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Welcome to Carroll Shelby
There are few names in the motoring world that compare with that of Carroll Shelby. Racer, designer and entrepreneur he’s…
Carroll Shelby
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Carroll Shelby: The lost interview
Taken from Motor Sport, September 2024 Chatter, the clatter of plates and children screaming doesn’t amount to the ideal soundtrack…
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Carroll Shelby’s Racing Origins: From MG TC to Aston Martin Glory
Taken From Motor Sport online, January 2023 Carroll Shelby was coming up 30 and married with three children when in…
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'It was our last shot': how Aston Martin snatched its only Le Mans win
Taken from Motor Sport online June 2023 Aston Martin is Great Britain’s most redoubtable and successful marque at the Le…
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Before the Cobra: Carroll Shelby’s first driving school
Taken from Motor Sport online, October 2021 The iconic Shelby Cobra was launched 60 years ago and there’s no shortage…
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Cobra Origins: How Carroll Shelby and AC Cars Created a Legend
Taken from Motor Sport, October 2012 Even now, few cars exercise such huge gravitational pull as a Cobra. This Anglo-American…
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Racing Snakes: The Cobra That Captivated the World
1963 Le Mans Cobra For the Cobra’s Le Mans debut, the works AC roadster was one of two 289s given an…
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Behind the Wheel of the Cobra: From Rough Hybrid to Ferrari-Beater
Taken from Motor Sport, June 2019 So many stories, so few of them good. I’ve had countless conversations with people…
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Bob Bondurant: The Cobra Driver Who Beat Ferrari
Taken from Motor Sport, January 2013 This man is not a superstar. He is not a household name in Europe.…
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Superformance Le Mans Coupé: Thunderous Shelby Daytona Cobra Tribute
Taken from Motor Sport, December 2004 It’s 6am. It’s dark. It’s cold — and yesterday’s briefing is momentarily forgotten. Where’s…
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Ford GT40 at Le Mans: How a Bitter Failure Inspired an Epic Victory
It started in 1964 and ended in 1969. Between these dates comes not quite the whole history of Ford at…
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Ford’s 7-Litre Powerhouse Tops Le Mans 1966, Beating Ferrari
Taken from Motor Sport, July 1966 Ford came to Le Mans in a much more organised manner than in the…
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The shape of things that must come...The Ford GT40 on the road
When Eric Broadley’s Lola coupé, with Ford V8 engine mounted amidships behind the cockpit; appeared at the 1963 Racing Car…
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Phil Remington: America’s greatest race car builder
Phil Remington was the Paul Bunyan – the US superhuman lumberjack folk hero – of American motor sports. During a…
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Shelby Mustang GT500: 662bhp muscle that beats McLaren and Ferrari"
The last time I saw Carroll Shelby was at the Los Angeles Auto Show in the autumn of 2011. He…
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Ken Miles’ racing journey: from SoCal specialist to Le Mans legend
It takes one to beat one: Enzo Ferrari was an ‘agitator’ of men’ and so, too, was Ken Miles. The controversial…
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Dodge Viper: the dangerous American supercar inspired by the Cobra
In many ways, the Dodge Viper was a gamble. It was way ahead of its time on the styling front,…
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Goodwood marks Carroll Shelby’s 100th with historic racer reunion
In 2023 Goodwood marked Shelby’s centenary with a gathering like no other. All images here are from that event. …
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1976 Long Beach historic GP: the greatest classic race
Most halfway serious race fans know that the inaugural Long Beach Grand Prix – technically the US Grand Prix West…
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Carroll Shelby’s Legacy: From Cobra Icons to the 2025 Super Snake
Carroll Shelby was both a man who knew what he wanted, and how to get it. Constantly driven to succeed…
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