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Book SynopsisSix Decades of Shelby performance—from the first Shelby AC Cobra to today’s Mustang Shelby GT500! A bad heart forced Carroll Shelby, one of the top racing drivers of all time, to retire in 1960. But that didn’t stop the lanky Texan from continuing to make history. He launched Shelby American in 1962 with the creation of the brilliant Ford-powered AC Cobra, soon to dominate both U.S. and international sports car racing. Shelby’s winning ways soon led to Ford seeking Shelby’s team of “hot rodders” help to make the Ford GT program a success. It worked. Shelby and Ford soon stunned the motorsports world by winning Le Mans and dominating other venues from 1966 to 1969 with the GT40. Fifty-three years later the legendary first Le Mans win of 1966 would form the basis for the acclaimed film
Ford Versus Ferrari. As if the Cobra, Daytona Coupe, and GT40 were not enough, this small team of hot rodders, fabricators, and rac
Table of ContentsForeword: James D. Farley Jr.
1 The Origin of Shelby American
2 It Started with a Snake: Enter the Cobra
3 Then Came a Horse: The Shelby Mustang Arrives
4 The People and Cars That Made Shelby a Championship-Winning Manufacturer
5 The Races and Racers That Put Shelby American on the Map
6 Racing Into the Future: 1967 to the Present and the Sixty-Year Legacy of Shelby American
7 Car Clubs and Why They Matter (Especially SAAC)
8 The Future and the Relevancy of Shelby American
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Photo Credits
Index
