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Carroll Hall Shelby (January 11, 1923 – May 10, 2012) was an American automotive designer, racing driver, and entrepreneur.. Best known as a designer for his involvement with the AC Cobra and Mustang for Ford Motor Company, he also developed the Ford GT40 with racing legend Ken Miles, the car that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1969.
Website, home to Bird Dog Foundation, includes National Retriever Museum, Field Trial Hall of Fame National Civil Rights Museum: Memphis: Shelby: West: History: Site of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., museum of the events and legacy of the civil right movement Newbern Depot & Railroad Museum: Newbern: Dyer: West: Railroad ...
The Carroll Shelby Story is a memoir by Carroll Shelby published in 1967 by Pocket Books. [1] The book is a revised and enlarged version of The Cobra Story , covering the Cobra's successes in 1965 and 1966, as well as including technical specifications for the 289 and 427 Cobras.
Automotive Legend and American Icon Carroll Shelby Inducted into SCCA Hall of Fame LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Carroll Shelby, founder of the Carroll Shelby Foundation, Carroll Shelby Licensing ...
Carroll Shelby Foundation Honors Founder's Birthday with $25,000 Donation to Children's Organ Transplant Association GARDENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In honor of the late Carroll Shelby's ...
The museum was founded by real estate developer Mel Martin to showcase his collection of vintage vehicles and automobile related memorabilia. He helped his family to make their house payments by selling newspapers. The family moved to Mayer, Arizona, a mining town, where his great uncle John Martin lived. Martin's father purchased a service ...
When Shelby and O'Shea got into a disagreement about who would work for who, O'Shea left. Shelby hired Brock as his first paid employee, running the Carroll Shelby School of High Performance Driving. [2] Brock worked at Shelby American until the end of the 1965 season on the Shelby American brand, creating the logos, merchandise, ads, and car ...
When Reventlow was closing his shop, Carroll Shelby hired Remington as his chief engineer in Shelby's new shop on the same street. Shelby said his competition success was due to Remington. When Shelby American was split up, Remington remained with the Shelby Racing Components company in Torrance.