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Carrol Shelby is niet meer
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Carrol Shelby is niet meer
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News is just breaking that Carroll Shelby, one of the largest figures in American racing history and high performance American cars has died. We have heard for a couple of weeks that Shelby was in failing health, but it has now been confirmed that Shelby passed on Thursday night. He was 89 years old.
The Texan carved out an incredible legacy over the course of his near 90 years on Earth. From his time in the military as a pilot to his globe trotting career as a professional sports car and formula car racer, to his creation of the Shelby Cobra and relationships with the likes of Chrysler, Toyota, and of course Ford to develop performance cars. Books have literally been written on his contributions to the world of fast cars and they are far too numerous and significant to sum up in this small space, but suffice it to say that there has only been and there will only ever be one Carroll Shelby.
Here at BangShift we think that Shelby’s largest triumphs came after he stopped driving race cars for the likes of Aston Martin, Maserati, and a long list of wealthy car owners all over the world. He was a racer on the caliber of Sterling Moss, traded paint with Fangio on occasion, and was known the world over as a Texas chicken farmer who drove his way onto the grandest stages of racing in the world at that time.
We love the fact that the first impression he ever got of Enzo Ferrari was not all that good and although he was very friendly with Ferrari’s son Dino, it was always in the back of his head that he wanted to show the old man up. Shelby did so a couple of times, both with his Shelby Daytona coupe and most famously with the famed GT40s that Ford commissioned in the 1960s to bury Ferrari at LeMans. The GT40 program was started at the behest of Henry Ford II after Ferrari had humiliated Ford in a public fashion when they tried to buy his company. It took years of work and ultimately Shelby’s hard work, but the famous finish line photos were the kind of PR Ford could never have bought.
Like many larger than life men of his era, Shelby lived fast and somewhat loose. He was married many times, partied harder than 10 men and money came and went in large quantities, often quickly. He was the oldest living heart transplant survivor in the world and the fact that living the life he led, with all of the adventures, crashes, close calls, heart trouble, and high speed hi jinks still carried on for 89 years is a testament to how rugged Carroll Shelby was.
The man has his detractors as we all do, but today we choose to look at the good. Carroll Shelby, dead at 89 years old. We are all a bit lesser for it.
In mijn ogen is die man een icoon vwb auto tuning, yep zelfs Shelby Toyota's.
89, nie slecht, hoop het ooit te halen, bijna op de helft.
Carrol is nooit met pensioen gegaan...... ( wil ik overigens ooit wel...)
Rust in vrede beste Carrol.
News is just breaking that Carroll Shelby, one of the largest figures in American racing history and high performance American cars has died. We have heard for a couple of weeks that Shelby was in failing health, but it has now been confirmed that Shelby passed on Thursday night. He was 89 years old.
The Texan carved out an incredible legacy over the course of his near 90 years on Earth. From his time in the military as a pilot to his globe trotting career as a professional sports car and formula car racer, to his creation of the Shelby Cobra and relationships with the likes of Chrysler, Toyota, and of course Ford to develop performance cars. Books have literally been written on his contributions to the world of fast cars and they are far too numerous and significant to sum up in this small space, but suffice it to say that there has only been and there will only ever be one Carroll Shelby.
Here at BangShift we think that Shelby’s largest triumphs came after he stopped driving race cars for the likes of Aston Martin, Maserati, and a long list of wealthy car owners all over the world. He was a racer on the caliber of Sterling Moss, traded paint with Fangio on occasion, and was known the world over as a Texas chicken farmer who drove his way onto the grandest stages of racing in the world at that time.
We love the fact that the first impression he ever got of Enzo Ferrari was not all that good and although he was very friendly with Ferrari’s son Dino, it was always in the back of his head that he wanted to show the old man up. Shelby did so a couple of times, both with his Shelby Daytona coupe and most famously with the famed GT40s that Ford commissioned in the 1960s to bury Ferrari at LeMans. The GT40 program was started at the behest of Henry Ford II after Ferrari had humiliated Ford in a public fashion when they tried to buy his company. It took years of work and ultimately Shelby’s hard work, but the famous finish line photos were the kind of PR Ford could never have bought.
Like many larger than life men of his era, Shelby lived fast and somewhat loose. He was married many times, partied harder than 10 men and money came and went in large quantities, often quickly. He was the oldest living heart transplant survivor in the world and the fact that living the life he led, with all of the adventures, crashes, close calls, heart trouble, and high speed hi jinks still carried on for 89 years is a testament to how rugged Carroll Shelby was.
The man has his detractors as we all do, but today we choose to look at the good. Carroll Shelby, dead at 89 years old. We are all a bit lesser for it.
In mijn ogen is die man een icoon vwb auto tuning, yep zelfs Shelby Toyota's.
89, nie slecht, hoop het ooit te halen, bijna op de helft.
Carrol is nooit met pensioen gegaan...... ( wil ik overigens ooit wel...)
Rust in vrede beste Carrol.
Re: Carrol Shelby is niet meer
RIP
De ideale echtgenoot is hij die begrijpt wat z'n vrouw niet zegt.
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Re: Carrol Shelby is niet meer
The race is run, the flag unfurled, the champion will now rest. God speed, Carroll Shelby, we will never forget you. 1923 - 2012
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Re: Carrol Shelby is niet meer
Een icoon is niet meer, maar de echo en galm van de naam shelby zal nog lang naklinken. Race in peace.
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Whenever a bird shits on my car I eat a plate of scrambled eggs on my front porch, just to show them what I'm capable of.