Long before the name Shelby was on everyone’s lips and plastered on Mustangs and race cars, it belonged to a lanky, stubborn Texan. Carroll Shelby did not grow up with a golden spoon, nor was he ...

Carroll Shelby, the legendary car designer and champion auto racer who built the fabled Shelby Cobra sports car and injected testosterone into Ford's Mustang and Chrysler's Viper, has died. He was 89.

Apart from the racing versions of the Cobra, the Daytona, and the Le Mans-winning Ford GT40, Carroll Shelby and his Venice crew also developed another fascinating track weapon that few still remember.

If you were to ask a car person between the mid-1960s to the present day, "What do you associate with the Shelby name?" you'll generally get one of three answers. The first deals with the man who won ...

On January 27, 1965, Carroll Shelby, the legendary racer and designer, launched the first Shelby GT350 based off of 1965 Ford Mustang fastbacks, and named after the designer and World War II aircraft.

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