Ironically, Ford representatives were making passes of the track earlier in the day in the new Cobra Jet Mustang that was unveiled at SEMA. The Prudhomme-Shelby car is built to surpass that Mustang and anything else that gets in its way, with a claimed quarter-mile time of less than 10 seconds.

The car shown had drag slicks and skinny front tires that might not have been too road-worthy in the street-legal part of those claims. But that likely won't matter too much to buyers of the beast, who certainly will plan to race it.

The sticker price is $149,995, or $99,995 if you provide the donor GT500. Only 100 of these cars will be made. Want to put in an order? Go to www.shelbyautos.com.