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/).
A well-liked, well-known car guy, Farley got to push a U.S. Road Racing Championship Cobra around Laguna Seca during California's recent Monterey Historics weekend. The rare, open-top racer had a few cameras, a lap timer and a g-meter strapped to it, which is good news for the rest of us. The Cobra produces sounds that would make modern race cars shriek in terror, and Farley does a good job of pushing it around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Click past the jump (http://www.mnfords.com/2011/09/07/ford-marketing-vp-farley-pushes-real-shelby-cobra-around-laguna/#continued) to check it out.Continue reading Ford marketing VP Farley pushes real Shelby Cobra around Laguna Seca (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/09/07/ford-marketing-vp-farley-pushes-real-shelby-cobra-around-laguna/)
Ford marketing VP Farley pushes real Shelby Cobra around Laguna Seca (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/09/07/ford-marketing-vp-farley-pushes-real-shelby-cobra-around-laguna/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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