The last time the team won the race overall, in 1959, Carroll Shelby was driving. Now it’s bringing a new car, the futuristic ...

This example (CSX2136) is the first of six Le Mans production-spec cars built by Shelby American. It is complete with a ...

The automotive equivalent of Clark Kent and Superman, the original Ford Mustang and Shelby GT500 are both fundamentally the ...

Carroll Shelby's legacy includes the first Shelby Cobra and the Le Mans–winning Ford GT40 program, and that was just in the 1960s. Carroll Shelby Would Have Been 100 Today. Here’s a Look at ...

The GT40s continued winning, racking up Le Mans wins in 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1969. Enzo Ferrari was publicly humiliated at what was widely thought to be his racing venue. Ferrari left Le Mans ...

From a chicken farm to Le Mans, race cars to chain restaurants, Carroll Shelby did it all. Just imagine what he'd do with another 100 years of life.

At age 7, Carroll Shelby moved to Dallas. ... The race he is most famous for, the one he values the most, is Le Mans — a 24-hour race that is the true test of man and machine.

Since Carroll Shelby was busy kicking Ferrari's behind at Le Mans, he handed the 1967 GT350 and GT500 projects to chief engineer Chuck Cantwell, with specific instructions for the latter's powerplant.

The mid-Sixties Ford Thunderbird was a full-on luxury cruiser. It's about as far as you can get from a Shelby Cobra or even a Shelby Mustang. And yet this T-Bird served as Carroll Shelby's company ...

The updated GT40Mkii that raced at Le Mans the following year had a new 427 V8 capable of 550 horsepower, but that engine was detuned to 485 so it would last the entire 24 hours.