While legendary designer Carroll Shelby is most closely linked with his work for Ford (especially the Mustang), Shelby did do some work for others as well.
Having done a good job with the Cobra, Ford contracted Shelby to develop their new top-flight racer. Named the GT40, a tuned 7.0-liter V8 was placed in the middle of the car to ensure it could ...
"I got drunker than s***." Those immortal words were imparted to me by the late Carroll Shelby when I asked him about the victory party after the Daytona Continental 2000 Kilometer sports-car race, ...
It was a historic night: the first victory for the Ford GT40, the Ford that beat Ferrari. It was the debut of the Shelby American Ford racing team. It was also the first time an American car had ...