American racing driver and automotive designer (1923–2012)
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Carroll Shelby
Shelby in 2007
Born
Carroll Hall Shelby (1923-01-11)January 11, 1923 Leesburg, Texas, U.S.
Died
May 10, 2012(2012-05-10) (aged 89) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Formula One World Championship career
Active years
1958–1959
Teams
Aston Martin, non-works Maserati
Entries
8
Championships
0
Wins
0
Podiums
0
Career points
0
Pole positions
0
Fastest laps
0
First entry
1958 French Grand Prix
Last entry
1959 Italian Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years
1958–1959
Teams
David Brown Racing Dept
Best finish
1st (1959)
Class wins
1
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. He established Shelby American in 1962 to manufacture and market performance vehicles. His autobiography, The Carroll Shelby Story, was published in 1967.[1]
As a race car driver, his highlight was as a co-driver of the winning 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans entry driving an Aston Martin DBR1. He then went on to win the SCCA USAC Road Racing Sports Car Championship in 1960 driving a Maserati Tipo 61 "Birdcage" and a Chevrolet Scarab Mark II. As an automotive designer, he is known for developing the Ford GT40 along with racing legend Ken Miles, which won at Le Mans in 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969. As of 2024, it remains the only American built car ever to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. His and Miles's efforts at Le Mans were dramatized in the 2019 Oscar-winning film Ford v Ferrari.
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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...
Shelby American, Inc. is an American high performance automobile company founded by driver CarrollShelby. The Shelby American name has been used by several...
The CarrollShelby Story is a memoir by CarrollShelby published in 1967 by Pocket Books. The book is a revised and enlarged version of The Cobra Story...
styling modifications to a stock Mustang. By 1969 CarrollShelby was no longer involved in the Shelby GT program, and the design was done in-house by Ford...
The original project had six Shelby Daytona Coupes built for racing purposes between 1964 and 1965, as CarrollShelby was reassigned to the Ford GT40...
September 1961, American retired race car driver and automotive designer CarrollShelby wrote to AC asking if they would build him a car modified to accept...
The Shelby CSX (CarrollShelby eXperimental) was a limited-production high performance automobile based on the turbocharged intercooled Dodge Shadow and...
GT40 along with driver and designer CarrollShelby, which won at Le Mans in 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969. His and Shelby's efforts at Le Mans were dramatized...
Shelby Series 1 is a high-performance roadster designed by CarrollShelby and produced by Shelby American. It was powered by Oldsmobile's 4.0-litre L47...
The Shelby Lancer was a limited-production hatchback sports sedan based on the Dodge Lancer. Modified by CarrollShelby for 1987 and in Graphic Red only...
American and English engineers and designers, led by automotive designer CarrollShelby and his British driver, Ken Miles, who are hired by Henry Ford II and...
the 2005 film XXX: State of the Union AC Cobra CarrollShelby Ford Motor Company "AutoWeek selects Shelby Cobra Concept as Best in Show" (PDF). ShowTalk...
Built for racing designer CarrollShelby, it has a sleek and cobra-like gas tank that took Rick 70 hours to complete and Shelby cobra emblem sets. When...
Tomaso and CarrollShelby. Alejandro de Tomaso offered to help CarrollShelby to build a new Can-Am race car at the end of 1964 when Shelby found that...
The Shelby Dakota was a limited-production performance version of the Dodge Dakota Sport pickup truck. Offered by Shelby for 1989 only, it was his first...
part by American car designer and racing driver CarrollShelby and produced from 1964 until 1967. Shelby had carried out a similar V8 conversion on the...
O'Shea left. Shelby hired Brock as his first paid employee, running the CarrollShelby School of High Performance Driving. Brock worked at Shelby American...
become outdated and struggled for pace against its competitors, with CarrollShelby and Roy Salvadori qualifying 10th and 13th respectively out of 15. Salvadori...
legendary rivalry between Texas chicken farmer turned American car producer CarrollShelby and the Italian automotive entrepreneur Enzo Ferrari. The Snake and...
success in the sports drama Ford v Ferrari (2019), in which he portrayed CarrollShelby. He co-wrote, produced, and starred as Jean de Carrouges in the period...
2012 - Shelby SuperCars changes their name to SSC North America as a result of a settlement with CarrollShelby Licensing and CarrollShelby International...
chose this option.[citation needed] The biggest addition was the C/S (CarrollShelby) suspension package, available only as an option on the Turbo Z. This...
story of the development of the Ford GT40 mk I. The car was designed by CarrollShelby, Phil Remington, and race car driver Ken Miles. The Ford GT began life...
AC was approached by CarrollShelby to use a small block Ford Windsor V8 engine in the Ace chassis, producing the AC Cobra. Shelby needed a car that could...
what is considered their finest motorsports triumph. DBR1/2, driven by CarrollShelby and Salvadori, took victory at the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans. DBR1/4...
to CarrollShelby after the 1964 Nassau race. The cars were sent directly to Shelby, still bearing the dirt and damage from the Nassau race. Carroll Shelby...
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