Carroll Shelby: Auto legend put American muscle on the road - Detroit Free Press

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Carroll Shelby: Auto legend put American muscle on the road Detroit Free Press 2005 photo by GREGORY BULL/ASSOCIATED PRESS Shelby, seen here in 2007, created some of the most-beloved street legal sports cars in automotive history. / Jay L. Clendenin/MCT For decades, Carroll Shelby taught American automakers how to compete with ... Carroll Shelby, famed for fast living and faster cars, dies at 89Chicago Tribune Legendary car designer Carroll Shelby dies at 89WGN Radio Legendary racer, car designer Carroll Shelby dies at 89San Jose Mercury News DigitalJournal.com all 1,073 news articles »

The P4/5 Competizione Is The Fastest Ferrari Ever To Lap The 'Ring - Jalopnik

The P4/5 Competizione Is The Fastest Ferrari Ever To Lap The 'Ring Jalopnik The Ferrari P4/5 Competizione just made history during 24 Hours of Nürburgring qualifying by setting the fastest lap ever in a Ferrari-powered vehicle, besting the Ferrari 599XX's 6:58.16 with a time of just 6:51. And his car is street legal. Sort of. and more »

Carroll Shelby, cult classic designer, dies at 89 - Kansas City Star

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Carroll Shelby, cult classic designer, dies at 89 Kansas City Star By SHAV GLICK AND JERRY HIRSCH Carroll Shelby, the charismatic Texan who parlayed a short-lived racing career into a specialized business building high-performance, street-legal cars, died Thursday. He was 89. Shelby died at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, ... Carroll Shelby dies at 89; cult classic car designerLos Angeles Times all 191 news articles »

Carroll Shelby, driver and designer of high-speed sports cars, dies at 89 - Washington Post

Carroll Shelby, driver and designer of high-speed sports cars, dies at 89 Washington Post The Cobra was the fastest street-legal car in the land. It could go from zero to 60 mph in four seconds. The speedometer went up to 180. Although Mr. Shelby manufactured only about 1000 cars before closing the first edition of his business in 1967, ... and more »

Mark Phelan: Racing to build up Buick brand: Engineers to run street-legal ... - Detroit Free Press

Mark Phelan: Racing to build up Buick brand: Engineers to run street-legal ... Detroit Free Press The brand grew stodgy since the '80s, but cars like the turbocharged GNX were fast and furious road-racing bad boys before anybody ever heard of Vin Diesel. Engineers Bill Rietow, 60, and John Townsend, 56, hope to revive some of that excitement ... and more »