Born on January 11th, 1923, Shelby in East Texas is regarded as one of the truly great American success stories of the 2th century. Racing driver "Flying Sheriff" in World War II, philanthropist, car entrepreneur and owner of racing team, his intelligence, tenacity and grit need to be won in his career of more than 6 years.
Fort Lisboa, the son of a postal worker in a small village in Texas, Shelby attended high school in Dallas and joined the army for World War II. As a pilot after the war, he returned to his hometown of Texas, where he dabbled in business with a dump truck, a chicken farm and a sports car dealer. It was when he co-owned Shelby that he first tasted automobile manufacturing and distribution with fellow Texans Jim and Dick Holdallas. Together, they created a "Scaglietti Cruiser", a sports car based on General Motors.
at the same time, he began to feed his obsession with speed. Shelby's first race was in Ford in 1932. Moving the Road course, he competed throughout the United States in his spare time. When all his chickens died of limberneck disease, Shelby moved into the cockpit as a profession.
Once the race is on the way, Shelby has to put on his work clothes, and it's time to start from the farm. When his fancy racing costume earned him more attention and publicity than his victory, Shelby put forward striped cloth with his trademark.
The scene about racing car. In just a few years, he has become a pivotal figure. He made great efforts to drive for the top car manufacturers in the world, including Ferrari. Shelby won the sports car championships in three countries, won a place in the United States and Aston Martin's European team, and won the land speed record of 24 hours of Le Mans and set in the salt flat of Barnavia. Twice, he was named "Driver of the Year" of Sports Illustrated.
still in his prime minister, his heart condition made him give up his driving prematurely in 196. Shelby felt sorry for himself, but turned his attention to talent racing design and automobile manufacturing.
carroll shelby thinks that the combination of high horsepower and inspired engineering. He first came into contact with Chevrolet because of his experience with Scaglietti's frigate. At that time, the idea was that in order to adapt the Chevrolet car with 283 CID to the AC ace chassis, the British automaker had lost its engine handling. However, GM rejected what was basically a competitor of its existing sports car.
This led Shelby to approach Iacocca's idea of building a two-seater sports car at Ford Motor Company, using the company's new small cylinder engine. This is the beginning of a lifelong friendship between the two.
When Ford agreed to provide the motor and cash, the enterprise started to put it into action, Shelby Arch. He formed a group of rodders around "Shelby America" in Southern California. They shoehorned into the engine of Ford, a lightweight ace sports car. Carol, the Baptized Shelby Cobra, said many times that she came to him in her dream. A name, CSX2, was introduced at the new york Auto Show in 1962. It turns out that the sports car world is on its ears.
After Shelby Cobra developed a competitive version, it was best to send a team to race against time in Europe. In addition to racing cobra, both in the form of coupe and convertible, he finally joined the Ford GT team in the Ford Motor Company's legacy.
in 1965, they won the FIA sports car world championship and next year Le Mans won the overall victory with Ford GT and the first class won in Daytona Cobra sports car. Carroll shelby is the only one. As a driver, team owner and automobile manufacturer, he has won the famous Le Mans race.
"carroll shelby is a visionary leader of automobiles," said Dan Gurney, who is part of the legend of the Shelby American Racing Team and the American racing world built on cars. "His overall style of downhome bib in West Texas had a great emotional impact on me. When he launched his legendary Ford-powered Cobra Team, I found myself very willing to voluntarily lend him the pursuit of my driving ability to build a European team in their lair.
Shelby is a part of the United States, and we won some major races together: Cobra in the first FIA sanctions integral race in 1963, a Cobra sports car in Bridgehampton, GT class in Targa Florio race, Daytona Cobra Coupe in Le Mans in Goodwood in 1964. Then we won the jewel in the crown: the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans and Ford Mark IV. His leadership is very unconventional, which is more powerful than his friends or competitors imagined. Will miss his charm, his reputation, as a racing icon is safe. "
At the same time, Shelby's business turned out the 289 and 427 Shelby Cobras, as well as the creation of the request in Iacocca at Ford Motor Company's headquarters in Mustang Shelby's inheritance. He scaled back in the late 196s, when his business in California, new government regulations and insurance rules began to affect the sales of performance cars. For several years, he operated in Africa and closed it in the region until the civil war came down.
Shelby is also the pioneer of Hyundai brand scheme in the automobile industry. Beginning in the 196s, he began to license his name and design for various products. Unfortunately, he was forced to assert his rights to his famous trademarks and designs many times over the years, too.
in p>1982, he began to help his friend Iacocca, who took the helm of Chrysler's troubled company to improve the performance of the car. His team's weak K-table was put into a pocket rocket car and created a new kind of car. They also created muscle trucks and developed Dodge Viper, pacing up the Indy 5 Shelby in 1991 at the wheel.
In p>1988, the construction of Shelby Cobra began again. Mcclusky Co., Ltd., he began to develop the "Mystery 43" S/C 427 large cobra, which is the chassis number left by Yian Technology in the past 43 FIA. This laid the foundation and formulated a limit line to "continue" the large cobra.
In 1995, his time-honored company, Shelby America, opened a factory in Las Vegas to expand his cobra business on a new track. In Las Vegas, he later cooperated with General Motors to produce the series 1 convertible powered by Oldsmobile and other cobra models. In 25, Shelby entered into a new agreement involving his development with Ford Motor Company in the new Ford GT, and introduced several Mustang Shelby cars, including Ford Shelby GT-H, Shelby GT-5, Shelby GT-5 "Super Snake", Shelby GT and Shelby GT5KR.
carroll shelby spent 5 years establishing and protecting his name, trademark and automobile design rights, and in the 198s, he established carroll shelby authorized company, which authorized the company to globally produce, market and sell all the best and fastest muscle cars (such as the 196 s, Shelby Cobra 289,427 and Daytona sports cars, and the recent Ford Shelby GT-5) at a premium. These first brands are licensed from Ford Motor Company to manufacture new models of Ford Shelby GT-5S, clothing, die-casting model cars and exciting video games such as "Need for Speed" (Electronic Art) and "forza motorsport Racing" (Microsoft).
"In Ford, carroll shelby will always be remembered." As an innovator, he expressed the legend of vehicles, but most importantly, he was an incredible partner and close friend for more than 6 years, edsel Ford II, a member of the board of directors of Ford Motor Company and the great-grandson of Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Motor Company. "The cooperation between Ford and Shelby has always been very important to me. Personally and Carol will continue to be our future cooperation and will carry the inspiration behind his name. My family and I are honored to have Carol as a friend and a part of our family. He will never be forgotten. "
At the same time, Shelby USA, now headquartered in Las Vegas, continues to build an authentic continuation of Shelby Cobra vehicles. It also provides the best and most exciting contemporary American muscle cars on the road, such as the title after Shelby GT5 "Super Snake", Shelby GT-35 and Shelby GTS.
Carol Shelby International Company, John Rafter and Tracy Smith, presidents of Shelby USA Company, and Joe Conway, president of Carol Shelby Authorized Company, combined with the experience and dedication brought by a strong team, showed carroll shelby's vision for the future.
"We are all deeply saddened and feel a great sense of loss, Carol's family, herself and the whole automobile industry," Conway said. "We have never had a like carroll shelby and never will. However, we promised Carol that we would carry on, and he put the team, products and foresight to be able to do this. "
Rafter" pointed out: "Carol is a visionary and never stops looking for ways to build faster and better cars. "He actively participated in every model, the car we built today, the development of our parts business, and plans to launch in the next few years. Carroll shelby is the ultimate competitor, and his spirit will continue to guide our company. "
Shelby thinks that his greatest achievement is to establish the Carol Shelby Foundation? . Shelby was founded in 1992, and while waiting for a heart transplant in the hospital, the charity is dedicated to providing medical assistance to those in need, including children. The foundation also supports educational opportunities for young people through car and other training programs and benefits of the Carol Shelby Automobile Foundation.
"Carol gives back to those who are not as lucky as he is, on the basis of medicine and education," explained M. Neil Cummings, member of the board of directors of Carol Shelby Foundation, on the other side. "The foundation and the vision given to continue Carol."
Shelby was still active in managing his company and foundation until his death. He lived in the past twenty years, even though he endured heart and kidney transplants. Innovator and pioneer, he has achieved an almost mythical status and has never weakened. He traveled around the world, society, movie stars and beauty queens, lost countless wealth, won the competition, built a car and lived in a big house.
Shelby is survived by his three children Patrick, Michael and Sharon, his sister Anne Shelby Ellison's Fort Worth, six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and his wife cleo. Plans for the funeral will not be available immediately. Instead of flowers, the family asked the Carol Shelby Foundation to donate in his name.
Note: The above article is translated from Shelby's official website in the United States. The purpose of the author's translation of this article is to let friends who love American Museum know more about their founders, and there is no commercial intention. Due to my academic stress, I have no time to translate in person, so I have to ask Google to do it for me. I am really sorry. If there is something wrong with the language, I hope you will be honest. If I have time, I will definitely proofread it myself.