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Carroll Hall Shelby was an American automotive designer, racing driver, and entrepreneur.
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business · American racing driver and automotive designer (1923–2012) · Formula One driver · car designer · racing automobile driver · businessperson · aircraft pilot · also Carroll Shelby, Carroll Hall Shelby, Shelby
Born 11 January 1923 · Died 10 May 2012 · Q354043
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“em... in an ugly factory. He said our executives are sons of whores. [Henry II approaches Iacocca] Henry Ford II: About me. Lee Iacocca: He called you fat, sir. Pigheaded. Henry Ford II: Go on. Lee Iacocca: He said you”
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“s the victim of a business feud”
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“winning the Twenty-four Hours was probably the greatest thrill I ever got out of racing. I can think of plenty of other races that carry their quota of thrills for the winner, but when you win this one, it kind of gives you license to go out and tell people you”
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The book was re-released by Graymalkin Media for the opening of Ford v Ferrari, a 2019 American sports drama film
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Died 2012-05-10.
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Shelby died on May 10, 2012, at the age of 89.
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Halicki won a case against Shelby, who was also selling "Eleanor" using the trademark name and copyrighted image
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Shelby began funding scholarships for the automotive program at Northeast Texas Community College, the local community college in his hometown of Leesburg, which renamed the program for him
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Shelby was awarded the 2008 Automotive Executive of the Year Award
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Designed after the Shelby G
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Shelby built his very first modern Masterpiece CSM:00001 V6 Shelby Mustang CS6 and #01 V8 to prove to Ford that he could still build high-performance cars
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Are identified with a seven-digit vehicle identification number (VIN) and were designated with a CSX5000 series serial number
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The Ford Shelby GR-1 concept car
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A new Ford Shelby Cobra Concept was shown off at U
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After a subsequent bankruptcy by Venture Corporation (unrelated to the acquisition of Shelby American), Carroll Shelby's new company, Shelby Automobiles, Inc
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Unique Performance, a company of Farmers Branch, Texas, purchased a license from Carroll Shelby Enterprises to place his name on a series of continuation vintage vehicles
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In an attempt to continue his single-make Can-Am series
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The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1992, the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1992, and the Diecast Hall of Fame in 2009
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Shelby received a heart transplant in 1990 and a kidney transplant in 1996.
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After 28 years of being single, Carroll married Cynthia Psaros, a former actress, beauty queen, and daughter of a retired US Marine colonel fighter pilot
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Chrysler bought Sunbeam and decided to use their own small-block engine in the vehicle
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Shelby marketed "Carroll Shelby's Pit-Stop
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Which included the death of driver Ken Miles in August
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The Mark II earned Ford the overall Constructors' title in the World Sportscar Championship with their 1-2-3 finish at Le Mans
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And 1966, as well as including technical specifications for the 289 and 427 Cobras
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Then the Shelby GT500, starting in 1967
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Shelby American Cobra won the International Championship for GT Manufacturers
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Shelby-American became more heavily involved in Ford's GT40 Sports Prototype racing program, which had experienced disappointing results
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The Rootes Group, manufacturer of Sunbeam automobiles, wanted Shelby to upgrade their Alpine sports car to a more powerful version, using the Ford small-block V-8 engine, as he had done with the AC Cobra
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In 1962, Shelby married Harrison, but the marriage was annulled the same year.
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Shelby established Shelby American to manufacture and market performance vehicles
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Shelby married Harrison, but the marriage was annulled the same year
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Shelby won 30 more races with the Ferrari, started driving for John Edgar, and opened Carroll Shelby Sports Cars in Dallas
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Winning about ten races and mounting a second-place showing at Sebring driving Allen Guiberson's Ferrari Monza
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Shelby raced Brown's Cad-Allard, then Roy Cherryhomes' Cad-Allard, winning eight or nine races
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Eight months before the attack on Pearl Harbor
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To Warren Hall Shelby, a rural mail carrier, and his wife, Eloise Shelby (born Lawrence), in Leesburg, Texas
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Born 1923-01-11.
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