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Carroll Hall Shelby (January 11, 1923 – May 10, 2012) was an American automotive designer, racing driver, and entrepreneur. Shelby is best known for his involvement with the AC Cobra and Mustang for Ford Motor Company, which he modified during the late 1960s and early 2000s.
May 14, 2022 · Carroll Shelby was an accomplished car driver, but a heart condition took him out of the driver's seat, so he built race cars instead — including the Shelby Cobra. Played by Matt Damon in "Ford v Ferrari," Carroll Shelby built the iconic Ford Mustang GT40 that dethroned Ferrari at Le Mans.
May 11, 2012 · Carroll Shelby is one of the unquestioned icons of the automotive age. The big Texan's story is uniquely American and unparalleled in its scope. And his legacy, warts and all,...
Carroll Shelby, one of America’s greatest automotive icons, once said that if he had been better at raising chickens, he never would have resorted to plan B: building and racing cars. His back-up plan brought excitement to motorsports and the excitement of motorsports to American highways.
May 11, 2012 · Carroll Shelby, a Texas chicken farmer turned hot-rodder who went on to build innovative sports cars like the Cobra that challenged Europe’s longtime dominance of road racing as well as...
May 11, 2012 · DALLAS — Decades after a heart condition forced him to retire from racing, Carroll Shelby still loved to drive muscle cars. Well into his 80s, the legendary car designer spent hours testing his...
May 11, 2012 · The automotive world’s most famous failed chicken farmer, Carroll Shelby, died Thursday, May 10, at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, 110 miles due west of tiny Leesburg, Texas, where he was born on...
May 11, 2012 · Carroll Shelby was a race car driver; he was a racing team owner, a chili entrepreneur. He survived a liver transplant and a heart transplant. But perhaps the thing that most...
Carroll Shelby: International Motorsports Hall of Fame Member Class of 1991. Carroll Hall Shelby left his legacy in the automotive industry as an entrepreneur and designer. Shelby is best known for his involvement with the AC Cobra in the creation and modifications of the popular Ford Mustang.
The year of his Hall of Fame induction, 1992, Carroll Shelby celebrated his 40th year in American motorsports, having been a major player in the game for nearly that long.
