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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 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, is...
May 14, 2022 · How Carroll Shelby Built America’s Most Iconic Muscle Car And Became A Racing Legend. By John Kuroski. Published May 14, 2022. Updated November 9, 2023. From raising chickens to racing Cobras, Carroll Shelby's high-octane life led him from East Texas to global fame.
Oct 19, 2011 · Carroll Shelby is a legend when it comes to winning big races and building first-class performance vehicles. In this 110th Anniversary of Ford Racing special video, he talks about winning...
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.
1 day ago · Carroll Shelby Timeline. Below are a few of the milestones achieved throughout Carroll Shelby’s life. January 11, 1923 – Leesburg, Texas. Carroll Hall Shelby is born to Warren Hall Shelby, a rural mail carrier, and Eloise Lawrence Shelby. November 1941 – Begins training at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio, TX.
May 11, 2012 · Before legendary car designer and champion auto racer Carroll Shelby died Thursday, he had been one of the nation's longest-living heart-transplant recipients.
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 · Given his long, storied involvement in motorsports and the performance automobile industry, any biography on Carroll Hall Shelby likely contains several dozen chapters. Sadly, the final chapter...
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 people will...
