Carroll Shelby had taken a major corporate embarrassment and turned it into a world-class racing effort. "You will never see another program [like the one Ford created to win Le Mans]. Henry got ...

American company Shelby Automobiles celebrates the 50th anniversary of Carroll Shelby’s victory at Le Mans, a moment which they now call "the birth of a racing legend’s dynasty". To rise up to ...

Carroll Shelby, the son of a mail carrier in rural ... and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans," played a key role the sold-out screening of the documentary film "The 24 Hour War" in ...

But it didn't start as a collaboration between Ford and Carroll Shelby—that happened ... The 24 Hours of Le Mans being just weeks away, the cars were pushed into track tests just days after ...

Ferrari (known in some territories as Le Mans ... in Le Mans, France in 1966. In the movie, Christian Bale plays race driver Ken Miles, while Matt Damon portrays automobile designer Carroll ...

Shelby-tuned or produced vehicles like most of the Mustang-based GT350s, GT500s or Cobra are generally epic, but these fives ...

The focus would be the big three: the Daytona Continental 2,000 Kilometers in February, the 12 Hours of Sebring in March, and Le Mans in June. (Photo top: Carroll Shelby, center, with drivers Ken ...

The Shelby Automobiles assembly center in California plans to turn out 1500 V-8 Dakotas annually; the first pro­duction ...

This example (CSX2136) is the first of six Le Mans production-spec cars built by Shelby American. It is complete with a 4.7-liter (289-cu.in.) Ford V-8, FIA hood scoop, 37-gallon fuel tank, flared ...

Ford got a message from a veteran who had a few very special rolls of cellulose acetate in his possession: Amateur footage from the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans ... and how Carroll Shelby was ...

Ferrari left Le Mans endurance racing and did not return until 2023. Carroll Shelby had formed a strong relationship with Ford. In the mid-1960s, Shelby Mustang GT350s transformed what was ...