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Cobra venom stuns Jaguars in Silverstone GTSCC thriller

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A venomous AC Cobra stunned Jaguar E-types in Saturday’s scintillating two-hour GT & Sports Car Cup season-opener that characterised the Historic Sports Car Club-run International Trophy retrospective on the Grand Prix circuits.

Chris Chiles fought the Jags of Richard Kent (ex-Dick Protheroe CUT 7) and John Pearson from the start, making the Cobra’s first stop from the lead. After 81-year-old father Chris Sr’s gallant mid-stint in the Ford V8-powered monster, Junior growled back towards them - now with Chris Ward and Gary Pearson up - and was staggered when both Coventry cats fell, to engine and brake issues respectively.

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