1. He just turned 85 and still has a firm and influential grip on high performance car design.
2. He not only built fast, winning racing cars… he raced too and won in his own right.
3. He usually wears a black cowboy hat.
4. In addition to a multitude of fast cars that have his name, there is also his signature chili.
5. Summing up his consistently successful approach to creating winning racecars, he said:
“It’s a massive motor in a tiny, lightweight car. “
As cool as he is, I’m going to have to pass on the chili. That’s Carroll Shelby up in the photo above posing next to one of his winning Ford GT40 Mark IV’s from the 1960’s. I posted a little bit about that a few months ago. I wasn’t born yet, but the Ford team’s victories with Shelby’s direction and leadership are legendary. They were also instrumental in burning in me a passion for fast sports cars, racing, and winning against the odds.
More about Carroll Shelby here, here, and here (ignore the goofy soundtrack…)
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