Carroll Shelby
Carroll Shelby to be Honored at This Year’s Goodwood Revival
The Goodwood Revival will celebrate Carroll Shelby’s 100th birthday in September of this year.
WR TV: Factory Five Racing AC Cobra Replica
While we may be living in the golden age of performance right now, there will always be a place in the hearts and minds of gearheads the world over for the classics.
Tom Cruise To Play Carroll Shelby In “Go Like Hell”
Tom Cruise is starring in an upcoming racing film, and this one promises to be better than Days Of Thunder. Based on a 2009 book of the same name, Go Like Hell will star Cruise as automotive legend Carroll Shelby, chronicling Ford’s 1960s Le Mans rivalry with Ferrari that resulted in the GT40.
List: Ten Greatest Shelbys
On Friday afternoon, the legendary Carroll Shelby passed away at the age of 89. He leaves behind a legacy of outstanding performance machines that spans over 40 years, and includes such hits as the GT350 and GT500 Mustangs, an Oldsmobile V-8-powered supercar, and a spate of Chrysler products, which culminated with the birth of the V-10-powered Dodge Viper.
Driven: 2012 Shelby GT350 Convertible 624HP
Fleet manager Brandon Turkus was the lucky duck that got the first Winding Road ride in the Shelby GT350 this time around. He drove down to Ford HQ in Dearborn, Michigan to pick the monster convertible up, and returned to Ypsilanti with a face-bursting smile on his mug.
List: Top Ten In-Brand Motor Swap Dreams
Since well before Carroll Shelby was plowing a huge, 427-cubic-inch Ford V-8 into an unsuspecting AC Ace, car guys have been dreaming about putting big motors into little cars. Of course, as satisfying as a good old-fashioned engine swap can be, we always appreciate it when the OEMs take care of business on their own, too, keeping warranties intact and reliability high.
First Look: 2011 Ford Shelby GT500 Gets Powertrain And Performance Upgrades
Like the V-6 and V-8 Mustangs, the top-dog Shelby GT500 is also receiving some pretty substantial changes for the 2011 model year. A bit more power, better fuel economy, and new performance upgrades are on hand, meaning that the GT500 will be even more potent than the outgoing model — changes that we can definitely get behind.
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